Last week's storm blessed many of the Colorado mountain communities, but left the Fraser Valley continuing to want more. While Crested Butte, Aspen, Steamboat and others were reveling in double digit snowfalls, we were bracing against howling winds, sideways snow, and...
“Being a successful skier and staying healthy go hand in hand. Our sport is so physically demanding that a skier at any age can have a weakened immune system from intense training, racing, or travel and easily succumb to illness. The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us a...
Mark your calendars for these January Nordic events! FREE Kids Friday Lessons • Jan 7 – Feb 25, 2022 FREE kids Nordic ski lessons for ages 5-10 on Fridays from January 7th thru February 25th, 2022 at YMCA of the Rockies, Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center. The Kids...
Well, the 2021-2022 snow season is not exactly off to a gangbuster start. The 4-6” of light, fluffy snow that graced our trails the day before Thanksgiving may have been low in density, but it did a lot to spruce up the existing base, where there was one. It gave...
Last year at Thanksgiving, we were rescued by a last-minute storm of 4-7 inches depending on where you were in Grand County. Doesn’t appear we have that in the stars for 2021. A trace on top of other traces doesn’t make much to slide on. Continue your dryland...
Looking around the valley you wouldn’t guess that there’s much, if any, cross country skiing to be had. Winter’s cold reach has been advancing and receding from the mountains this fall like the ebbing and flowing of the tides on a flat sandy beach. The alpine...
It’s that time of year again and, right on schedule, the snow has started flying! The hardcore might find enough of the white stuff in high country to do a little sliding on their older rock skis but most of us are still dreaming … To really get your mouth watering...
Mark your calendars for the 2021 Grand Nordic Ski Swap. The Swap will be held on Friday, October 22 from 6pm – 8:30pm at the Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center. You can drop off Nordic gear and accessories you would like to sell, just prior, from 5pm -6pm. Prices must...
Many people would like to forget about the year 2020 altogether, or at least put it well behind us. From a skier’s perspective, here in the Fraser Valley, it wasn’t the greatest of years, nor was it the worst. Snows in the fall were not unusually early, late, large or...
As Winter gives way to Spring, we need to thank Mother Nature for what moisture she has given us. We need even more moisture to fill our rivers and reservoirs so please pray for those small occasional storms that, at our altitude, will probably come as snow that...