This past winter, there were at least four incidents of cars driving on and damaging ski trails in the Spring Gulch system on the Thompson Divide. The area has also been a hot spot for unauthorized parties, and many of those parties have left significant debris. The weekend of March 7-9, partiers set fire to […]
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Superski Sunday: Ski for Sisu returns Feb. 9, shifting back to single-day skiathlon
On Feb. 9, the Mount Sopris Nordic Council hosts the 33rd Annual Ski for Sisu fundraiser at Spring Gulch. In recent years, the event has been a multi-day fundraiser, with participants accumulating kilometers of nordic skiing over the course of a week, give or take. This winter, the event reverts to its original format: a […]
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Ski for Sisu Spring Gulch fundraiser returns Feb. 3-11
Week-long ski-a-thon concludes with Sisu celebration on Super Bowl Sunday A Carbondale cross country skiing tradition dating back 32 years survived the pandemic years with some ingenuity born straight from the meaning of the Finnish word “sisu.” The result is an extended version of Ski for Sisu’s former self, as the annual fundraising event now […]
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Spring Gulch aglow with new Nordic trail amenities; capital campaign continues
Carbondale’s shiniest wintertime gem, the Spring Gulch Nordic Ski Trail System, has been busy polishing its bright shine for the past couple of years.The new cross country season officially began with the cutting of a ribbon at the new Marion Gulch parking lot and trailhead on Dec. 5.The event was followed by the Mount Sopris […]
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Spring Gulch Trail System expanded
As of the new year, the Spring Gulch Trail System has opened six new kilometers (3.7 miles) of high-elevation, cross-country skiing trails, with the intention of extending both early and late seasons. The expansion is a large step in a pattern of development meant to keep up with increasing popularity at the amenity, southeast of […]
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Sisu: like your life’s cup of coffee
“‘Sisu’ is a Finnish term and it means ‘enthusiasm, spirit, drive.’ All of the ingredients that you think of getting yourself going and being happy about what you’re doing and challenging yourself, that’s what ‘sisu’ is,” explained Elliot Norquist, Mount Sopris Nordic Council board member and trails/grooming manager. “‘Sisu’ is like your life’s cup of […]