I am a product of the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club (TSSC). Of course, back then it wasn’t called that. There was no park and pipe or big mountain teams -- those disciplines didn’t yet exist and snowboarding was just starting to trickle into the...
Après is to skiers what tailgating is to football fans. It’s not optional, but an essential part of the day and there is a certain etiquette and culture that goes with it. The Euros are the obvious professionals of the art of the après ski. In...
For ski town folk, powder is not a mere fancy, or even a habit – it’s an addiction. When you first move to a Mountain town you are fulfilled, even thrilled, that you can get out on the Mountain for an hour during your lunch break....
When you see someone ripping down the Mountain, jamming to their iPod, do you ever wonder what they’re listening to? I do. So I decided to ask. And who else do you ask such a question to but your Facebook friends -- a group of people who...
When you live in Telluride, skiing another Mountain is like having an affair. It’s new and exciting and you are ecstatic at the possibilities. At first, you admire everything it has that your Mountain doesn’t -- less bumps, more above-tree-line terrain, wider chutes. You rush to...
In some towns moms get together for pedicures, coffee, yoga or spin. In Telluride, on Friday mornings, I make an effort to get together with fellow moms to ski. For Telluride moms, skiing provides a space to focus on one thing—getting down the mountain. There are...
My five-year old daughter is playing ice hockey, a sport with which, until recently, I had no experience. As a former teacher, ski and soccer coach, it’s weird watching my daughter do something I know very little about: I don’t have tips, I don’t know...
“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” Mickey Mantle Substitute sport for game in the above quote, and Mantle pretty much nailed my naivety about skate skiing. For the past fifteen or so years, I’ve always owned...
“We had the opportunity to bring a hot, indie, L.A. band to town and we couldn’t turn it down,” Jennie Franks, founder of Sparky Productions, said of the band He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, who is slated to bring their strong vocals, vintage costumes...
It’s been over a week since Telluride has seen snow and there is nothing in the immediate forecast. Although there is still fun to be had on the ski area, it’s certainly not a powder day out there. But, the beauty of a Telluride winter...
