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Avalanche Awareness

While the recent storm brought much welcomed snow to the region, it also brought another round of dangerous avalanche conditions in the backcountry.  Areas around Rocky Mountain National Park (just 45 minutes north of Nederland) received up to 52 inches of new snow.  Colorado has more people die from avalanches annually…

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An Epic Powder Day

In 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…

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