What if… the new efforts to manage backcountry use in the summers really works? The Mountain Manners program and the proposed …
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Too much chocolate cake isn’t good for anyone
You know that eating a big piece of chocolate cake—even “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen,” …
Read More »Off-season
For some reason, off-season snuck up on me this year. With pond skim chatter and the annual spectacle of the last …
Read More »Transitions…
We are in transition mode in many respects. The ski area closes Sunday (it was a good season) and the major …
Read More »The big squeeze on both sides
The Mountain Theatre’s executive director Harry Woods made an interesting point at the Crested Butte Town Council meeting last Monday. He …
Read More »March Madness…crowds, ADUs and snow melt
As I sat in the coffee shop in Mt. Crested Butte Monday morning after skinning up the hill, it was madness. …
Read More »Shifting sands in the valley
Shoveling driveway snow Monday morning, I scraped up what looked like desert sand that had blown in on the super-strong Sunday …
Read More »And the winner is…
Did Donald get handed the wrong envelope? It sure seems at the first glance of his budget that he announced the …
Read More »Loving winter – Stand up for the ski
I want it to snow and never stop. I want the drifts to turn to tunnels that form a warren from …
Read More »Drive market shift should mean a shift in thinking
The recent holiday weekend was busy—but the accents were different. It used to be that any long weekend or spring break …
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