I remember the winter of 2007/2008 like it was yesterday. Ski bums at resorts all across the West were hailing “Oh-Seven, Oh-Eight” as the Great One, or in “dude-speak”, “Oh-Heaven, Oh-Great”. Record-breaking snowfalls coupled with a piggish economy equaled the dream! From monster ... Read More

Chip and Melinda Besse, new owners of Grand Adventures Snowmobile tours, have announced the opening of Powder Addiction which will be Grand County’s only Sno-Cat skiing operation.  Heading up the operation is Jamie Wolter, former Winter Park resort and Berthoud Pass ski patroller and ... Read More

  The old ski train at Winter Park Resort    Many long time skiers and riders were dismayed last May when it was announced that the Winter Park Ski Train would end its popular 69-year tradition of bringing visitors to the Denver owned ski resort from Union Station in Denver.  Phil Anschutz, ... Read More

   In a new twist on traditional snow-making technology Winter Park ski resort in partnership with the Denver Water Board plans on adding silver iodine cloud seeding to its snow making tools.  Four silver iodine burners will be installed in Grand County to increase precipitation at the ... Read More

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, Colorado Tuesday, March 10, 2009   14+ Inches of fresh powder beckons skiers and snowboarders from the Elk Camp Chair at Snowmass, Colorado.   Following a week of unseasonably warm temps and no snow, Old Man Winter returned with a vengence to the Colorado Rockies.  Over fourteen ... Read More

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

Steamboat Springs, Colorado Jeremy and Peter from Winter Park sent in these pictures from Steamboat taken last Thursday.  Jeremy said it was one of the deepest powder days he’d ever skied.  And coming from a Parsenn Backside skier that’s really saying something! Click on the photos ... Read More

Winter Park Resort, Colorado January 30, 2009 The West Headwall in the Vasquez Cirque, Winter Park Resort. Cornice Canyon is in the upper left. Click to enlarge. The Vasquez Cirque, the inbounds back-country skiing experience at Winter Park Resort opened for the 2008-2009 ski season after ... Read More

1/26/09 Winter Park Resort, Colorado Belle Fourche opens for the Season! Belle Fourche (The Beautiful Fork) a rarely skied powder-filled gully off of the Parsenn Bowl at Winter Park Resort finally opened after a four day snow event deposited over 3 feet of powder.  With the opening of Belle ... Read More