News For Winter 08-09
No More Pulling your Ski Pass out For Scanning
VAIL RESORTS ANNOUNCES NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL 2008-2009 SEASON PASSES ALLOWING FOR AN “EASY SCAN” PROCESS FOR SKIERS (Review News Collected From Last year's Ski Season Below) Steamboat Breaks Snow Record Aspen Highlands Extends Season Through April 27 Taos Gives Snowboarders a Chance Sheriff: “Anyone Found in Possession of a Stolen Snowboard will get a Serious But Kicking." Vail Offers Unrestricted Pass For 08-09 Reckless Skiing Can Mean Jail Time in Park City Record Snowfall and Half Price Skiing to Close Out Crested Butte’s Season Snowboard Only Resort Proposed FORECAST Current Snow Conditions at Colorado Resorts Most Recent Photos of Area Resorts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check Out End of Season Deals To Go Along with These Spring Events Keystone - March 25
Blues and BBQ Festival in River Run Village featuring live bands and BBQ in the afternoon capped off by the last fireworks show of the year. Monarch - April 5
Boatercross Returns for the Third annual Kayaks on Snow at Monarch Mountain. Aspen/Snowmass - March 21-23 * March 28-30 * April 4-6
Bud Light Spring Jam – Featuring three weekends of new school competitions, downtown parties, Super Diamond, Ky-Mani Marley and More! Breckenridge – April 1-20
Spring Massive – Featuring Comedy Nights, Jo Dee Messina, Rail Jam, Tony Furtado, The Subdudes, Rail Benders, Robert Randolf and the Family Band and More! Steamboat – April 4, 5 & 6
1st Annual Springalicious Festival Celebrates 2007/2008 Epic Season – Featuring The Radiators, American Relay, Susan Tedeschi, The Cardboard Classic, Sidewalk Sale and More! Durango - April 5-6
Purgy’s Party features live music, bon fire, old farts race, pig roast, $10 lift tickets and more! Crested Butte – April 9-13
The 40th Annual Flauschink Flushes Out Winter & Welcomes Spring – Featuring the crowning of the Flauschink King and Queen, the Coronation Ball (Polka Music), Parade and more! Copper Mountain – April 5-6 and 13-14
Sunsation featuring de Sol, Ivan Neville’s Dumpsta Funk, Susan Tedeschi, Eek-A-Mounse, Pato Banton, Band of Heathens, George Clinton and P-Funk, Trevor Hall, Lotus, Matisyahu and More! Winter Park April 12-13
Spring Blast Throw Back to The 80s featuring Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Spring Splash Featuring Great American Taxi
Spring Thing in Glenwood Springs March 22 and 23 Take the Crested Butte Grand Traverse To Aspen March 28-29
Spring and summer concerts announced daily!
** Check Out Colorado’s Most Comprehensive Concert Calendar ** Crested Butte Hosts Telemark Extreme Free Skiing March 20-22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Telluride Extends Lift Hours Minturn Town Council Approves Private Ski Resort Awaiting US Environmental Protection Agency Approval Developer Wants Skiing on Pikes Peak ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Ice Age? Snow Coverage in North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966. Denver’s Leading Magazine Rates Granby Trout Shop as One of Colorado’s Best Pickup Spots Forest Service Going After Smoke Shacks Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations for 2008 Steamboat Won’t Extend Season, Closes April 6 Frontier Ads More Flights to More Ski Towns Aspen Extends Hours of Some Lifts Snowmobile Group Opposes Expansion Book Review: "Instant Karma: The Heart and Soul of a Ski Bum" Telluride CEO Climbs and Skis Palmyra Peak (Pics Prove It) Purgatory Extends Season Historic Preservation Names Crested Butte One of 2008’s “Dozen Distinctive Destinations” Take a Bike Ride in the Snow Rocky Mountain National Park Visits Up 13% in January --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Check Out Colorado’s Most Comprehensive Concert Calendar ** Colorado Snowpack Figures as High as 170% above 30 yr Average Summit County January Snowfall Above Average for 3rd Straight Month Steamboat Surpasses 300 Inches So Much Snow.... Monarch Mountain Extends Its Season Snowmass Breaks Snow Record Again – 89 inches in January Telluride Breaks Record – 15 Feet in Two Months Grand County Snowpack “Excellent” For First Time Since 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Granby’s Ice Fishing Contest Draws 1400 There’ll be 20 Lucky Winners in the Steamboat Champagne Powder Celebration Sweepstakes, Video and Powder Prose contests Wearing the Right Stuff on a Cold Ski Day Snow Industry Holding Steady Despite Doom and Gloomers Dog Sledding in Colorado Snowmobile Drag Races Re-Scheduled for March 1
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Shaun White Wins X-Games Snowboard Superpipe Final Target To Offer Shaun White Clothing Line A Snowshoe Trip May Be Perfect Resident Colorado Drivers May Finally Get a Ski License Plate Sign Petition Snowboarders Banned for Five Years for Vulgar Behavior Glenwood Springs Tops Field and Stream’s Best Fishing Towns Free Terrain Park Open in Denver January 19 Early Season Snow Helps Boost Durango Mountain’s Skier Numbers Keystone Expands Guided Snowcat tours in Independence Bowl with Addition Yurt and Gourmet Meals Description Of A Snowmobile Adventure in Grand Lake Switzerland Installs Cameras on Slopes to Catch Speedy Skiers New Shuttle Service Connects Telluride, Silverton, Ouray and Montrose Watch Out for the Tree Wells -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Sensors That Scan Ski Pass Through Clothes Tested At Vail Telluride Doctor (Treated Keith Richards) Takes on Altitude Sickness Shuttle Service Between Crested Butte and Gunnison is Packed Burton Offers $5000 to the Best Video of Snowboarders Poaching the 4 US Ski Resorts that still Ban Snowboarding Poaching Ten Commandments
.... Video Taos Sort Of Drops Snowboard Ban... On March 19? Current Headlines - See Photo Slide Show Telluride CEO - Dave's Blog
2008 Backcountry Skiing Calendar Supports Local Health Programs Events Keystone Amateur Rail Jam, RESCHEDULED - Four Winners get 42" TVs. Ice Sculpture Event Coming to Vail Register for the Grand Traverse - Crested Butte to Aspen - March 28-29
Aspen’s Spring Jam Brings New Events The First Ever All-Girls Half Pipe Contest and Photo Shoot Weekend
Six Days, 30 Bands, A World-Class Ski Resort, and a Really Big Tent Registration Open for World's Largest Disabled Military Veteran Ski Clinic
Misc. Headlines Colorado Ski Resorts Get Billions Worth of Improvements New Minturn Ski Resort to Be Greener Purgatory – Great Mountain To Ski With Your Kids – Ski Magazine Hut System Opens New Cabin at Tennessee Pass Monarch Brings Back Country Skiing in Bounds What's New at Colorado Ski Resorts Conference Hosts Talks On Future of Resort Towns Heli-Ski Proposal Draws Protest
6 Colorado Resorts in Ski Magazine's Top 10 Resorts for 2007 Good To Know Kids Fly free Dallas to Crested Butte Purgatory Has Direct Flights From Dallas American Airlines Offers Buy Two Get One Free Tickets to Crested Butte Win an Ouray Shopping Spree Archives | 
