Vail, Beaver Creek’s single-day, window lift ticket price breaks $200

The 200 barrier for a walk-up ski lift ticket has been broken up for the first time by Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek this year, according to industry sources. Vail and Beaver Creek are charging $209 daily for a walk-up window ticket, in accordance with their site. The cost is reduced to $199 if bought
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Hit the slopes for cheap in January during “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month”

It was a cold and stormy night beneath Eldora’s Bunnyfair and also my 3-year-old self was projecting a significant hissy fit. Tears flowing down my stairs, I was berating my parents for bringing me , the forces that created the terrifying incline before me and also the dark night skies for being unsympathetic to my
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7 places to grab slopeside food while skiing in Colorado

From Kelly Hepburn, Special to The Denver Post A day on the slopes can cause your body to burn though some severe calories. Remaining hydrated and fueled are all key to being able to make it into the day’s end. Gone are the times of cups of crushed and noodles PB&Js. Here are a few spots
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Ski for free on Sundays at a historic Colorado ski resort

Nothing beats the freedom of snowboarding and skiing and ski at no cost. For the year Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs will provide free skiing on Sundays this year. (Sunday skiing is free on Howelsen’s nine cross country paths.)  Prior to last season, completely absolutely free skiing has been provided one Sunday a month. Howelsen Hill
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Six tips that will help you plan your next cross country skiing trip

From Walter Nicklin, Special to The Washington Post Cross country skier Derek Dresler, of Silverthorne, makes the most of the new snow and cold weather in late October while skiing Loveland Pass with his dog Georgia. (Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post)Against the royal background of the Mont Blanc massif, I took a brief break in
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Colorado resorts are moving family time from apres-ski to the slopes

From Amy Tara Koch Family time might not be the very first thing that comes to mind when you think of frightening downhill runs like Corbet’s Couloir in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Highland Bowl in Aspen, Colorado, or the Big Couloir in Big Sky, Montana. This is precisely why so many ski destinations celebrated because of
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5 ski scenes from this year’s Warren Miller film that will blow you away

You don’T Even want to be stuck in line for popcorn and miss these scenes in Your 69th Warren Miller ski and snowboard Movie, “Face of Winter,” now touring Colorado: Iceland (segment No. 5): Summer heli-skiing close to the Arctic Circle, located out of a household farm dating back 1,200 years and featuring 4,000-foot descents looming across the
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After 30 years, cross country skiing makes “fabulously cool” return to Warren Miller with Aspen native

This year’s celebration of winter experience from Warren Miller Entertainment works up the standard spectacle of skiing and snowboarding in exotic locales that always makes viewers ache to hit the slopes and envy the power of those who make extreme look simple. There’s also a surprise in this year’s movie: a section that portrays cross
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9 ways to get cheap ski gear in Colorado for this winter

Ski season is here. Denver has recorded its first snowfall and Front Range hotels obtained 2 feet of snow in a week’s series of storms, with Arapahoe Basin and Loveland opening this weekend. Related Articles Upcoming ski swaps Provide opportunity to get lightly used gear at good Costs Independent gear store moves from bungalow to
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With the first sightings of the white stuff on Snowmass Mountain, it’s clear: Winter is coming

Enough with this weather, already. It’s no time to move on to the warmer months so Coloradans can start hitting on the slopes. Thankfully, our forecasts have been heard by the mountain lions. Aspen Snowmass tweeted a photo of its mountain scattered with flakes of snow Thursday morning. There’s still a very long way to
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