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As a skier, I religiously read OpenSnow. OpenSnow is the website dedicated to forecasting powder for skiers everywhere. Started in Colorado by Joel Gratz, it has now gone nationwide. A week ago, I took a couple of minutes reading Joel’s blog for Colorado, and got excited over the long-term forecast. …
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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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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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Living in the mountains for many winters, I’ve often thought the air brings signs of snow before the flakes fly. Sometimes it’s in the form of extreme wind. Sometimes, there’s a faint smell of moisture, sort of like rain, but more subtle. Sometimes it’s just the feel of heavier humidity….
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