Usually, skiers can’t wait for the first turns of the season; lift lines are long and stoke is high. But for a growing number of snow sliders in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, it’s not the downhill that has them chomping at the bit — it’s the climb. Uphill skiing — also known […]
Betsy Welch
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Racing time
Vaughn Shafer’s birthday parties are legendary. For decades now, on a chilly evening in late January, some 50 people have trekked up to Shafer’s 36-acre property near Lookout Mountain to ride vintage American Flyer sleds down his steep, 2.5-mile long driveway. Before it was sleds, they’d pile into Shafer’s river canoes, using the paddles to […]
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Treasure Mountain Ranch land use change still pending
On Nov. 20, the Gunnison County Planning Commission held a public hearing on a land-use application from Treasure Mountain Ranch, Inc. (TMR), the company that owns significant acreage in and around the historic townsite of Crystal. The application seeks a Minor Impact Land Use Change to consolidate parcels and cluster new development in the Crystal […]