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“Did you hear? Eldora is opening this Friday!” “I can’t wait to go skiing, I got my new boots and skis!” My friends were stoked to get out the boards and start sliding down the hill. Then I got the email. “We’re Opening Early! The snow is here and conditions…
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Driving home tonight seemed uneventful. It had been a clear but windy day on the plains. But as we drove up Boulder Canyon, the snow started to fall. Gently at first, and then swirling around violently as we neared Nederland. Where did the snow come from? The people who started…
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I saw it come to life over a matter of weeks. First, I walked through the village and I saw the towers perched on the hillside. Later, cable first lay across the bricks, then got strung — one tower to the next. A huge crane loomed over the Sun Spot…
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Will we or won’t we? It’s everyone’s winter fantasy come true. You wake up on Christmas morning, throw back the curtains, and there it is. A winter wonderland straight out of Currier and Ives. Trees with branches bowed with snow. The world hushed with the weight of fluffy flakes of…
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