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You know it’s bad, when the snowplow that is expected to keep our local roads cleared of snow ends up upside down in Boulder Creek. That’s what happened this morning around Nederland and Boulder, when a surprise snowstorm dumped almost a foot of snow in the area. Boulder Canyon shut…
Continue readingWell, another ski season begins anew tomorrow as both Loveland and Arapahoe Basin ski resorts open tomorrow. This is the latest opening day for the Colorado skis season in 15 years. It seems like a long time coming, but in reality, it’s still a pre-Halloween start to the ski season,…
Continue readingIn an earlier post, I referenced Joel Gratz, a meteorologist who has built an entire business around forecasting “powder days” for Colorado ski areas through the website, OpenSnow. For someone not from Colorado or ski country, this might sound like lunacy that someone could actually create a career out of…
Continue readingHad a chance last night to hear the infamous Joel Gratz speak last night at the Salto Cafe in Nederland. I had never heard of Joel Gratz until we moved to Nederland four years ago. A guy I knew who was a hard core skier who lived here told me…
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