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Colorado Ski Resorts Closing Dates

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The 2006/2007 Colorado ski season is wrapping up with all kinds of spring skiing celebrations. There is a spring splash at Winter Park, concerts at Copper and BBQ’s at A-Basin.
Here are the closing dates for Colorado:
April 15th:
Aspen
Eldora
Copper
Keystone
Snowmass
Steamboat
Winter Park
April 22:
Breckenridge
Vail
April 29:
Silverton Mountain
June 3:
Arapahoe Basin

07/08 Season Pass Prices Are In

Vail resorts and Intrawest Colorado announced their season pass prices for next season along with the announcement of some new passes.

Park Review: Echo Mountain Park

After hearing about Echo Mountain from every different source of media in Denver I decided it was time to see what all the noise is about (If you don’t know, Echo Mountain is a ski hill that is all terrain park located in Evergreen, Colorado). I decided to sleep in and make it […]

Urban Ski and Snowboard rail yard opens in Denver, CO

*Sorry for being lazy and posting a press release, but it’s time for bed and I have to get up and drive to Copper to cover the US Freeskiing Open.
Winter Park Resort in partnership with Denver Parks and Recreation is proud to announce the grand opening of the first-ever skier and rider urban rail yard, […]

Get Ready to Hit The Pipe

The 06/07 pipe season is upon us, Copper Mountain opened the first superpipe in the country. The Main Vein Superpipe is right at the base of the mountain, so you better be ready to have an audience watching your run from the Burning Stones Plaza below. The pipe measures in at 450 feet long […]

Copper Opens Friday

Word on the street is that Copper is opening tomorrow from the top to the bottom, bottom to the top, 2600 total vertical feet. There is a whole 12 runs and, no, I’m not being scarcastic that is great for early season. If you havent already, break out your gear, hit the mountain and show […]

Keystone Bumps Up Opening Day

The series of early season storms passing through the Colorado Mountains has made it possible for Keystone to open up early. The original date was November 10th but that has been changed to Friday November 3rd, so check how many sick days you have and get up there for some early season turns.

Friday 13th brings good news.

Arapahoe Basin opened for the season today and narrowly beat out rival Loveland the reining winner for six years, Loveland has tentative plans to open Saturday. A-Basin has only one run open with 1,200 vertical feet and an 18in base, and the park is open as well. So grab your boots and shitty skis (or […]

Skiing in Vegas?

Plans are coming together to make a new resort in Vegas (not on the strip), the idea is a huge resort with an indoor “Ski Dome” and the largest indoor waterpark in north America, a hotel and some other stuff, they call it Las Vegas Wet. The big question is will they have the balls […]

U.S. Freeskiing Open Moves to Copper

By: Press Release
JEEPĀ® U.S. FREESKIING OPEN CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW LOCATION
Competition Set to Take Place Jan. 17-21, 2007, at Copper Mountain Resort
Boulder, Colo. - August 30, 2006 - SKIING magazine announced today that the JeepĀ® U.S. Freeskiing Open, the largest and most respected contest in freeskiing, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a move […]