Arapahoe Basin opened this morning after only being closed 100 days since last season ended! The Black Mountain Express Lift opened to the public at 9:00 am. Before the lifts opened, a tribute to Arapahoe Basin founders Marnie Jump and Max Dercum, who passed away this year, was held. Skiers and riders can look forward[continue reading...]
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – Loveland Ski Area will open for the season and start turning Chair 1 on Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 9:00 am. Loveland will be open from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm Monday through Friday and 8:30 am until 4:00 pm on weekends and designated holidays. Get ready for Colorado snow!! “When[continue reading...]
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, CO. – Are you ready for the 2012 Colorado Ski Season? Loveland is getting ready for you – a couple inches of snow and cold temperatures enabled Loveland Ski Area to start making snow for the 2011-2012 season. Loveland is usually the first to officially open the ski season for Colorado, last[continue reading...]
ECHO MOUNTAIN, CO–Echo Mountain, Denver’s closest and most affordable ski and snowboard area, announced in August that 2011-2012 season pass holders will also receive free skiing/snowboarding at two partner mountains this season. Echo Mountain has partnered with Ski Cooper and Sunlight Mountain Resort to offer each season pass holder up to three free days of[continue reading...]
This winter’s amazing snowpack has finally melted enough to allow the Trestle Bike Park at Winter Park Resort to open on June 18th! The Trestle Park is one of the fastest growing bikes parks in North America. Only 67 miles from Denver Colorado, the Trestle Bike Park had has planned expansion for trails, programs, events[continue reading...]
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Colorado – Steamboat can check Champagne Powder® snow off its holiday wish list as Kris Kringle delivered an early holiday bounty of Steamboat’s signature snow with nearly 2 feet of powder blanketing the resort in the past five days, surpassing the 150-inch snow milestone for the season this morning. “Holiday powder hounds in[continue reading...]
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado – The 2010/11 season has started with a powdery bang as the Steamboat Ski Area surpassed the 100-inch milestone due in large part to the snowiest November on record, which saw 90 inches of light, fluffy and super-dry signature Champagne Powder snow pile up at mid-mountain. The previous November record was 83[continue reading...]
Winter Park Resort’s Ski + Ride School is improving a 63 year tradition of exceptional instruction with the opening of the new Private Lesson Center on December 11, 2010. As the longest continually operating professional ski school in Colorado, generations of guests have learned to ski and snowboard or advance their skills with the guidance[continue reading...]
Arapahoe Basin has finished the last major construction phase of Black Mountain Express by installing fifty-two quad chairs. Over the next week the Leitner-Poma staff will tune-up and test the lift in preparation for the upcoming season! Photo Gallery Header Text Getting to Arapahoe Basin Related Posts Post your comments about this new Chair Lift[continue reading...]
There are a hundred excuses why you don’t want to wear a helmet when you ski or snowboard. “It messes up my hair”, “I’ve never had a helmet”, “I’ve been skiing for 40 years and never crashed into a tree” are just a few. There are two really good reasons why you should wear a[continue reading...]
