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In Breckenridge, sculptors transform blocks of snow into art
Huge frozen works of art are rising from blocks of snow in downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. I wandered to the Riverwalk Center after dinner last night to take in some of the sculptures-in-progress. About a dozen teams are competing in this year’s International Snow...
Ten – no eleven – reasons to love Beaver Creek Mountain
My mission at Beaver Creek Mountain started and ended with one word today: Moguls. I can get down just about any blue or black (that’s intermediate or advanced, for you non-skiers) run at a Colorado ski resort, but when I hit moguls - those hippo-sized mounds of snow...
Hitting the slopes in Colorado
I’ve made it back to the mountains for my first ski trip of the season, and I'm ready to do some skiing in Colorado. This week, I’ll be exploring terrain in Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, and Keystone, all places I've skied before, but not in a few years. I didn’t make...
DrySee bandages tell you when it’s time to change them
Considering my job as an adventure journalist - and this year’s multitude of trips, from snow skiing in Colorado to rafting the Grand Canyon and scuba diving in French Polynesia - it’s ironic that my only injury came when I bashed my shin into a coffee table at my...