Don’t forget to start your season right with free lessons even if the snow is still meager or soft.  Devils Thumb opens their trails on Saturday Dec 9 offering Norwegian-style Tommelfest festivities which include free lessons from their staff and CU Ski Team coaches. For more information, call the Activities Center at 970-726-8231 or visit https://www.devilsthumbranch.com/events/.

Snow Mountain Ranch hosts the first of two Grand Nordic Free Lessons on Sunday Dec 10 featuring instructors from Grand Nordic, Winter Park Competition Center, Colorado Nordic Masters and Snow Mtn Ranch with morning classes starting at 10a and afternoon classes starting at 1p.  Grand Nordic members receive complementary trail pass and equipment if needed.  Classes are offered both morning and afternoon for both classic and skate at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels as well as kids 5-10 never-ever skiers, classic and skate. More instructors have been added so more space is now available. For more information call 970-887-0547. To sign up, go to our Events page to pre-register, or show up at the Nordic Center at Snow Mountain Ranch to register the day of the lesson.