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Colorado Rocky Mountains

Nature

Life Under the Snow

Out on a cross country ski on The Grand Mesa, we enjoyed a Colorado Bluebird Day.  Bluebird days are defined as the day after a snowstorm, when the sun comes out and the new fallen snow sparkles.  It doesn’t get much better than going skiing on a crisp, sunny day…

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Lifestyle

A Mountain Home

“Wow, this is just what I pictured a mountain home would look like!” exclaimed our friend visiting from Chicago. Which begs the question, what should a mountain home look like?  I guess for most of us who come from somewhere else, we think it shouldn’t look like your typical suburban…

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Weather/Climate

A Rare January Snowstorm

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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Weather/Climate

White Christmases

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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