DENVER, CO, August 2, 2019 – The Ikon Pass community continues to grow with the addition of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado. Now Ikon Pass holders have access to snow at 40 global destinations, including six in Colorado. A-Basin is located just 68 miles from Denver and boasts theRead More
Ski your way to bargains: Finding affordable vacations across the country.
If you’re one of those skiers who pledged to give up the sport once lift tickets topped $40 a day, you probably haven’t skied in many years. Yet there are some money-saving deals to be had that can make a ski vacation surprisingly affordable. While Colorado offers some of the best skiingRead More
Outdoor recreation accounted for 3.1% of Colorado’s economy last year
(The Center Square) – Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy made up 3.1% of the state’s total economy last year, according to data released by the federal government. Outdoor recreation contributed $12.2 billion in total to the state’s economy and employed 149,140 people in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA),Read More
Ski Resorts Work to Stay Open as COVID Cases Snowball
TELLURIDE, Colo. — The day after Thanksgiving, Dr. Jana Eller and Dr. Shiraz Naqvi were seated beside an outdoor fire pit at the base of Telluride Ski Resort, taking a short break from skiing. The two physicians from Houston had driven more than 18 hours to get here for theRead More
Skiing for science; National Geographic adventurer maps glaciers
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is almost 20 million acres of tundra, glaciers and pristine habitats unaltered by roads or even trails. It is a completely intact, unaltered ecosystem home to Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, arctic fox, snowy owls and polar bears. “There’s nothing but pure nature,” said Kit DesLauriers, aRead More
There’s a lifetime of skiing south of Teton Pass
Driving from Jackson to Alpine, if you look up, you can see ragged cliff-looking faces with broken trees. But Thomas Turiano knows what lies just above and out of view: Classic ski terrain. The lines and terrain in the Snake River Range and other mountains south of Jackson are notRead More
Telluride’s Paul Reich taking over as Colorado Association of School Boards board president
The association representing Colorado school boards is about to have a new board president. Paul Reich, a member of the Telluride school board since 2011, on Jan. 1 will take over as board president of the Colorado Association of School Boards, a powerful voice in state education policy. “Paul isRead More
On the Colorado River, will New Mexico be left in the dust?
The Colorado River supplies water for more than 36 million people in two countries and seven states, including New Mexico. As river flows and reservoir levels decline due to drought, warming and over-demand, states are wrangling over how to voluntarily conserve water use—before reservoir levels reach critically low levels andRead More
How one Colorado boy with autism schooled the Supreme Court on public education for the disabled
Many parents heralded this year’s Supreme Court decision on Endrew F. v. Douglas County Schools as a victory over school districts in the perpetual struggle concerning the rights of students with disabilities. Central to the case was the question of whether an Individualized Education Program is adequate. Known as the IEP, thisRead More
A Colorado Ski Community Planned To Test Everyone For COVID-19. Here’s What Happened.
In late March, residents of the Colorado town of Telluride and surrounding San Miguel County stood in line, along marked spots spaced 6 feet apart, to have their blood drawn by medical technicians wearing Tyvek suits, face shields and gloves for a new COVID-19 test. While the Centers for DiseaseRead More