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Mary Jane

Sitting on the 6-passenger chairlift, I couldn’t help but admire the views that kept getting more and more scenic.  First it was just glimpses of alpine forest covered in snow, but as the lift climbed higher up the hill, we rose above timberline and jagged mountain peaks appeared.  By the…

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Rollins Pass

Our little 2-wheel drive Mazda hatchback bounced along the dirt road, climbing ever higher.  At times I was sure we were going to bottom out completely.  As we continued on, the road got narrower and more rutted.  This didn’t seem like such a direct and certain route to Nederland and…

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Honey, I almost hit a moose!

Still groggy from getting up at 5 a.m., I climbed into my dirty Subaru Forester with my cup of coffee and drove out the snowy driveway.  Plugging in my iTunes for some driving music at this early hour, I glanced up and saw something flash across the road.  Slowing down,…

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Prepping for ski season

Warning:  there may be some off topic references in this post that do not pertain to life in the mountains of Colorado. Ok, got that out of the way, here we go.  I received my Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus ski pass in the mail the other day and I…

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