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What Makes Crested Butte, Crested Butte?

There are many great Colorado mountains, yet few ski resorts engender the loyalty that Crested Butte does. Off the beaten track, Crested Butte looms large in the imagination. Ask any skier or snowb…

How to Keep Skis Together While Parallel Skiing

The purpose of parallel skiing -- keeping your skis together -- is control. Your speed, carving and turning, and stopping are all determined by your level of ski control. The key to keeping your skis ...

It’s About Having Fun

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Aaron Blunck landed his first-ever clean run in halfpipe at the most opportune time - during X Games! (ESPN)
When you're a little kid in a mountain town, hucking air and dropping into steeps is just what you do. As a little ripper in Crested Butte, you didn't even need a terrain park - the mountain's natural terrain provided all of that. Crested Butte kids were as home dipping their tips into Headwall as they were walking to school in the…

Park City Mountain Resort: Top Ranked Utah Skiing & Snowboarding

Dartmouth-Hitchcock study on ski, snowboard helmets raises questions about safety

Researchers said that over an eight-year period, helmet use doubled among patients at one hospital treated for injuries on the slopes, but the rate of all head injuries did not significantly change.

Adult Learn to Ski/Snowboard Online Special

For first time skiers or snowboarders who have never taken a lesson or beginners who are learning. Introductory lifts, beginner slopes & gentle terrain.

Meet Ski & Snowboard Industry's Top Professionals October 14th

*Attention all area skiers and riders: the following event will not want to be missed!*
If you are like me, ski season and the first snow couldn't come soon enough. As I sit here envying those living out West who are already gearing

How to plan your Colorado Ski/Snowboard Vacation

First is this a family vacation with young children or a ski or snowboard trip just for adults. If this is a family vacation there are numerous factors to consider: The age of your children, do they need day care or sitters for when you want to go out, do you want to enroll them …