With all of the fires and heat in Colorado lately, it looks like Aspen is a great place to avoid both this weekend and check out a sweet mountain biking event. Master of the MASS is an Enduro Mountain Bike Race on the trails of Snowmass July 13 – 15. The cool thing is that [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/43/32/494332.jpeg[/IMG]
The UCLEAR HBC120 SNOW Helmet Communicator is a hands-free bluetooth system designed to seamlessly attach to your helmet and enable streaming music as well as phone calls with noise reduction. So does it work? Yep, pretty damn well. I paired it with my iPhone and tested it out in various conditions, and overall it performed [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/37/91/493791.jpeg[/IMG]
A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I were getting ready to head back to Boulder from skiing in Vail on a Sunday. We checked CoTrip.org as we religiously do, and were disappointed to see that traffic was listed as red status all the way back to Denver. We didn’t really want to hang out in Vail [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/15/55/451555.png[/IMG]
Sad days USA… it seemed like a short season, and it’s shocking that it’s almost over, but the resorts know that with all the nice weather you’re starting to dust off your mountain bike so they’re getting ready to pack it in. There’s still time to get some some extremely sunny, fun runs in so [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/81/40/448140.jpeg[/IMG]
As far as snowfall goes, it wasn’t the best ski season in colorado, but that doesn’t mean there’s not still fun to be had (that’s a double negative, it means there is still fun to be had). Spring is one of the best times to enjoy the ski lifestyle. You might not get in the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/81/30/448130.jpeg[/IMG]
As you’ve heard me say before, life is about experiences. One unique experience available to us in Colorado is heading up to Der Fondue Chessel at Keystone. By day, it’s the Outpost Lodge, a cafeteria style restaurant where skiers pop in mid day to warm up (pretty nice with the giant fireplace) and grab some [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/90/04/429004.jpeg[/IMG]
Wow, it’s no Rocky Mountain High, but here’s John Denver getting in some turns. There are actually so many things to say about his ridiculous video that I’m almost speechless. But I’m not. I have to take the obvious jabs at the unironic onesies, the ABBA sunglasses, and the “edgy” snowboarders. I can’t decide if my [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/83/24/428324.jpeg[/IMG]
The Royal Elk Glades at Beaver Creek are one of my favorite places to go in Colorado on a powder day. In fact, my little welcome video on the top right of my page was actually recorded back there. There is just so much varied terrain and on a powder day you can spend the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/00/55/420055.jpeg[/IMG]
I recently attended the 2012 Snowcial conference, which is basically the convergence of social media and the ski industry… and a few drinks. It was a phenomenal event with fantastic speakers like Joe Fernandez from Klout, Jonathan Crowley of Foursquare, Porter Gale, and Rob Katz the CEO of Vail Resorts. Panels also included the likes [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/41/33/67/413367.jpeg[/IMG]
This might be one of the best deals I’ve ever scored. Right now, Evo.com has these poles on sale for $34.90. Since the retail price is $140, and I had just recently wasted $40 on crappy, non-adjustable poles (that broke) I thought it might not be legit, but for that much I was willing [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/40/71/54/407154.jpeg[/IMG]
What happens when you mix RFID technology, social media, a few dozen photographers, and some of the best snow we’ve seen this year in Colorado? A pretty sweet time, that’s what. My team and I took on Beaver Creek Mountain’s EpicMix Scavenger Hunt, and while we didn’t collect every pin, we know who really won.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/40/67/56/406756.png[/IMG]
I’ve had a lot of Aprés drinks in my day, from great local beers to hot buttered rum. A good whisky or scotch, or my friends love the key lime martinis at Cecilias (because what goes better with skiing than key lime?). But I think I’ve finally found the best drink in all of Colorado ski [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/40/39/21/403921.png[/IMG]
Let’s face it, New Year’s resolutions are pretty much crap. You feel like you need to do something healthy because you’ve been on a steady diet of gravy and cookies for a month, and you’re not making good decisions because you killed too many brain cells with champagne and your favorite winter ale. So you [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/40/35/22/403522.jpeg[/IMG]
Every year all the major outdoor and ski magazines publish the same holiday gift lists featuring the latest $800 jacket or the coolest $300 goggles. Not SlopeSource! I'm all about the everyman. I'm also about being unique and independent, and that's why I LOVE Etsy. Etsy is an online marketplace for handmade and vintage items.
Matt Modrow hadn?t put skis on since last season and Mickey Wellmon hadn?t skied for 5 years, but that wasn?t about to stop either of them from packing up the Jeep Wrangler in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 21 and heading out west to start an epic adventure. Matt and Mickey are currently Lost at [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/39/14/78/391478.jpeg[/IMG]
Well, it was an awesome Thanksgiving weekend (so much to give thanks for when you can go skiing on Thanksgiving Day!). Here’s a quick recap, with a tip on how to get the most out of your early season skiing, how not to be an ass on crowded early season slopes, and how to look [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/39/04/56/390456.png[/IMG]
Think about it. When you’re at the end of your days, would you rather have people say, “Wow, he really lived a great life” or “Boy, he sure had a lot of stuff”? Personally, I’d go for the former. Christmas gifts are great and all, but in the end, they’re usually just a bunch of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/38/83/50/388350.jpeg[/IMG]
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Maybe it's because I'm in it, but I'm pretty sure this is the greatest ski trailer of all time.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/35/36/27/353627.png[/IMG]
This weekend, take some time for yourself. Watch some football, go mountain biking, and get ready for next weekend. Aspen and Crested Butte have some pretty fantastic film festivals going on the weekend of October 1st.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/34/71/99/347199.jpeg[/IMG]
