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Winter Park

Two College Students Ride the Ski Train to Winter Park and Find it Good

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Here’s a first-hand report on the Winter Park Express Ski Train from two discerning and, possibly, hung-over skiers. They’ll happily ride the Ski Train again, just not on Spring Forward day. By Ian Lummis Sometimes it seems that Colorado’s Front Range ski resorts are better known for lift lines and heavy traffic than the actual […]

Ski Trip Report: More Than Expected at Winter Park, Colorado

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Last winter, after a two decade hiatus, my husband and I found ourselves skiing Winter Park and Mary Jane. We hadn’t stayed away from these mountains on purpose. We just hadn’t been in the neighborhood, and from where we live, Winter Park is a bit of a haul. But as we found out, the “haul” […]

Winter Park and Mary Jane: Colorado Family Skiing At Its Best

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This is a conversation I love to overhear in the lift line. Q: Have you been up today? A: Yes. Q: How’s the snow? A: It’s the best day of the year. Glad I’m here, at Winter Park, on the “best day of the year.” When we lived in Denver for a couple of years, […]

Learning to Love Gravity at Winter Park’s Trestle Bike Park

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“Okay, now remember, look ahead to your exit. When you do that, the turns will be easy,” said David, our downhill biking coach. My husband, older son and I were at the Trestle Bike Park at Winter Park, Colorado. It was a beautiful July morning with bright sun, puffy clouds, gorgeous wildflowers and a mountain […]

Indigenous to Colorado

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Today’s post is a guest post by Dayna Ashley-Oehm, a Brave Ski Mom from Colorado. So to call my ilk indigenous is a bit of a stretch, but since my great-great-grandfather started farming sugar beets on the eastern plains of Colorado, I’m going to maintain that I am as indigenous to Colorado as the mountain […]