By Jennifer Pund FRONT RANGE If you’re looking for a fun time and some moderate exercise while being outside with friends, disc golf can be the answer. Similar to traditional golf, the object is to get a disc in a specially designed goal using the fewest number of throws. Although popular as an underground sport … Continue reading
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Celebrate season’s end at Winter Park
WINTER PARK, Colo. – After 24 inches of fresh snow in the last five days, Winter Park Resort’s final week of its 75th anniversary season is already off to a festive start. In addition to the great snow conditions, the week will be capped by a closing celebration that includes a free concert by The … Continue reading
Winter Park Resort’s 75th Season culminates with Springtopia
WINTER PARK, Colo. – Winter Park Resort’s successful 75th anniversary season will come to a fitting close on April 25-26 with its annual Springtopia celebration, two full days of revelry that include a free concert by The Wallflowers on Saturday and the venerable Coca-Cola Spring Splash on Sunday. The Wallflowers, a critically-acclaimed, Grammy award winning … Continue reading
Winter Park fundraiser benefits American Cancer Society, Cavett Kids Foundation
WINTER PARK, Colo. – For the fifth straight season, Winter Park Resort Professional Ski Patrol is teaming up with the American Cancer Society and Cavett Kids to fight cancer in the TJV Ski Down Against Cancer this Saturday, March 21. Having grown exponentially each season, this year the event promises to be bigger and better … Continue reading
New Belgium Mountain Adventure creates unique day on the slopes
By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE New Belgium Brewing’s infamous Mountain Adventure series—formally known as the Scavenge Series—is back. It’s a downhill scavenger hunt “like no other” and in 2015 it travels to six resorts in four states, with each stop benefiting a local nonprofit. The 2015 series stops at three Colorado ski resorts: Arapahoe … Continue reading
COVER: Colorado’s ski season underway with resort upgrades, updates
Winter Park Resort received the most snow in November since 2005. Photo courtesy of Winter Park By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE Despite a warm October that postponed opening day for some resorts, Colorado’s current ski season launched in mid-October as a crowd of overjoyed skiers and snowboarders made their first turns at Arapahoe Basin … Continue reading
Winter Park Resort, New Belgium Brewing team up on new partnership
New Belgium Now the “Official Craft Beer Provider” of Winter Park Resort and Brewer of Mary Jane Ale WINTER PARK, Colo. – Two Colorado icons have teamed up, as Winter Park Resort and New Belgium Brewing have entered a new partnership that makes New Belgium the “Official Craft Beer Provider” of Winter Park. As a … Continue reading
Winter Park to open Mary Jane Territory this Friday
Top-To-Bottom Skiing/Riding From Sunspot Begins Wednesday WINTER PARK, Colo. – Thanks to 63” of snow so far this month, the most to accumulate in November since 2005, Winter Park Resort will be opening a total of 284 acres of additional terrain in time for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, including top-to-bottom skiing from The Lodge at … Continue reading
Berthoud Pass remains closed to sledding and tubing
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Clear Creek Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests reminds visitors that Berthoud Pass area is closed to sledding and tubing, and has been since 2005. Recently, frequent violations of the sledding closure have been reported. The area is adjacent to U.S. Highway 40, 12 miles northwest of … Continue reading
Winter Park Resort begins 75th Anniversary Season
There’s been plenty of snow to push around at Winter Park Photo by Carl Frey WINTER PARK, Colo. – Winter Park Resort will open for its 75th season tomorrow, Nov. 15 with first chair at 8:30 a.m., kicking off a diamond anniversary season for Colorado’s longest continually-operated ski resort. Operating lifts on Saturday will include … Continue reading