Speaking of free, don’t forget to sign up for the Free Nordic Lessons at Devils Thumb Tommelfest Saturday Dec 9. Adult and kids classes meet at 10 am and 2 pm and you can sign up for Classic or Skate, beginner intermediate or advanced groups. Grand Nordic members...
Recently voted the best Nordic Center in Grand County for the 2012-13 ski season, Grand Lake Nordic Center sits on over 500 acres below the Rocky Mountain National Park and next to the Colorado River. It feels like the River flows thru your soul as you stand looking...
The Valley floor has little snow to hamper our trips around town, to shovel out our driveways or to clear off the back deck. But all around the towns of Winter Park, Fraser and Tabernash are miles of old logging or waterboard roads and trails that climb up through...
Nestled in the shadow of the Continental Divide near Tabernash, Devil’s Thumb Ranch has over 6000 acres of sweeping meadows and meandering creeks. Devil’s Thumb Ranch is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise. Since 1938, cowboys and poets and ranchers and city folk and...
Snow Mountain Ranch sits on 5200 acres just off Hwy 40 between Tabernash and Granby. It is a year- round playground offering over 120 km of groomed trails for cross country skiing, snowshoeing, fat biking, tubing, sleigh rides and other winter outdoor activities as...
Grand County's own Latigo Ranch was featured in SkiTrax Magazine's Spring 2017 issue in their article highlighting romantic inns. Click here to see the article, which starts on page 28 >>
The XC skiing is off to a much improved start over last year. Last week's storm, followed with moderate temperatures has left enough white on the ground for some extended kick and glide sessions. Daily temperature fluctuations have been making for crunchy morning and...
Since I came to Grand County almost 35 years ago, we have always had the earliest snow and kept our snow the longest. Since I was looking for more snow that I had living in New England, I thought I had moved to heaven. But then Grand County had a fabulous October...
Nordic Skiing in Grand County - More K’s More Days By Kathy Jamieson Imagine being outside on a cold, crisp winter morning, the snow sparkling in the sunlight. The only sounds you hear are the sound of your skis sliding on the snow and your own breathing. The sky...
The 2017/2018 ski season has begun for some with an early October snowstorm that left approximately a foot of heavy snow bending still-foliated deciduous trees to the ground, and straining many coniferous saplings beyond the point of no return. That snow is a distant...