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Best Way to Plan a "Sick" Day

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Powder chasers had their work cut out for them during the 2011-2012 season, with snowfall averages down across the state and winter storms few and far between. To be in the right place at the right time, you had to be either very lucky or, better yet, following the powder predictions of Boulder-based meteorologist Joel Gratz, co-founder of OpenSnow.com. The website launched in earnest in November last year, offering the official daily and five-day snow-report tallies from ski areas in Colorado and across the country, as well as weather forecasts based on live data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's information you can find elsewhere, but Gratz — an avid skier — puts it all together in his Colorado Daily Snow dispatches, with pow projections so accurate that local skiers and snowboarders now take them as prophetic.

Best Weekly Non-Cruiser Bike Ride

Loops

Rain, sleet, snow or shine, the man behind Xrocksthespot.com and cycle enthusiast Broox Pulford maps out and leads Loops, a ride through central Denver each and every Tuesday night. Creeping up on its 200th edition, the free ride meets at Crema Coffee House around 7 p.m. and clocks in at around fifteen to twenty each trip. Pulford fully advocates that participants go at their own pace, ride safely and stop often. All ages, bikes and skill levels are welcome, but be warned: This ain't no cruiser ride. Loops doesn't require crazy costumes, and breaks are encouraged so riders can recoup and get to know each other.

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