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Can’t get to the slopes?

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

With the recent onslaught of new snow, skiers and riders are loving the fresh powder skiing. But, some of us simply can’t make it to the mountains. Instead, bring the fun to your own backyard.

Some of us were crazy enough to brave the conditions of I-70 this past week. Others may not feel so lucky. In that case, you can have plenty of fun back at home.

Build a jump

There are plenty of hills and open space throughout Colorado. If you’re looking to land that 360 then build a jump (see my photos). Fresh new powder hurts a lot less. Additionally, theres no workout quite like shoveling snow into piles… for fun.

Cross-country ski

Again, all that open space provides for great cross-country trails. Instead of jogging this week simply go out and ski the parks near your house. With a foot of powder its like a whole new world.

I’m sure there are plenty of other ideas I’ve missed- leave your ideas in the comments.

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Knowing About Snow

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I’ve found there are two main ways to be in the know when it comes to snow. One way involves checking multiple websites (depending on the resorts you care about) as necessary. If you’re like me, you check compulsively when you know it’s snowing in the mountains.

Colorado snow reports:

The other way involves allowing the information to come to you via RSS or email. Sign up for Esnow to get daily snow reports emailed to you. Of course, if you only care about your favorite resort, most resorts provide handy individual snow reports. Although I’m not very good at letting the information come to me, I am a big fan of the Loveland e-snow report. Colorado Ski also offers an RSS feed that can be included in MyYahoo! or MyMSN. They say text message alerts are coming soon but we’ll see how “soon” is soon.

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An Appreciation for Snow

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

This newbie skiier grew up on The Great Plains. On the wide open and harsher plains, snow loses its novelty soon after early childhood and quickly becomes synonymous with wind and cold and general unpleasantness.

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Who knew when I hit the slopes for the first time last season that I would come to rejoice at the sight of fresh fluff falling to the earth? Snow accumulating on the ground on the Front Range means even more snow in the mountains. And I couldn’t be happier. Early snow reports list 3″ at Loveland, 3″ at A-Basin, and a massive 16″ inches at Snowmass (unfortunately not open until 11/23/2006).

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