This is our first serving of a semi-regular post about a mountain bar of note…or at least disrepute.We stop in Georgetown for a beer on our way back from Loveland. Downtown, the normally reliable Red Ram is shuttered, with a for-sale sign in the front window. So much for that…
So U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn played the role of the Grinch on Christmas Eve eve to Iowa Pacific Holding’s Cindy Lou Who, denying the company’s request for a temporary restraining order to force Amtrak crews to start operating the new Rio Grande Scenic Ski Train on December 27. The…
So it almost goes without saying that Santa Claus isn’t known for being the dude with the most wicked moves on the mountain. He’s better known for superlatives involving his stomach, his speed in a flying sleigh, and his generosity with his stash. But as the following videos attest, Mr…
Okay, I know last week’s unnecessary but desperately desired product was kiddie-oriented. This week’s — the Wham-O SnowBall Blaster is even more so. But it’s perfect for a snowball fight on a white Christmas. Better yet, outfit the whole clan and have an all-out snowball war…
I happened upon 3dskimaps.com on the intertubes last week and think it’s one of the biggest innovations in ski maps since, I dunno, folded paper…
We’re going to find out when GoI70.com officially launches.Developed by the I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition, the site is currently in beta-testing mode, with hopes of unsnarling the assorted traffic jams, jellies, and marmalades that are all too common in Colorado’s high country…
Last Tuesday, freeskier/BASE jumper/announcer Ted Davenport, adventurer-of-all-trades Matt Hecker, software salesman/Base jumper Collin Scott, and photographer/BASE jumper Jacob Fuerst became the first people to be filmed ski-BASE-jumping off of a 460-foot wall in Glenwood Canyon — see the sick embedded video from ESPN.com above. Davenport, Hecker, and Fuerst actually became…
While not hitting a tree is obviously tops, there are a few other things you can do to increasing your chances of staying healthy this season.On Wednesday, the New York Times Well Blog covered a study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine: Almost 800 injured skiers filled out questionnaires…
Longtime mountain reporter Bob Berwyn has seen his name in headlines almost as much as in bylines in recent weeks. After criticizing the ski industry in the Summit Daily News for hyping a snowstorm on the Front Range when the weather was clear in the high country, Berwyn got an…
Who says sledding’s for kids? The Zipfy Mini Luge weighs just three and a half pounds, but a 250-pounder can theoretically ride it 80 miles an hour down the mountain. Inspired by the luge and shovel sledding, riders sit on this tiny chunk of plastic and zoom feet first down…
In our sparsely populated neighbor to the north, Yellowstone National Park opens up for winter use today. If you haven’t been to Yellowstone in winter — or alternately have been turned off by the park’s summer crowds — it’s an entirely different world after the snow falls. Not only are…
Year-round backcountry skier and a professor at the University of Nevada-Reno, Kam Leang is on the forefront of innovation in ski and snowboard technology. He currently is teaching a mechanical engineering class where his students are incorporating nanotechnology into skis they’re building. One set will somehow fold down to fit…
The extreme-sledding craze known as airboarding got its start in Europe, but it’s crossed the pond in the past few years. I believe Keystone, Aspen, and Winter Park are the only Colorado resorts that are allowing or offering it in any form as of 2009-10. It’s basically sledding down the…
Not too surprisingly, industry trade group Colorado Ski Country USA will support Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s efforts to appeal the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to deny an expansion onto Snodgrass Mountain (see previous posts here and here), if the resort’s owners elect to do so, reports the Aspen Times. Writes…
Whether you’re whisker-deficient or not, this is definitely one of the hippest looks for the slopes this season. From L.A.’s Bearded Apparel, the Beard Head combines the aesthetic appeal of a flowing beard with the cold-weather protection of a wool-acrylic blend in lieu of human hair. Pictured above is my…
I could watch this trippy animation of a snowflake developing from SnowCrystals.com all day. (It’s even better if you’re listening to a simulated FM3 Buddha Machine or two.)The website is the brainchild of snowflake expert Kenneth Libbrecht, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology. Besides this and a…
Avon-based Resort Technology Partners has developed the “first augmented reality iPhone app for skiers and snowboarders” in REALSKI, slated for release today in the iTunes Store. The initial app will be free and include overlays mapping five resorts, including Copper Mountain. A full version will come out later in the…
Dohm-Icebox is a cool company in Longmont that makes winter hats on antique hand-powered machines that have been in use for decades, and were previously owned by Boulder’s Alpine Knitting Mills. Tomorrow they’re hosting their annual holiday sale at their warehouse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with great discounts…
I got all nostalgic a few weeks ago and downloaded an Atari 2600 emulator and the old Activision Skiing game. Then I remembered Ski or Die on the Nintendo NES. Then I was just three old-school games away from a top five list!…
You see Klaus Wolter’s name in the paper every winter. The German native is a climatologist with CU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and one of the top experts on El Niño. Since El Niño is back warming up the water in the South Pacific, Wolter predicts,…
This story in Saturday’s Summit Daily News makes it clear: Aggressive skiers and riders are a higher-priority law-enforcement target in Breckenridge this year, and the Colorado Ski Safety Act will be enforced. But the story also notes that the Breckenridge police department’s jurisdiction ends 150 yards up the mountain, and…
Last week’s Q&A with Mt. Crested Butte Mayor William Buck raised the ire of several of his opponents on the issue of Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s proposed expansion onto Snodgrass Mountain. Buck said that the U.S. Forest Service decision not to move into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process…
