December 24, 2013
Just in Time for Christmas, Oodles of Powder at Copper Mountain
The big winter-weather news this weekend might have been the nasty ice storms that pounded parts of the Midwest and and Northeast, but here in Colorado, the weather has been shaping up just the way we like it.
December 21, 2013
Happy Winter Solstice 2013!
If these short days and long nights have been getting you down, don't worry — it's the winter solstice, and starting tomorrow, Dec. 22, the sun will once again start moving northward in the sky. The days will gradually lengthen toward spring, officially marked by the vernal equinox (around March 21) when day and night are equal length, and finally, the summer solstice (June 21) when the cycle starts again.
December 20, 2013
Everything You Wanted to Know About Mountain Tourism (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The destination tourism industry's Big Dogs are once again set to gather Jan. 31 for The Assembly 2014, an annual don't miss conference that presents both a fact-based and knowledge-based assessment of the current business climate, and identifies existing and emerging opportunities for growth in the mountain travel industry.
December 19, 2013
Ski and Snowboard Stars Want to Keep Winters Cool
Some ski and snowboard stars like Gretchen Bleiler and Jeremy Jones see global warming as a very real threat. They have been experiencing the impacts first-hand for years and as part of the Protect Our Winters campaign, the athletes have taken their action-oriented message from the halls of Congress to the auditoriums at schools around the country.
December 10, 2013
The History of Skiing is Now at your Fingertips!
Did you know that hard rock miners at the Climax Mine near Copper Mountain were night skiing long before Keystone opened as a ski resort, and that a Norwegian immigrant once set a ski jumping world record in nearby Dillon?