Tag: Purgatory Resort
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Powder primer: A closer look at Colorado’s ski areas
ARAPAHOE BASIN A-Basin is known as “The Legend.” That’s partly due to its long season — with more operating days than any other ski area in Colorado, typically opening first in North America and sometimes staying open through Independence Day. The ski area has open bowl skiing up top and serious glades just below. It’s…
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As Colorado town explores ski area expansion, it reckons with its identity
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SILVERTON • Sallie Barney often finds herself daydreaming while riding the single chairlift of her town’s little ski area. “It’s not hard to look around and be like, ‘Oohh, that would be fun,’” she says.…
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In exploring ski area expansion, Colorado town reckons with its identity
SILVERTON • Sallie Barney often finds herself daydreaming while riding the single chairlift of her town’s little ski area. “It’s not hard to look around and be like, ‘Oohh, that would be fun,’” she says. It is fun. She knows firsthand. She has spent the better part of a decade exploring Kendall Mountain’s high reaches…
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Dining gondolas, bumper cars, Pizza Ranger: What’s new to Colorado ski resorts
Many of the multimillion-dollar capital projects common to the ski industry’s offseason came to a screeching halt this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vail Resorts, for one, announced deferring all chairlift builds, terrain expansions and base area upgrades as a way to cushion the economic blow of the virus, which in March forced a…
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Colorado ski resort to use converted gondolas, yurts for safe dining bubbles
While restaurants this pandemic season brace to control crowding among cold patrons, Telluride Resort’s gateway hub of Mountain Village is unveiling a new, aesthetic solution. Up to 20 converted gondola cabins will serve as dining bubbles, according to a village press release. The heated and lighted cabins will accommodate up to eight people of the…
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Colorado’s top 20 ski areas for snow
The website zrankings.com is the snow source behind Forbes’ annual grading of North American resorts. Its mountain- and data-crazed team seeks to equip fellow enthusiasts with the powder knowledge they need. “To measure the seemingly immeasurable, we’ve ingested gobs of historical weather data and every last measurable detail on 220 North American resorts,” the site pledges. The…