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Early Season Air in the Keystone Area 51

I headed up to Keystone today for my second day on the slopes this season.  For the most part the mountain is a man-made, icy, Strip of Death.  But it is fine to get the ski legs going, I’m going to make an attempt at getting some powder telemark turns in addition to snowboarding.  I...

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So it begins…

Here I am on the ski lift at Copper Mountain for Opening Day 2009! I think this is my first Colorado opening day, as I’m not usually a fan of battling the crowds on the Ribbon of Death! But, my friend Doug from Elevation Outdoors scored us some tickets, so I thought it would be...

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Four Days of Epic Spring Powder at Vail and Beaver Creek

I’m always following the weather during the winter, tracking the big storms that yield glorious dumps of fluffy powder. I wasn’t able to get away too much this year, just too much business stuff combined with a pretty dry winter.  Well the storms finally showed up in late March and early April, and I was...

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Lots of Pics from Arapahoe Basin Powder Day

I finally was able to break away from the photo biz for a midweek powder day at Abasin. I wanted to make sure and punish myself for my lack of exercise routine this winter so I decided to telemark ski.  It was my first real tele day since February 1, 2007.  Yes, I’m already sore....

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Boulder Cruiser SkiJam 4 at Abasin!

Wadda Ta my Dillies?!? This past Saturday I awoke with a fairly significant sore throat. Bummer. It’s Ski Jam Day! So what’s a guy to do? Well, if you are me then you suck it up, put on The Cosby Sweater, drown the scratchiness with adult beverages, and keep on shootin’. I was pretty much...

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…and the ski season sails into the sunset…

…for me, anyway. With all the stuff I have going on it looks like I’m going to call it a season. I haven’t heard of anyone talking about getting some final days in at Abasin; the talk has mostly turned to bikes. I set a modest personal record this year, 33 days! Here is Hot...

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