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January 2017

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Winter Park Express

The year of its death was 2009, March specifically. At 69 years old, it was good run.  And that was that, the end of the era.  Long live the Ski Train! Except it wasn’t the end.  The people of Winter Park, Denver, and the state of Colorado wouldn’t let the…

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Breaking Trail

Put the one foot in front of the other…  Words from an animated childhood Christmas special ring in my head.  I put one foot into the deep unbroken snow, and sink down into the powdery fluff.  Good thing I brought my trekking poles with me for balance or I would…

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Driving snowy mountain roads

As I drove down off Berthoud Pass, the SUV that had been on my tail suddenly accelerated.  I instantly had a premonition of the car wreck before it happened. Sure enough, as it sped up heading into the switchback, the car did a 180 right in front of me, ricocheting…

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Riding the Chairlift

“Did you hear what happened at Ski Granby Ranch today?” my friend Kate asked. “No, I just finished teaching my lesson and just got in the car to drive home.  What happened?” “A woman died after she fell from a chairlift there.” I was horrified.  After getting home, I googled…

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