Tag: fun
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Ski passes – buy them now. No, really. They’re disappearing fast
Odds are, if you haven’t bought a ski pass by now, you probably aren’t planning to buy one, but just in case, let this be the last reminder that pass sales are disappearing quicker than 3 inches of overnight freshies on a blue run. Vail Resorts’ Colorado Pass, with unlimited skiing at Breckenridge, Keystone and…
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Keystone moves up opening day
Thanks to help from Mother Nature last week, Keystone Resort announced it will open earlier than planned, on Thursday, November 5. The resort will open with top-to-bottom skiing and snowboarding served by the River Run Gondola with the Spring Dipper and River Run trails as well as the beginner skier learning area at the Gondola…
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Professional instruction is best way to get kids into skiing
So, you’re thinking, how hard can it be to teach a child to ski? Pick up some sticks, load the kids up with hot chocolate and Gummi bears and plop them on the bunny slope, where you can give them a tight-lipped lecture about how they are going to have fun, dang it, while trying…
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The powerful allure of powder
Powder is Nirvana for skiers: the fullest state of existence, always chased but never totally grasped. Powder snow skiing is not fun. It’s “life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality,” said Colorado writer Dolores LaChapelle. It’s the feeling of flying free and fast. It’s glorious. At least it is if you know…