As ski season kicks into gear, lots of people eagerly grab their boards and race up to the slopes. They’re leaving performance behind. Before heading to the hills, consider taking your boards in for a tune to get them into skiable shape…
Taking advantage of two recent storms, Echo Mountain will open tomorrow with an early-season deal that gets you twelve hours of skiing for just $29. And Echo isn’t just cheap — it’s close. So close, in fact, that you might be tempted to head up for a few runs during…
Gone are the days when burly women skiers and riders needed to make do with poorly fitting gear designed for men. At one time, women athletes could just bask in the condescension from retail stores and gear companies, who felt women didn’t need strong gear because few of them really…
Apparently those budget cuts aren’t coming out of the Tourism Department’s free crap fund. Earlier in the week we advised you to sign up for the Telluride vacation giveaway. Today, it’s hats, which the state will generously give anyone who goes to one of the state’s 10 welcome centers. You’ll…
The idyllic wonderland you see above is the town of Telluride, where you and someone whose pants you’re trying to get into can enjoy three nights of lodging and two days on the mountain, rentals included, by entering this contest from the Colorado Tourism Department. All they want in return…
While most of the Front Range areas have already opened, Thanksgiving week will see several of Colorado’s major destination ski resorts start turning their lifts. There are plenty of events and deals available for those looking to get outside the Front Range this week for the holiday.Traditionally, Thanksgiving isn’t a…
If you know any teenagers in a local school or youth agency, check out the Urban Riders Snowsports Club: The Denver Parks & Recreation program is the best deal running this season.For $50 a head, groups of 13 first-time skiers and snowboarders get five full days of riding at Winter…
We’re sitting on two more tickets to tonight’s Littleton screening of Warren Miller’s new flick, so it’s time to give them away. In honor of yesterday’s list of the best ski movies of all time, leave a comment on this post — including a valid email address — saying what…
Winter Park kicks off its 70th Anniversary season when it opens its lifts tomorrow at 9 a.m., staking its claim as the longest continually running ski resort in Colorado (Ski Monarch, open November 25, is also claiming platinum anniversary status this year). Winter Park, formerly known as West Portal, opened…
On the Edge was on the scene at the Ski and Snowboard Expo this weekend — and not just to shoot our mouths off and shoot photos. Our street team was busy handing out raffle tickets for a pair of new (although last year’s model) K2 Apache Xplorers and Marker…
See more photos from the Expo on the slideshow page. The first day of the 18th annual Denver Ski and Snowboard Expo got off to a raging start at the Colorado Convention Center. Walking into the venue, a dizzying array of resorts offered last-minute deals on lift tickets, lodging, and…
Something called Westword is sponsoring a contest for a pretty sweet Keystone vacation package. It includes four nights (December 10-13, specifically) at the six-person Keystone Scratch Game condo with a fully stocked drink fridge and six four-day passes for the mountain. Register here . The Scratch Game condo comes with…
Update: We’re still taking names. We’ll draw the winners tomorrow. If you can’t decide if you’re interested in catching Warren Miller’s latest ski film, Dynasty, maybe this will help: We have a pair of vouchers good for free tickets to next Thursday’s screening in Littleton. To snag the tickets, send…
So Backcountry Outlet is switching over to Department of Goods in January. But today they opened the beta version of the new site. It’s pretty awesome. In addition to the usual online markdowns on clothing/skis/bikes/assorted crap you didn’t know you desperately needed, they’re giving away $200,000 worth of prizes on…
An estimated 30,000 ski and snowboard junkies will flock to the Colorado Convention Center this weekend for the 18th annual Ski and Snowboard Expo. Here, five reasons you should be one of them:…
Old man Miller doesn’t have much to do with the films that bear his name these days, but his dynasty lives on all the same: Denver screenings of the annual ski porn from Warren Miller Films are as reliable as the changing of the seasons. Warren Miller celebrated his 85th…
Back in college — during that little break in December when you are supposed to study for your finals — we’d take our studies on the road and head up to Crested Butte for their early-season ski-free promotion. What can I say? It was a state school, and classes in…
Winter Park is celebrating its platinum anniversary this year. That’s 70 years, apparently, and the fine folks at the newly-septagenarian resort are offering free lift tickets with the purchase of at least two nights at participating lodges from opening day (November 18) until Christmas. You get one lift ticket per…
The discovery of gold in Colorado inspired the Rush to the Rockies exactly 150 years ago. Although many fortune-hunters who set off on the arduous journey across the plains to Pikes Peak territory never arrived, and still more gave up on ever striking it rich and headed back home, those…
Cat’s Pajamas is putting on its oh-so-fashionable jammies and taking a cat nap for a few months. During Cat’s hibernation, you’ll find regular features from this fashion blog in the Cat’s Pajama’s category of The Latest Word blog…
While reading Seventeen’s latest issue, I found out about a website that has everything from apparel to costumes. The best part…great prices! We would all love to have the time to go out to shop, but with school, homework, studying, and jobs, it can be hard to find the extra…
My obsession with vintage clothing has been a large part of who I am for about as long as I can remember. Sure, some could interpret such an obsession as my just being superficial, but I like to think of myself as someone who has an eye for quality and…
