It’s here. The winter snow sports season has arrived, and although the resorts are just beginning to open, you will want to be prepared once they do. Read about every one of them in the Edge, our winter sports guide. Find the Edge in print this week inside of Westword…
Keystone Resort opens today when the first chair heads up the mountain at 9 a.m. While waiting for that first chair, Keystone will be handing out warm donut holes from resort pastry chef Ned Archibald, as well as hot chocolate and coffee at the base of the River Run Gondola. There…
As usual, A-Bay was one of the first two ski resorts to open this year, tying Loveland in the race to crank up the chairlifts on October 29. Only a few runs are open at the moment, but that will change soon as the snow falls and snowmaking begins. You…
Colorado ski areas got pounded with as much as twenty inches of early-season snow in late October, just as we were going to press with the Edge, our annual guide to Colorado’s ski resorts — and Loveland was the first to announce an opening date — October 29. You can find…
Any time of the year is great time to visit one of Colorado’s many mountain hot springs destinations, but with fall right around the corner, a dip in a warmer pool is definitely on our minds. There are many different kinds of springs, from full-size, human-made pools warmed by earthy…
Colorado has every amenity an outdoor enthusiast could ever desire — except a beach. But there are still plenty of water attractions across the state. From Broomfield to Glenwood Springs, you can get in the swim at everything from natural hot springs and cool reservoirs to acres of man-made rivers,…
In 1998 Growing Gardens built its first community garden with the goal of making nutritious, organic food accessible to local families. Since then, the organization has grown to include twelve gardens in Boulder, Longmont and Louisville — thanks, in part, to the success of its yearly fundraiser, which also happens…
Despite the snow-chasing warm weather, Left Hand Brewing’s Hops & Handrails combined a slushy display of snowboarding derring-do with a good old-fashioned beer festival in Longmont over the weekend. Photographer Brandon Marshall brought back these images from the party. Now see the full Hops & Handrails slide show…
Jeff Popp and Casey Lorenzen founded their backpack brand Mile High Mountaineering — now known simply as MHM — in 2009, and have since grown it into a full line of innovative and award-winning backcountry packs for hiking, backpacking, skiing and snowboarding. Last year they launched a successful Kickstarter campaign…
Everyone who’s anyone in the American ski industry converged on the Colorado Convention Center over the weekend for a first look at all the latest gear at the 2015 SIA Snow Show. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to capture a sneak peek for the rest of us; keep reading for…
If you missed Roll’s Ugly Sweater Mixer Friday night at the Exdo Event Center, you likely missed some of the ugliest Christmas sweaters in town, which glowed in all their resplendent awfulness under colored lights as they zipped around the rink. Luckily, our photographer Scott Lentz was there to record…
“We couldn’t believe how much emphasis there was on ski jumping from the beginning: It was really the extreme sport of its day,” says historian Caryn Boddie. She and her husband, Peter Boddie, wrote the book Lost Ski Areas of Colorado’s Front Range and Northern Mountains, and they’ll be sharing…
Ski Cooper near Leadville, and Sunlight Mountain Resort, near Glenwood Springs are both opening today. Ski Cooper got so much snow recently, in fact, that it is opening two weeks early. They join many other Colorado mountains that have already opened for the season. We profiled them all in The…
The weather has been good for skiers and snowboarders so far this season, and that means more openings. Steamboat and Crested Butte plan to open for the season today, while Monarch, Snowmass and Telluride will open tomorrow, on Thanksgiving. We profiled all of Colorado’s ski-country destinations in The Edge, our…
Roller skating is even more fun when it glows in the dark. And that’s what happened last Friday night at the Exdo Event Center, where the November edition of Roll! turned on the black lights while skaters spun around the rink in their best retro-rave wear. Photographer Ken Hamblin caught…
Colorado’s two glitziest, most well-known ski resorts open for the season this weekend, along with a locals’ favorite, joining a few others that have so far. Vail goes first, giving customers access out of both Vail Village and Lionshead at 9 a.m., as well as return routes to both base…
Breckenridge got thirteen inches of snow on Wednesday and more last night, so there should be plenty to go around today when the ski resort (mostly Peak 8) opens for the season. There are plenty of activities on tap, including music, donuts, giveaways and of course, chilly refreshing temperatures. We…
Winter Park Resort opens Saturday, joining a handful of ski-country destinations that have already powered on the gondolas. We profile them all in The Edge, our insider’s guide to the 2014 ski and snowboard season, and we’ll be rolling out those profiles as the mountains open. But if you really…
Arapahoe Basin was first — as usual — but two other Summit County ski resorts, Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort, will open today, despite warm weather recently that pushed back Keystone’s original opening-day plan. In addition, Wolf Creek down in southwestern Colorado, opens this weekend as well. But with temperatures…
Last year’s ski and snowboard season was the best on record, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, with a record 12.6 million visits to Colorado ski areas — and this year’s snow forecast is even better. “Seeing our visitation punch through the 12.5 million level and best our prior mark…
Zombies — and other random costumed skaters — took to the rink Friday at the Exdo Event Center for a Halloween edition of the monthly Roll skate-dancing party. Photographer Scott Lenz dared to shoot these Zombie Apocalypse photos; keep reading for a sneak peek at the slide show. See also:…
Happy skiers and snowboarders flocked to Arapahoe Basin over the weekend for the official kickoff to the 2014-’15 Colorado ski season, amid sunny conditions and a party atmosphere. While balmy weather is keeping the snow guns at bay elsewhere, it’s only a matter of time before Loveland, Winter Park and…
