Colorado Ski Country USA in Washington D.C. to Urge Climate Action

Organization’s CEO Joins 75 Businesses on Capitol Hill

We know that summer isn’t exactly on your mind right now, but it should be! Aside from late season snows, our member resorts are gearing up for their summer festivities and what a jam-packed summer awaits!

Telluride will begin their summer gondola operations on Thursday, May 23! That means that breathtaking views, awesome hikes, and great food are at your fingertips!

Let’s talk about the gondola for a little bit. Telluride's gondola system provides free transportation between the town of Mountain

Purgatory Resort will add its name to a short list of U.S. resorts spinning lifts during Memorial Day weekend when it opens for a bonus weekend of skiing this Saturday and Sunday. May 25 will not only mark the kickoff to summer but also the first time in resort history Purgatory has opened for skiing on the last weekend in May.

After picking up 8” of snow through Monday morning (with up to two feet expected through Thursday according to OpenSnow), Purgatory officials announced today it will open Lift 1, an expected 130 acres and one terrain park (conditions permitting)

We all love the environment. Especially here in Colorado. We play in it every single day! So when our member ski resorts take measures to help sustain the environment, we take notice and we applaud their work. 

This year Arapahoe Basin has been making strides to be more environmentally friendly and they have been doing a great job. Take a look at this as we break down the numbers. 

          - The amount of recyclable waste that was properly disposed of exceeded 75,000 pounds. 
          - The amount of glass that was disposed of properly was just under 25,000 pounds.
          - The amount of food that was compostable topped 47,000 pounds.
          - Over 100,000 pieces of plastic wrappers and snack bags were collected.

Nobody can resist the temptation of a smiling dog playing in the snow. The pure joy you see is unmatched. I Mean just look at the picture below. 

But the dogs that you may see at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area are hard at work. You see a perfectly playful pup but what you don't see it the extreme amount of work that goes into training these dogs and it's hard to imagine the resource that they provide see how they are not deployed on a daily basis. 

What a day! Aspen mountain is expected to open for summer operations on Memorial Day weekend for mountain biking AND SKIING! This comes after an amazing snowfall season keeping several feet of snow still covering many of the slopes.

Aspen Mountain will open for summer operations Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27 with skiing and riding. In

It's Spring in Colorado! Well, most of Colorado is experiencing the Spring-like temperatures and thanks to an awesome winter season, the high country is still very nicely insulated temperature wise, with a thick snowpack above and around the tree line. With the view of the beautiful mountains in constant sight from anywhere in the Centennial State, we're setting out to find the best place to go adventuring this weekend! 

Cooper is the very definition of authentic skiing, with the softest snow surface in Colorado. They have terrain variety for all abilities, including the finest learning and beginner terrain in the country, up through epic powder, glades, and bumps. So, it is no surprise that they are working to bring their visitors and pass holders the best experience possible. What has been in talks for quite some

Skiing is fresh on the minds of many residents in Colorado and after such an amazing season, how could it not be? While the days of intensely fresh pow and fully open terrain are behind us, the possibility of some pretty gnarly shred days are still here!

And now they're here for even longer thanks to Arapahoe Basin EXTENDING THEIR SEASON yet again! June 9th is

Photo Credit: Justin Cygan

Even as a lifelong Colorado and Front-Range resident, and even in the pursuit of skiing as many of the state’s ski areas as possible, somehow in my rather short time on this earth I have never made it to Arapahoe Basin. Most of my ski friends judge me harshly for this fact, and I deserve that judgment.

A-Basin for some strange reason has always been my white whale. Throughout my youth I always heard stories of Montezuma Bowl and the East Wall, usually explained via the enticing phrasing of being: “steep and deep.” However,