"A" Basin The Quintessential Right of SpringThey begin arriving in April. Men and women in flowered shirts and shorts with pink flamingos and barbecue grills in hand flock to Colorado's "beach". They're here for the celebration. Spring has sprung at Arapahoe Basin. It's a tradition, a classic right of spring, and it's happened every year for half a century. In land-locked Colorado, the next best thing to a sandy beach is a parking space at the foot of Arapahoe's snowy slopes. Reservations for these spots are generally required in April, May and June. This ritual is not only about jump-starting a summer tan, although with a base elevation of 10,780 feet, Arapahoe Basin microwaves bodies like a short order cook.
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Aspen & Snowmass VillageAspen/Snowmass Upgrades to Snowboarding 'Mecca' Three mountains, 4,100 acres, miles of corduroy and hundreds of inches of fresh powder add up to unlimited fun for snowboarders. Aspen/Snowmass has always been a rider's haven, and improvements for the 1998/99 winter season won't disappoint loyal?or new?fans. Snowmass, the flagship of the three snowboarding mountains, has expanded acreage, new terrain parks and halfpipes, and some of the best natural snowboarding terrain in the world, making it the snowboarding Mecca of the Rocky Mountains. Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk Mountain provide perfect complements. Highlands provides big adventure with its famous steeps and glades, along with long, mellow cruising runs. Buttermilk's rolling terrain provides training ground for boarders at any level seeking a breakthrough to new skills.
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The Big 4 Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, KeystoneVail Overview Vail sets the "gold standard" for the alpine ski resort industry with North America's best terrain, world-class accommodations, shopping and five-star dining. The legendary Back Bowls boast 2,734 acres of deep powder, wide-open terrain and panoramic mountain range vistas. w Adventure Ridge, Vail's mountaintop activity center, offers a variety of activities including tubing, ice skating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ski-biking, laser challenge and other adventures for skiers and non-skiers alike. There also are five different dining options available at Adventure Ridge. w Consistently rated the top ski resort in North America by publications such as SKI, Skiing and Snow Country magazines.
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Breckenridge History as Big as our MountainsThe fabric of Breckenridge's history has been woven from the richly-textured yarns of the Old West and the fine spun threads of the just-ending 20th century. And what a tapestry we have to leave to future generations! This place on Earth for centuries knew no industry, saw no commerce. It was, rather, bountiful hunting grounds where nomadic Ute Indians lived on vast herds of mountain bison, moose, elk and deer. The Natives called the peaks and glens, strung together by a rushing alpine river, "Nah-oon-kara." The translation for that has been lost to time, but some have said it might mean "softly beautiful valley."
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Copper NewsK&L Ski & Ride Free Program returns for fourth season. Having seen tens of thousands of people take advantage of the program over the last three seasons, Copper Mountain Resort again offers its K&L Beginner Ski & Ride Free program this winter. The K&L program offers free skiing on five trails and over 53 acres of beginner terrain surrounding the K and L chairlifts in the Union Creek area. Anyone who would like to ride the lifts for free can simply go to the Union Creek ticket sales desk and ask for a free ticket any day the program is offered. Specific dates for which the program is offered are now available, officials said. "There are no strings attached to this program," explained Communications Director Hilary Fadner. "Copper understands that trying a new snow sport can seem overwhelming when you consider all the necessary components required to spend a day on the slopes. Our simple goal with the K&L program is to help more people enjoy snow sports by taking some of the hassle and expense out of the mountain experience."
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Crested Butte Instructional ProgramsJust as college prepares one for the challenges of the real world, so, too, do instructional programs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort groom skiers and snowboarders for new challenges on the snow. Whether the individual is an aspiring beginner, an up-and-coming extreme competitor or someone preparing for a helicopter skiing trip, Crested Butte is uniquely suited to improve the skills of all skiers and snowboarders with its specialized instruction programs and varied terrain. In addition to programs and top instructors, the key to improvement is terrain that can challenge skills at every level. That's where Crested Butte Mountain Resort stands apart from its competition. The mountain has something for everyone in its 1,160 acres of skiing and snowboarding. It ranges from the slow, gentle turns of green runs like Poverty Gulch and Yellow Brick Road to the ungroomed, double-black diamond terrain of the Extreme Limits. Roughly 450 acres, or 35 percent of Crested Butte's terrain, are for beginners and intermediates, while 125 acres are for advanced skiers and 550 are for experts.
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Monarch Ski & Snowboard Area'Matters of Fact' Location: In Central Colorado, 21 miles west of Salida on US Highway 50 at Monarch Pass. 47 miles east of Gunnison via US 50. 157 miles southwest of Denver via US 285 south & Highway 50 west; 117 miles west of Colorado Springs via CO 115 south & US 50 west; or CO 24 west, US 285 south & US 50 west. From Grand Junction: 190 miles via US 50 east.
