A pair of snowboarders zip down toward Copper's base area on opening day of the 2009-2010 season.
Slide into the heart of the season in Copper Mountain’s 22-foot superpipe, open as of this weekend. Pictures from the first day of action in the pipe are online at Copper Mountain’s Facebook page.
The pipe will get its first big test of the season Dec. 10 -13, when the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix drops in for an Olympic qualifying event. Top snowboarders from Summit County and around the country will be competing for just a handful of spots on the u.S. Olympic team.
Check with Copper Colorado Condos now to reserve lodging for the event.
While snowmaking crews will make sure Copper can open more terrain in the next few weeks, all eyes are on Mother Nature, hoping she’ll deliver. The outlook for the early part of the coming week is for dry skies and seasonable temperatures. Local mountain forecasters with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said Colorado is currently languishing in some weather doldrums in between a split flow in the Jet Stream — not unusual for early in the winter during an El Niño year. But there’s a chance of at least some light snow by Thursday.
Once you’ve worked off your Thanksgiving turkey in the halfpipe, consider sampling one of Frisco’s newest eateries, the Depot, on West Main. The family style eatery just opened a few weeks ago, with an eye toward feeding hungry skiers and snowboarders without busting the budget. Tasty breakfast burritos are just $3.95, and a family of four, with 2 smaller kids, can enjoy a full dinner for under $30 with menu items like chicken-fried steak for $6.95.
Get more information on the Depot with this Copper Colorado Condos blog post.
Not far from Copper Mountain, the Summit County Open Space department last week finalized a $900,000 deal to buy a 129-acre mining parcel in Mayflower Gulch, a popular snowshoe and crosscountry ski destination. Read an interesting Summit Daily News story by Bob Berwyn about the purchase here.
Another Summit Daily story by Berwyn outlines Denver Water’s quest to increase water diversions from the High Country to the Front Range. Plans to expand the Moffat Tunnel system could also have impacts on the Blue River Basin, in Summit County. Those effects will be discussed at an early December hearing in Keystone.
Finally, a little farther afield, read about local Colorado foods in a blog from Westword, Denver’s independent weekly.
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