My favorite thing to do on a lift is watch good skiers rip up the mountain. Steeps, groomers, bumps, blues, there’s something about watching someone shred that pushes me to ski better and harder. In the past few years, it’s been mostly alpine skiers & snowboarders, but I’ve recently
Up to a half hour wait for the ski lift was common back in the 1950s when Klaus taught skiing in Aspen. As Warren Miller remembers there were only 15 lifts back then in North America. Warren recounts some of these memories shared in parallel in a recent blog post:
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/warrens_world_zermatt_random/16220/
We’re heading into the 8th year of Big Air Fridays at Snowmass, where local competitors and visiting daredevils showcase their skills off the 40 ft jump. Add a big crowd, apres music and revelry in Snowmass Village for the perfect Friday afternoon antics. Open to all levels of tricksters, and
First up, Women’s Skiing Slopestyle Final. ESPN Winter X Games kicks off with the ladies, showcasing their freestyle talents. Big jumps, huge gaps, kickers and a couple of rails; this first big event takes place Thursday at 1 p.m.; the rest, taking over all weekend long.
Old Man Winter is back, well-rested, and ready to play. Highlands Bowl seemed steeper and deeper than usual, face shots and what felt like 10 inches on Friday; Snowmass, in top form from the Wall to Burnt Mountain, to some of the finer turns of the day on Baby Ruth. Back in town and on the hill,
- Aspen Ski Models Skiing Deep Powder August 31, 2009
- Skiing Deep Powder in Aspen Colorado August 31, 2009
- X Games Aspen Half Pipe at Night Peter Olenick August 31, 2009
- Peter Plantec and Mavisa Rodriguez Garza commented on your status. August 28, 2010
- Gretchen Quigley and Ery Sky posted on your Wall. August 27, 2010
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