Summit Daily News columnist Miles F. Porter IV opened with a shout-out to Jay Brossman for his 80th birthday on Sunday, and I wanted to second the notion.I briefly met Jay after getting onto his chair on the Lift 2 reload at Loveland last spring and our conversation sticks out…
Based in Longmont, Grand Shelters is a company of snow-cave-makers who make snow-cave-making tools. The company’s Icebox is one of the few igloo-building tools on the market.After hiking/skiing/snowshoeing to your chosen campsite, you just plop the stake into the snow at your future igloo’s center, and the attached pole makes…
For a few more days, the embattled company that is the owner of Steamboat and Winter Park (for the next few weeks at least) and the former owner of Copper Mountain — Intrawest — is offering the Pow Pow Platter. As in years past, $99 gets you a full-day lift…
It’s looking like the Vancouver Winter Olympics already has a scandal — a bad real-estate loan might leave the city on the hook for a cool billion — plus two fuck-ups — NBC is set to lose $200 million (Conan’s $45 billion buyout is kinda pitiful in comparison) and the…
9NEWS aired a story on Sunday about the Colorado Department of Transportation’s practice of “metering” traffic when it backs up into the Eisenhower Tunnel. CDOT says it’s a safety issue: They stop traffic for 20 minutes to clear the tunnel so emergency vehicles can access it in the event of…
I suspect I would drink at Loveland Ski Area’s resident watering hole even if I didn’t have a pass to the mountain. That might be overstating it, but I definitely have a soft spot for the cavernous, vaguely German joint. There are near-daily beer specials, good mountain banter, and 50…
In yesterday’s Telluride Daily Planet, staff writer Ben Fornell tackled a story about snow-summoning rituals and hit on some of the biggies:Wear shorts and flip-flops to dare the pantheon of snow deities to retort with a blizzard.Light a time-tested, environmentally-unfriendly used-ski bonfire.Make a shrine involving Buddha and canned clams and…
Developed with Department of Defense grant money, Ardica’s battery-powered heated apparel is ideal for people who are addicted to snow but intolerant of cold (and want their iPhone to last). It’s crossed over from the military-industrial complex in the last few years in the form of Mountain Hardwear jackets like…
Kicking off Friday, Winter Park’s annual Winter Carnival is bigger than usual this year. Not only is it a celebration of all things winter, but it’s the 70th birthday of Winter Park, the 34th birthday of Mary Jane, and the “Old School” theme all but guarantees a variety of neon-hued,…
This intriguing aerial shot of a frosty dune-field on Mars — recently posted on the University of Arizona’s HiRISE site — just begs the question: Could man (or woman) ever ski Mars? There are some tasty stats on the Red Planet out there, like the mind-boggling height of Olympus Mons,…
This is either a good way to heat up your hands or a great way to destroy your iPhone. The new Pocket Heat app essentially revs up the phone’s processor into overdrive, in order to turn it into a mini-heater. The thing might pump out enough heat to warm your…
So the votes are in and the winner of the 2010 Ullr Parade is Ullr’s Voyage to Breckenridge, pictured above. Second went to the Nordic Skiing Gnome by the Breckenridge Nordic Center, celebrating their 40tth anniversary. Third place was the Liquid Lounge for Live Life, Memory of Erik Peterson.I judged…
There is no good excuse for hanging in the lowlands. We want more snow, and we need to get Norse snow god Ullr’s attention if we want more snow, and there is no better place to get his attention than Breckenridge right now. And that’s because Ullr Fest is underway…
[scattered flurries] from felt soul media on Vimeo.The Beating is an annual amateur ski and snowboard film festival held annually in Silverton. The 2010 edition came and went on the second day of the year, with Telluride’s Ben Knight emerging victorious with Scattered Flurries, embedded above. In just under four…
It’s difficult to tell sometimes at first blush, but some bars are locals’ bars and some bars welcome out-of-towners with open arms. The Pagosa Bar is definitely in the former category.After a day skiing Wolf Creek and a soak across town, we cross the frosty San Juan by footbridge into…
So we haven’t gotten all that much snow so far this season — the state’s snowpack level is currently sitting at about 86 percent of its average depth. That means we’re all going to need to band together, ditch school, work, and everyday life, and head up the hill to…
As Denver shivered, it was sunny and in the 40s on the mountain north of Durango yesterday. While it hasn’t snowed for a good week — and lifts 5 and 8 on the back side were not open — the views and the varied terrain, and the beautiful weather more…
[jump] This is what I’d wear on the slopes if I were filthy rich, or at least scummily wealthy: At 949 Euros — or $1,367 American — it’s not for the light of wallet. But it is light itself, weighing in at just over a two pounds, and it offers seamless…
Atop Wolf Creek Pass between South Fork and Pagosa Springs is one of the state’s highest (10,600 feet at its base) and oldest resorts (70 years old this season), and lift tickets are just $50. It’s also the snowiest (465 inches a year). And it’s 100% open, there’s plenty of…
Jason Blevins’ story in Saturday’s Denver Post covered the impact of mobile technology on snow reporting. In the process, it also shined a light on a question raised in the comments of a previous On the Edge post about Bob Berwyn’s firing from the Summit Daily News for after criticizing…
Saw this story in the Sky-Hi Daily News about these nifty GPS units available for about $20 a day for rent at Winter Park. Dubbed flaiks (and made by the Boulder company of the same name), the gadgets can be tracked in real-time, so the user’s location can be pinpointed…
Need something to wear to a New Year’s Eve party where you plan on sleeping wherever you fall down? How about something for those cold nights when a Snuggie just isn’t enough? Or a getup for the transitional phase between tent and outdoors and vice versa?If you answered “yes” or…
