Tag: fun
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7 Hours of the Banana
Join Adaptive Sports for an endurance ski event benefiting the Adaptive Sports Center and the Crested Butte Ski Club. 7 Hours of the Banana is a lift-accessed endurance-style event on Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s “Banana,” one of the mountain’s most extreme runs. Participants will ride the Silver Queen chairlift, traverse over to the Banana, ski…
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7 Hours of the Banana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Join Adaptive Sports for an endurance ski event benefiting the Adaptive Sports Center and the Crested Butte Ski Club. 7 Hours of the Banana is a lift-accessed endurance-style event on Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s “Banana,”…
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A big resort at Wolf Creek? It just might happen
A Texas billionaire’s plan to build a large resort at Wolf Creek is back, just moved a wee bit north. The developer is trying to swap private land for federal land. The three counties that converge near Wolf Creek (and would collect taxes) have given it the thumbs up. A vocal opposition of environmentalists and…
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Coping with the holiday ski crush
Christmas is a time for giving. At Colorado ski resorts, it is a time when locals typically give the slopes to thousands and thousands of out-of-state revelers who take over for about two weeks before disappearing again until Spring Break. For some locals, the holiday rush is a reason not to ski. For others, it…
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Five feet at Wolf Creek!
In the past week, Wolf Creek Ski Area has garnered 57 inches. The mountain is 100 percent open. Looks like a good day to hit the waterfalls. Photo by
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Crested Butte: Resort known for extreme skiing needs intermediate runs to survive
CRESTED BUTTE – Chris Garren relaxed with a beer, enjoying the sunshine after a few early season runs on the “white ribbon of death.” It was late November, six days after opening at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Snow coverage was spotty and only a few groomers on machine-made snow were open. Early season conditions may…
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Beaver Creek plans to open more runs today, Vail Mountain will expand terrain later in the week
VAIL — The powder in Vail was not quite knee deep.But the snow that fell all day Monday in the Vail area was a welcome sight for many skiers and snowboarders.Forecasts are calling for a winter storm to dump up to 16 inches on Vail and Beaver Creek mountains by midnight Tuesday — the first…
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Finally, WINTER!
Big snow in the southern mountains (Wolf Creek Pass, above) , relatively big snow in central Colorado Springs. I can finally put away my bike and pull out my skis. Wolf Creek has 16 inches. The runner up is Purgatory with 5. Northern mountains got nada. Photo by
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Environmental group grades the ski resorts
The Ski Area Citizen Coalition has released its annual Ski Area Environmental Report Card, and, well, let’s just say Colorado Ski Country USA is not going to get taken out to Baskin Robbins for these grades. Breckenridge and Copper Mountain both scored F’s. Vail and Monarch scored in the 70’s. Even tree-hugging Aspen only scored…
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Helmets now a required part of some ski patrol uniforms
Many on-mountain employees at Jackson Hole and the Vail Resorts are now required to wear ski helmets, including ski patrolers, who will now no longer be able to dazzle me with their toughness by wearing a mere visor in 15-degree weather. Read more from the Out There Blog Photo by