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NSCD National Sports Center for the Disabled RECREATION PROGRAMFounded in 1970 by Hal O'Leary, the NSCD's world-recognized recreation program at Winter Park provides innovative outdoor recreation for adults and children with physical and mental disabilities. What activities are offered by NSCD? Alpine (downhill) skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing are offered during the winter season (November through April). The NSCD's summer program, launched in 1980, now includes mountain, tandem and hand-crank biking, hiking, in-line skating, two sailing programs, therapeutic horseback riding, white-water rafting, fishing, baseball camps, rock climbing for the blind and camping. Summer activities run from June through September. |
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Purgatory Resort Durango, ColoradoPurgatory's Total TicketTM lets you create a vacation with your lift ticket. A Purgatory lift ticket is better than any other lift ticket anywhere else. That's because Purgatory lift tickets are complete vacation packages with Total TicketTM. Any four-day or more Purgatory lift ticket is a Total TicketTM, and you can exchange a day of skiing or snowboarding for any one of seven major vacation activities in Southwest Colorado. Few resorts can match Purgatory's variety of one-of-a-kind activities:
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Silver Creek Makes Skiing a Family AffairMost ski resorts now offer a variety of activities for children and families, but how many can say they were designed for families and children? Colorado's Silver Creek Resort enters its sixteenth season with a focus on learning and on families. Parents will appreciate Silver Creek's central base area. It's easy to keep track of the family or group since all lifts emanate from one central area. Family members of different ages and skiing abilities can easily stay in touch throughout the day and all end up at the same place. Beepers are available for rent at the resort's Sterling Base Lodge. Silver Creek caters to children with its ongoing special events. Children and adults together can take part in Ski with Santa days and the New Year's Eve skiing torchlight parade, followed by a fireworks display. Bring the family to the slopes for tours and races on Family FunDay Sundays, each Sunday in January. For alternative activity while on the slopes, five railroad-theme parks are open to youngsters age 14 and under. When parents want an evening break, they can enroll their children in the Sterling Base Lodge After Hours Program on Fridays and Saturdays. Children will be supervised and entertained with activities and events that include movies and games for no charge.
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Steamboat Ski Town USA:What Makes This Place So Special When you ask someone to describe Steamboat usually people come up with different reasons as to why they have fallen in love with this place. From horses to high-speed quad chairlifts; Carl Howelsen to Billy Kidd; the famous Steamboat Barn to Boarding; Champagne Powder to a real, western, ranching community; Steamboat holds something uniquely special for everyone who has been touched by this place. Seven thousand feet up in the Colorado Rockies, nestled quietly below one of the largest ski mountains in North America, sits a small ranching community that serves as a constant reminder that the Old West is alive and well. Ours is a town that welcomes vacationers with open arms and enough small town charm to keep you smiling even after you leave.
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Telluride Ski & Golf Company News Children's Winter AdventuresThe baby boomers who first worked the chairlifts (while living out of their VW vans) when Telluride opened in the 1970s are no longer pushing their limits-they're pushing strollers. They still come here, though, because Telluride now has answers to every question posed by skiing families. Imagine stepping from your condo into a gondola cabin to be whisked off to the mountain. Skis or boards can be picked up along the way and children dropped off to play, all with barely a break in stride. And all without starting the family truckster. Through a combination of Telluride's gondola and chondola transportation systems, and the new Mountain Village Activity Center, this vision is now a reality.
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The Village at BreckenridgeWintertime in Breckenridge Brings Plenty of Fun While our summers are nothing short of glorious, we'd be remiss if we didn't remind you of our simply spectacular Breckenridge winters and the snow-covered playground you'll find in the heart of the Rockies. All ages, from toddlers to grandparents, have activities and events tailor-made for them-whether they choose to tackle the mountain or not. Winter has come to mean skiing, of course, but it means so much more. The Village at Breckenridge provides skiing enthusiasts access to Peak 9 right outside its back door-and winter enthusiasts can find a myriad of other snow-fun activities right beyond the front door.
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Winter Park Snowboarding and more....The big "hits" in Winter Park's terrain parks, wide open cruisers, and powder stashes on Mary Jane bring more snowboarders to Winter Park Resort every year. By creating special terrain, maps, and volunteer programs that cater to snowboarders, Winter Park attracted more than 110,000 snowboarder visits last season. Also enhancing the resort's reputation for "riders" is the variety of lessons and clinics offered through the Rider Improvement Center and the series of amateur and professional competitions held throughout the season.
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