Telluride, CO – To a first-time visitor, Telluride brings to mind many things, including remoteness, steepness …and wealth. It’s the playground of the rich, the new Aspen. Daryl Hannah owns a house here. The singer Jewel was recently interviewed by a local magazine about living here. According to locals, Oprah Winfrey just bought a $17 million house here that … Continue reading Telluride: Be Rich, or Just Act Like It at Southwestern Colorado’s Mountain Playground →
Mont-Tremblant (QC), Canada – In 1938, Joseph Bondurant Ryan, a wealthy American from Philadelphia, and his radio journalist friend Lowell Thomas, climbed to the summit of Mont Tremblant in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, using skis wrapped in seal skins. As the story goes, Ryan – who was ostensibly in the area to prospect for gold – took … Continue reading My Tremblant: An American Skier in Quebec →
Bellingham, WA – At some point during our second day skiing at Mount Baker in Washington, we were meandering through steep, open woods when we came across a warning sign marked with a skull and crossbones: “non-survivable CLIFF!” Considering the terrain that people routinely ski — and jump off of — at Baker, that must have been some … Continue reading At the End of a Dead-End Road: Mt. Baker →
Big Sky, MT – It didn’t take us long at Big Sky to ask ourselves, “Where is everybody?” It was a Sunday in February on a non-holiday weekend, with a brilliant blue sky and temps in the mid-30s. All the chairlifts were running and most of the trails were open. But at times it seemed … Continue reading Big Space at Big Sky →
West Yellowstone, MT – At one point while cross-country skiing in Yellowstone National Park last February, I paused to consider my position — and the bison that was lumbering toward me on the ski track. Since I was on skis, I technically had the right of way. But since the buffalo had about 2,000 pounds … Continue reading Winter in Yellowstone: A Cross-Country Skiing Paradise →
Steamboat Springs, CO – At Steamboat Springs, everybody was talking about the snow. They hadn’t had any for months. The resort normally gets 300 inches per year, but just before our arrival in mid-February they had about as much snow as the resorts of Vermont. In fact, Maryland had gotten far more snow – albeit … Continue reading Skiing Three of Colorado’s Heavy Hitters →
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