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Arapahoe Basin is the first ski area to open for the 2014-2015 skiing and riding season! Temps are forcast to be in the 50s today so it’s like spring skiing in October. We stopped by this morning to give you a quick look at what it looks like on the slopes for opening day 2014. […]
Construction has been underway on the new Base Camp commercial development for nearly a year now. Whole Foods, the anchor store and the first of the stores in the development, has opened as scheduled. April 29th had grand opening day festivities that included a live band, a clam bake & free food samples. Whole Foods […]
The history of Keystone is an illustrious one, dating back to 1941, when the founders purchased the Black Ranch along the Snake River, the site of the current Ski Tip Ranch. The vision for the resort was formulated for decades, until 1967, when the 500 acres for the original ski area was acquired. The ski area opened […]
Today, March 8, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the dedication and opening of the westbound bore of the Eisenhower Tunnel. The Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel is the highest vehicle tunnel in the world at 11,155 feet. Additionally, it is the longest mountain tunnel with a length of nearly 1.7 miles. Completion of this tunnel meant traffic no […]
With plenty of snow, cold temperatures and hilly terrain, Summit County drivers are better than most when it comes to winter driving. Steamboat Springs actually has a winter driving course where they teach people how to drive in icy conditions. Summit County does not have that type of course, but I personally have relied on three sure things for the […]
Today, Monday, is blog action day. Bloggers all over the country are blogging about the environment. I always prefer local flavor when I write posts, because I think that is why people read this blog. A few weeks ago I wrote about the Summit County ski areas using wind power to run ski lifts, and I had planned another during hiking […]
How much you will pay for season passes changes every year at every resort. Here’s a run down of season pass prices for 2007-2008. Copper Mountain This year Copper Mountain has partnered with both Winter Park and Steamboat for a variety of types of passes at various prices. It makes for a confusing array of prices for […]
St Anthony’s, our new hospital in Frisco, Colorado, has been open for nearly two years now and not only does it offer great care, it has awesome views, a good array of services and some very nice people. You may reach them at 970-668-3300. Cheerful volunteers greet you at the information desk at the front of the lobby, with its huge fireplace and […]
Do you have any idea what it means for our ski resorts to be wind powered? I visualized many big wind turbines sitting on top of the ski mountains. We get enough wind sometimes that it could work! Can you see wind turbines all across the top of the Ten Mile Range? It makes me […]
Hannah, the resident yellow lab, and her sidekick Buddha, a fiercely happy chihuahua, are the welcoming committee at the Hotel Frisco, a small boutique hotel on Main Street in our mountain town of Frisco, Colorado. Mark and Mary Waldman, refugees from Silicon Valley California, are the inn keepers, and you will not find better hosts! They and […]
101 Main St, #109, PO Box 4115 Frisco, CO 80443
