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Boulder County, CO, Issues Weather Warning Due to 100 MPH Wind Gusts

Colorado has been experiencing an extended period of extreme wind, with conditions reaching hazardous levels across much of the state. Beginning Wednesday, December 17, the Continental Divide recorded wind gusts approaching 100 mph. The high winds extended east into the Front Range, prompting the National Weather Service in Boulder to issue a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) warning for northern Jefferson […]
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CU Boulder Student Skis Colorado’s 14ers—And Tries to Save the Planet While Doing It

In the 80s, most people recycled their garbage and thought they were doing enough to be environmentally responsible. Those days are in the past, and people are searching and pushing for more ways to contribute to being more sustainable than just recycling alone. Climate change has the ski industry and the people who love to hit the mountains thinking about […]
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SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 82 | Jeremy Bloom – CEO of X Games, World Cup Mogul Skier, NFL Player, CU Boulder Football Star, & Software Startup Founder

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This episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Club Med. Jeremy Bloom recently became the CEO of the X Games and has been tasked with revolutionizing the company to create the first action-sports league. He is a former World Cup Freestyle Mogul skier who saw a number of World Cup wins and two appearances in the Olympics. At […]
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Jack Frost Big Boulder, PA, Starts Off Last Week Of Skiing With Likely the Only Night Pond Skimming Event In The U.S.

Jack Frost Big Boulder (JFBB) in Pennsylvania started off the season being the first ski resort in the state to open for the 2024-25 season on December 4, 2024. This season for the mid-Atlantic hasn’t produced as much snow as in the Northeast, but unlike years in the past, the temperatures remained consistently cold enough for some great skiing. Pond […]
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Big Boulder, PA, Report: Colder Temperatures Set-Up Excellent Conditions on Opening Weekend

This report is from Saturday, December 14, 2024 Skiing in Pennsylvania is in full swing, with many resorts opening this past weekend. The colder temperatures allowed snow-making teams to fire up their guns throughout the Keystone State. Considering Pennsylvania’s warmer temperatures and rainy conditions earlier in the week, it was impressive that so many resorts could blow enough snow to […]
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Meet The New GM of Jack Frost and Big Boulder Ski Resorts, Tony Santora

Pennsylvania ranks eighth on a 2022/23 list by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) with 25 ski resorts. Ski resorts in Pennsylvania are primarily located in the Pocono Mountains and on the Western side of the state towards Pittsburgh. Over the last few years, Vail Resorts has acquired eight of the 25 ski resorts in Pennsylvania. Two Vail Resorts in Pennsylvania are Jack […]
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Utah Ski Manufacturer DPS Partners with Phantom Glide for Winter Pop-Up in Boulder, CO

DPS Skis, the U.S.-based ski manufacturer pairing aerospace carbon technology with groundbreaking shapes, and Phantom Glide, a permanent, waxless base glide treatment, will be available from October 2023 to March 2024 at Full Cycle in Boulder, CO. Full Cycle, Boulder’s oldest award-winning bike shop, unveils a ski touring-focused ‘shop-in-shop’ concept aimed at meeting the needs of Boulder’s multi-faced endurance athletes. The […]
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The Locals Sale Teams Up With Protect Our Winters | Pop-Up Shops in Salt Lake City, UT, and Boulder, CO

The Locals Sale has just kicked off another busy season and has two pop-up shops coming your way in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado. The Locals Sale is on a mission to inject some sustainability and inclusivity into a world where a lift ticket can cost almost $300 per day, and winter jackets and pants can run into the thousands. […]
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[PHOTOS] Caltrans Uses 14lbs of Explosives to Blow Up 458-Tons of Boulders Blocking US-50 Near Echo Summit

Caltrans’ South Lake Tahoe area maintenance crew responded to three large boulders that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 near Echo Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Related: [VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 The estimated weight was 458 tons. The largest was 23 feet long and 14 feet tall. The crew used about 14 […]
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NASA: Boulder County, CO, Wildfire is Most Destructive in State’s History | 1,100 House Burned, 2 People Missing

On December 30, 2021, high winds roared out of the west and down the front slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Northwest of Denver, peak gusts reached 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour—the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. Those winds whipped up intense grass and brush fires in south Boulder and blew them east toward the towns of […]
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Don’t Miss The Locals Pop-Up Sale in Boulder, CO Tomorrow: New, Used, and Recycled Gear on Sale October 30th

Attention! Humans in Boulder, Denver, Colorado Front Range. The Locals Sale is having a pop-up shop this Saturday, October 30, in Boulder, Colorado. Don’t miss out on scoring the best deals while helping to recycle new and used gear that would otherwise sit unused in a pro’s closet or brand’s warehouse. The pop-up event will be like….well, have you ever seen […]
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Boulder, CO Police Officer Killed in 200-Foot Fall in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Rangers recovered the body of a 35-year-old female from Loveland, Colorado, just west of Martha’s Couloir on Mount Lady Washington in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, on Thursday. The deceased was later identified as Ashley Haarmann an off-duty Boulder police officer who had fallen 200-feet. Related: Woman’s Body Discovered Near Popular Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO Park rangers were […]
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Human Remains Found on Trail Near Boulder, CO, Are Those of Hiker Missing Since February

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office confirmed Sunday 4th July 2021, that the remains found by a professional volunteer with Front Range Rescue Dogs on Thursday, 4.3 miles west of Hessie Trailhead, were those of Josh Hall, 27. “We are heartbroken for his friends and family. We want to thank the professional volunteers and numerous organizations who spent more than 700 […]
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Boulder, CO Breweries Collaborate on ‘CO Care Can’ to Support Victims of Boulder Supermarket Tragedy

To support victims, families, and those directly impacted by the Boulder Supermarket Tragedy, local breweries, Upslope Brewing Company, Oskar Blues Brewing, Left Hand Brewing, Sanitas Brewing Co., Bootstrap Brewing Co., and Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery have teamed with brand marketing accelerator, Fortnight Collective to create, “Colorado Care Can”, an assortment of community crafted beers provided to support The Colorado […]
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Vail Resorts Postpones Big Epic Pass Announcement Due to Boulder, CO Shooting

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Vail Resorts’ headquarters in Broomfield, CO is less than a twenty minutes drive from Boulder, where a senseless shooting killing ten people occurred in a supermarket yesterday.  Many Vail Resorts’ employees reside in Boulder, and due to this, the company has decided to postpone the ‘big news’ they’ve been teasing, until tomorrow March 24th, 2021. “We are deeply saddened by […]
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