The Telluride Ski Resort formally closes this afternoon. It's been a strange year on the mountain. Personally, it was a short but great year for me. On March 19 & 20 I had two of my best days of skiing this season. TASP had several sessions...
For me it was a short ski season: we were away from Telluride from last September until mid-February, and we had to leave again with over a week remaining in the season. But, it was a good short season. Susan and I returned to Telluride to...
Parenting is a pretty selfless endeavor. Most of the time. But there are days, when it’s sunny and warm, and I just need to get out and put my skis on, that I actually force my kids to ski. They are only four and two...
Sometimes if feels as if powder days are like the string of Telluride boyfriends you had in your twenties. Which means for some of you, the boyfriends you have right now. And just like with those irresistible boys, with powder days, you must learn to...
[caption id="attachment_28844" align="alignright" width="203"] Ben Clark[/caption] Is it lower levels of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that creates the so-called "adrenaline rush?" That's one theory about what drives extreme athletes to risk their lives for the sake of adventure. In his book, "On the Ridge Between Life and Death," mountaineer...
There seems to be two names for many things in Telluride—the actual name and then what everyone calls it. Sometimes I find myself in hilarious situations as I recommend restaurants and give directions to visitors or tourists in town and on the Mountain. Turns out...
There are currently partly cloudy skies with increasing cloudiness throughout the day. Western Colorado will see the southern portion of a split trough arriving on WNW flow bringing some snow into the western San Juans later today and by mid-afternoon the flow will spread moisture...
If you ski or snowboard, you have probably witnessed the powder frenzy that ensues anytime the snow gods dump a foot or more of snow from the sky. Elbow to elbow, people line up for the chairlifts or stampede through the rope drops, hoping to...
A temporary ridge of high pressure formed over the forecast area last night and will soon break down with a strong Pacific storm moving through the area Wednesday into early Thursday morning followed by snowy unsettled conditions the remainder of the week. Models remain in...
When it doesn’t snow in Telluride, the town is simply not all right. There is a lot the resilient folks in this town can shrug off, but multiple dry weeks in the middle of the winter is not one of them. January was one of...
