As if you need another reason to get out to Breckenridge, get ready for a crazy party there celebrating Ullr, the Norse god of winter. The Ullr Fest will run from Sunday, January 9th to Saturday, January 15th. And this year with record early season snowfalls, there is all the more reason to celebrate. I [...]
You’ve seen the commercials. Omni-Heat is 20% warmer. Little silver dots. A hot girl in a bikini skis through a snow wall in Sweeden (there are others, but that’s my fave). So is it legit? Check out the vids below, and the write up even further below. In order to get honest feedback and perfect [...]
Part of Outdoor Research’s Sidecountry line, the Adrenaline Glove is a very comfortable and light ski glove. They provide great dexterity, the grip is solid, and construction seems quite good. My favorite feature is that the gauntlet on these are a little bit longer than on other ski gloves, which I really like. Even if [...]
If you haven’t seen this video before, you have to watch it! For those of you who are enjoying the resurgence of the eighties, moon boots and Journey, and may not have been old enough to actually enjoy it the first time, here’s a dose of 80′s pop culture at it’s prime in 1984. I’m [...]
Things are getting pretty busy for the holiday season, so no video this week but you can listen to the audio podcast below or download and save it to your MP3 player and listen to it as over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house you go. One note, on the podcast I [...]
A comprehensive guide on where to find the best cup of joe in ski country.
Hey, you’re getting a $1,000 pair of skis for Christmas? As the Violator said in Hot Tub Time Machine, “Good for you!!!” Well, for the rest of us who just get annoyed as hell at all of the holiday commercials where a wife wakes her husband up to show him a gift wrapped BMW sitting [...]
Echo Mountain is the only remaining Colorado stop for the Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour. At this two day snowboard skills camp you can learn new tricks, meet the pro’s, win some free gear and most of all have a blast on your board. See the interview with Molly from Echo Mountain for more info [...]
A weekly update featuring a local ski and snowboard resource, the events coming up this week on the slopes, and a little bit of music Above is the video teaser that just touches on the biggest events of the weekend, and below is the full audio podcast with tons of info on where to go [...]
A weekly update featuring a local ski and snowboard resource, the events coming up this week on the slopes, and a little bit of music. In previous weeks I’ve had a video version, but this week the file was too long for youtube and too big for wordpress, so it will be in audio format [...]
OK, it might seem a little trivial to do a gear review on something as small as a mask, but I have to spread the love on this thing. I recently picked one of these up ($20) for a day of skiing where the thermometer started out at negative four degrees and it worked beautifully. [...]
There are many things to be thankful for on Thanksgiving day: family, friends, good health, good food and much more. But this year there was something else of great significance in Colorado to be thankful for: early season snow. The mountains have been getting blanketed with snowstorms that are making for some of the best opening days for [...]
A weekly update featuring a local ski and snowboard resource, the events coming up this week on the slopes, and a little bit of music.
This past Friday Keystone Resort opened up the Outback terrain and on Saturday opened the hiking-accessed North and South Bowls. If you were lucky enough to be there, it was a beautiful thing. While there were areas of early season conditions where a few rocks or roots were poking through, at least in the bowls, [...]
On-mountain dining is a luxury that not everyone can afford. Buying lunch for the whole family? You can rack up quite a bill at any of the on-mountain eateries at Colorado resorts. Now Keystone has some nice relief to the wallet drain: the $5 value meal. Available at any of the cafeterias at Keystone resort, the deal [...]
Hmm, quality of this video sucks… but the content doesn’t!
Interview with Molly from Echo Mountain at the Denver Ski & Snowboard Expo. Molly highlights some of Echo’s unique features and upcoming events including: - Echo Mountain’s close proximity to Denver - Affordable single day and season passes - Opening Day on December 1st - Mighty Midwest Tour snowboard camp December 18-19 - Neversummer Demo [...]
Here are some pics I’ve taken with the camera:
OK, I got my first tracks of the season a little later than many, but it was definitely worth the wait. I didn’t make it up to Breck for opening day on Friday to try the Breckberry French Toast, but they did get some good snow on Friday and it was still really nice on [...]
