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Could Big Snow Alone Save The West This Year?

Trip — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:34:42 +0000

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

Aspen Snowmass

Trip — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:40:58 +0000

RateSkiAreas.com user heem posted a review on Aspen Snowmass, giving it a high score of 97 points. Here is what he had to say about his likes: “I used to teach here and the ski school is truly good and they take great care of kids. As an expert skier, I enjoy the steeps this mountain has to ... Read More

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

Sno-Cat skiing returns to Grand County, Colorado

Nyaxter — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:44:14 +0000

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

Train kept a rollin’

Nyaxter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:21:50 +0000

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

Winter Park Resort adds cloud seeding for the ‘09-’10 ski season

Nyaxter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:08:39 +0000

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

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

Lime a real lemon

Nyaxter — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:09:53 +0000

Lime? or Lemon? I just came back from my first dining experience at the new Lime restaurant in the much ballyhooed Village at Winter Park and my first impression is that the restaurant is misnamed, Lime should be called Lemon. The architecture, like the rest of the village, can best ... 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