Echo Mountain – sweet & small
For a lot of Denverites who love snow sports, a typical weekend goes like this: Friday: decompress after a hard work week. Saturday: relax, see friends, enjoy a delicious meal, go to sleep by 8:00…
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Vail’s Skadifest = skiing, swag, and wine
Snowgrrl was lucky to attend Vail’s 2nd annual Skadi Vail Women’s Ski Fest two weeks ago. Advertised as a two-day snow goddess extravaganza featuring two full days and nights of schmoozing with like-minded women who…
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort review
Snowgrrl recently stayed at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort in Vail, Colorado during Vail’s Skadifest event (which will be documented soon!) This post describes snowgrrl’s experience at the hotel. We evaluated the hotel based on…
Snow bunny or baby gifts!
‘Tis the season for online shopping… which we much prefer to the crazed crowds at the mall! Snowgrrl therefore presents just a few options to get you started on shopping for your favorite snow bunny:…
Countdown to . . . .skadi fest!
As the days get cooler and the leaves keep falling, we can practically sense the snow that’s about to sprinkle down from the sky. . . any day now. . . And a month from…
Countdown to slopeside hot chocolate!
One of snowgrrl’s favorite resort town activities is swooshing down the slopes into a cozy little apres-ski destination to sip a warm, rich hot chocolate. All of the vigorous ski activity deserves a sweet warm…
Countdown to winter continues! Opening date schedule
Get your calendars out… here are the opening days for Colorado resorts, listed by date: October 21: Arapahoe Basin Late-October: Loveland November 4: Wolf Creek November 11: Breckenridge and Keystone! November 11: …
Countdown to ski season begins with BETWEEN!
Just a few weeks until ski season officially begins (though A-Basin already has, we hear there’s only one run open there so far). To launch the countdown, Allied Feather and Down, which we have discussed…
Warren Miller’s new book makes skiing great again
During this election season, we can easily get bogged down in issues, poll results, party affiliations, debate performance critiques. But at least one person has kept his mind where it belongs — on the slopes! …
Free skiing for Colorado kids!
Fifth and sixth graders residing in Colorado are in for another treat this 2016-17 snow season. Registration for Colorado Ski Country USA’s popular 5th and 6th Grade Passport Program is now open for the upcoming…