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Arapahoe Basin Scores 93 out of 100 in recent review.

Trip — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:32:39 +0000

RateSkiAreas user soren recently rated Arapahoe Basin a 93 out of 100. Soren commented, “Great Locals Mountain, good people , good terrain, No BS.” Check out the rest of the review in detail here! ... Read More

Spring Splash at Mary Jane, 4-19-09

Nyaxter — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:49:45 +0000

The C-Lot becomes a mini Woodstock every April during Spring Splash. There is nothing like a Dead show, and there’s nothing like the end of ski season party in the C-Lot at The Mary Jane. Part Woodstock, part Ullr festival and pure anarchy, Winter Park Resort has nothing to do with ... Read More

Snowmass serves up a mass of snow

Nyaxter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:07:39 +0000

Snowmass, Colorado Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Following a week of unseasonably warm temps and no snow, Old Man Winter returned with a vengence to the Colorado Rockies. Over fourteen inches of powder came down on Snowmass refreshing and replenishing the snowpack that had suffered during the ... Read More

Snowbasin Ski Area

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:30:34 +0000

February 2-5, 2009 We departed Jackson Hole in “Aunt Kelly” (a 2005 Born Free RV) around noon on Monday and finally arrived at our destination of the parking lot at Snowbasin by 5:30 that evening. We did what we always do for our WWSRA On-Snow Demo trips: set up camp, ate pizza, drank beer, ... Read More

Winter Park to open Zero Creek to skiing in 2010

Nyaxter — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:59:08 +0000

EXTRA-New Extreme Terrain at Winter Park to open-EXTRA The headwalls at the top of Zero Creek as seen from Swede's Ridge at Winter Park Resort, Colorado. click on photo to enlarge Winter Park, CO February 4, 2009 An unconfirmed inside source is reporting that Winter Park Resort plans to open ... Read More

The Cirque is OPEN!

Nyaxter — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:19:52 +0000

Winter Park Resort, Colorado January 30, 2009 The Vasquez Cirque, the inbounds back-country skiing experience at Winter Park Resort opened for the 2008-2009 ski season after mother natured dumped almost four-feet of powder snow at the ski area. Your humble reporter and a friend were fortunate ... Read More

Taos, a four-letter word for Steep

Nyaxter — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:43:58 +0000

. St. Bernard Chute, Taos “We’re going to Taos on Tuesday, you want to come?” Brett asked me on Sunday night. Taos, the name has always conjured up images of jaw dropping steeps, and I had vouchers for two free days of skiing courtesy of my Winter Park/Copper Mountain Rocky ... Read More

3 Tools Every Skier Needs

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:28 +0000

3 Tools that every skier needs…no I’m not going to bore you with the typical avalanche detector, or the oxygen in a can routine. Instead today I have 3 web based tools that really every skier needs to be using. This is a great new service offering skiers the ability to collect up to ... Read More

Rime Time

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:15:29 +0000

A few weeks ago, on a rare bluebird day at Grand Targhee resort, I was with a group of ladies that skied the ‘Football Fields’ all afternoon. This southwest facing slope just off the Sacajawea chairlift proved time and time again that there was enough snow to go around, even on a ... Read More

Jackson Hole’s Madoff connection.

Team Billy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:42:36 +0000

Bernie Madoff proudly displays his Jackson Hole Mountain Resort baseball cap! By: Team Billy Why is this Dude smiling? What is his connection to Jackson Hole, Wyoming? Who cares? I care. It’s obvious that Bernie Madoff visited Jackson Hole, Wyoming and dropped some coin here. His ... Read More