Mt. Crested Butte, CO–You have always heard that nothing is “free”, well, they lied. Skiing and riding is absolutely, positively, incredibly, 100 percent FREE, with no strings attached at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) from November 25 through December 15, 2007. Continue reading…

DENVER, Colo. August 7, 2007 - Those who ski and live in Colorado have long known winter sports are some of the best ways to maintain an active, healthy lifestyle, and now the proof is in the powder. A recently released Harvard study shows the top seven U.S. counties with the greatest average life expectancy, 81.3 years, are all in Colorado - Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park and Summit. Coincidentally, these mountain communities are also home to 10 ski resorts, further proof that skiing and snowboarding help people live a long and healthy life. Continue reading…

DENVER, Colo., August 7, 2007 - When it comes to setting the standards of the ski industry, Colorado ski resorts are forging a path less traveled with hundreds of millions in capital improvements and guest enhancements planned for the 2007-08 winter ski and snowboard season.

“We’re coming off a second consecutive record year for skier visits. To be a leader, you’ve got to continually raise the bar and that’s exactly what our member resorts are doing,” stated Rob Perlman, President and CEO of Colorado Ski Country USA. Continue reading…

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo., June 14, 2007 — Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced today at the organization’s 44th Annual Meeting and Forum that its 26 member resorts hosted more than 12.56 million skier visits and set a new skier visit record for the second consecutive year. Continue reading…

Oscar Wilde wrote, “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” All the riders in all the events of the Vans Triple Crown were there to ride - whether they wanted to be there or not- and, including those who made the “mistake” of winning, each rider came away with a different experience. Take Chad Otterstrom as an example. He woke up tired on the morning of the free style finals and told a friend he didn’t even feel like competing. His “not feeling like competing” resulted in a 4th place positioning. Continue reading…

The drive from Boulder, CO to Breckenridge is only a couple of hours including traffic, but the anxiety makes it seem longer. Snowboarderguide was in the mountains for the Breckenridge Grand Prix, the final qualifying event for the 2002 Olympics. The main event was the halfpipe competition, but there was also a nighttime big air and the video premier of 411 Snow #3. Continue reading…