Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service killed Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s plan to enter the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process to expand onto Snodgrass Mountain with an additional 276 acres of predominately intermediate terrain that has been pegged for skiing in Forest Service plans since 1978. The denial…
Instead of staying at home and cooking for hours and then facing hours more of cleanup, why not head to the mountains, get some skiing in, and let the resorts do it all for you? As an added bonus, getting some runs in will help you burn off the calorie…
Go easy on the Thanksgiving feast this year, skip the Black Friday shopping melee, and head for the hills instead: Copper Mountain is tentatively scheduled to open its Superpipe later this week, in advance of the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, December 9-12, and is also hosting its 8th Annual Leftover…
Last week, we brought you the story of Amber Johnson, Canada native and Colorado blogger. Amber is a finalist for a Microsoft-sponsored blogging trip to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics. She mentioned in her interview with us that there was a fellow Coloradan over in the student finals (Johnson is…
They’re only three volumes in, but The Ski Journal has already distinguished itself as the type of publication that takes a deep-think approach to the sport. Like The Alpinist for mountaineering, it ditches copious ads in favor of luxurious paper stock, drool-inducing photography, and thoughtful articles that reflect on the…
Level 1 – Refresh Teaser from Level 1 on Vimeo. Level 1 Productions’ new flick Refresh is a celebration of the Denver-based production company’s decade of badass freeskiing filmmaking, a simultaneous look back and glimpse of the future. Native New Yorker Josh Berman, Level 1’s mastermind, started shooting his buddies…
While glossy ski-resort brochures often show pictures of wide open bowls and endless powder, many dedicated skiers know that the trees are where it’s at. Tight, technical, often magical, tree skiing can be a place where there’s powder to be found days after a storm. On bad light days, trees…
El Niño, the atmospheric condition characterized by warmer Pacific waters, is back. That means we’ll probably get more early- and late-season dumps in the Rockies. As the above map indicates, it also means we have an equal chance of having above normal, normal, and below normal snowfall this winter. Yeah,…
The idyllic wonderland you see above is the town of Telluride, where you and someone whose pants you’re trying to get into can enjoy three nights of lodging and two days on the mountain, rentals included, by entering this contest from the Colorado Tourism Department. All they want in return…
While most of the Front Range areas have already opened, Thanksgiving week will see several of Colorado’s major destination ski resorts start turning their lifts. There are plenty of events and deals available for those looking to get outside the Front Range this week for the holiday.Traditionally, Thanksgiving isn’t a…
The lifts started turning at Vail on Friday, and photographer Soren McCarty was there. See more photos after the jump…
We stopped by the Art Institute’s Rail Jam on Saturday, and it was pretty sweet: Lots of people, lots of rail-jamming, and a festive atmosphere, as evidenced by the photo above. For more such photos, check out Aaron Thackeray’s slideshow…
If Hollywood determined proper climbing technique, everybody would walk around with backpacks full of nitroglycerin and believe they could clear just about any jump as long as they yelled hard enough. You can witness this sensibility in the hilariously annotated video, “The Vertical Limit Guide To Climbing”: Note to self:…
If you know any teenagers in a local school or youth agency, check out the Urban Riders Snowsports Club: The Denver Parks & Recreation program is the best deal running this season.For $50 a head, groups of 13 first-time skiers and snowboarders get five full days of riding at Winter…
The season is upon us, and while the old fuddy-duddies in the resort’s main offices are finding more and more ways to stifle our fun on the hill these days (how many signs telling us what we can’t do on the mountain do you need, Keystone?), there remains plenty of…
Skiing is a difficult enough sport without your feet feeling like they’ve been coal-walking all day. But many skiers go through multiple seasons spent in various states of denial about how their ski boots may be severely limiting their skiing.”If you go to the hill on a busy weekend, I’d…
Every week On the Edge is giving you the skinny on where you should be hitting the slopes, as if our humble opinion will somehow make you reconsider your riding loyalties despite having sold your soul for that season pass.Just in case, you know?…
The first-annual Denver Backyard Bang Rail Jam is a good reason to stay off the slopes and in the city tomorrow while still getting a healthy dose of tasty shred. Salomon Snowboards and The Art Institute of Colorado have teamed up to host the event that will bring top pro…
Via our friends at ToplessRobot.com: What did you expect, Tattooine?…
Sure, Vail will be a popular destination for opening weekend — but do they have sharks?One brave alternative to the festivities at 8,150 feet: snorkel or dive at the Downtown Aquarium. The sharks aren’t aggressive; some of them are downright snuggly, despite having skin like sandpaper. You need to be…
Apparently, the first rule for season pass holders at Durango Mountain Resort is “you do NOT talk about Durango Mountain Resorts.” Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort canceled Lauren Slaff’s season pass after she publicly criticized the resort in the Durango Herald for changes in this year’s operating schedule.At the beginning…
After breaking the seal on my Loveland pass yesterday, I woke up this morning feeling like I’d been run down by a truck, or at least a compact SUV. I can’t be alone in having a few early-season aches and pains in certain cranky muscles that weren’t in high demand…
