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If there's a single knock on Colorado skiing, it's having to share its world famous resorts with 12.6 million other people. Which is why we're so lucky to have the "Gems." Colorado's eight Gem resorts offer shorter lift lines, smaller crowds, reasonable pricing and some of the best-kept terrain secrets. ...
While Wolf Creek earns the crown for average annual snowfall (465 inches) and is typically the top spot for early-season turns, its southern proximity leaves it second to Silverton in our ranking of overall snow quality. With more than 400 inches of annual fluff preserved at a summit elevation of ...
If you value variety, two names top the list: Vail and Snowmass. Nothing in the nation compares to the Back Bowls of Vail for seemingly endless wide-open powder turns, complemented by rolling groomers, alluring tree lines, thigh-busting bumps and even the occasional cliff drop. Trade those bowls for some hair-raising ...
We've all seen them by now: the glossy magazine resort rankings that annually showcase the ski areas with the biggest advertising budgets or that best pamper the 5,000 or so baby boomers idle enough to actually fill out the readers' surveys. But among the dedicated skiers and snowboarders actually on ...
Simply put, it is the versatility of snowshoes, their ability to put people in places they wouldn't otherwise see at this time of year, that explains much of their growing popularity. Alan Apt of Fort Collins, author of "Snowshoe Routes: Colorado's Front Range," puts it this way: "I think a ...
Colorado skiers always have had a soft, champagne-powder spot in their hearts for Winter Park.
Gems is the name given by Colorado Ski Country to eight of the state's smallest ski areas. Some lie near major resorts. Others remain sequestered in their own little neck of the hills. One thing they share in common is that all are glitz-free zones where folks come to slide ... | 
