Joanne Palmer: Turkey horror stories add fun to holiday
I’ve been picking up on a lot of turkey chatter lately. As I’ve been diligently yet surreptitiously eavesdropping, nearly all of the conversations I’ve been privy to go something like this: “Did you hear what happened to me last year? It was a disaster!"
Aspen Mountain opens today
Skiers and riders will cash in on above-average early conditions when the slopes open this week, according to Aspen Skiing Co. Vice President of Mountain Operations Rich Burkley.
Too early for snowmaking at Chapman Hill
The temperature may be in the teens at night, but man-made snow won’t pump out of Chapman Hill’s new snowmaking equipment for a few weeks, Durango’s director of Parks and Recreation said.
Jimmy Westlake: Orion rising
All of a sudden, after changing from daylight saving time to standard time at the beginning of November, Orion is rising in the early evening before most of us go to bed instead of around midnight. Orion is one of only two constellations visible from Colorado that contains two first-magnitude stars.
Deb Babcock: Your garden in winter
At the annual meeting of the Yampa River Botanic Park, Karen Vail was the featured speaker and discussed the various microclimates we can create in our gardens to accommodate various plants, expanding the range of things you can grow here.
Routt County Spotlight: Philip Johnston
Occupation: Snowboarder/shop manager
Looking back for Nov. 23, 1934
Next Saturday is the big day, for at 1:30 in the afternoon the businessmen of Steamboat Springs are playing host to their friends across Northwest Colorado at a free show at the Chief Theater. Moreover, a dozen families or more will have a turkey for Thanksgiving as the gifts of local businessmen.
CMC students learn the ropes of selling skis, snowboards
The lessons were supposed to be about pitching products and addressing customers. And in a mini marketplace at CMC on Thursday night, those lessons were learned by the school’s ski and snowboard business and retail sales class.
Hunt of the week: Rebecca Troester
Rebecca Troester, Age: 25, Occupation: Bank teller
Adaptive Nordic team adapts to snow conditions
Skiers plan to return to Howelsen at 10 a.m. today
The perils of an early season Nordic ski camp in Steamboat Springs came sharply into focus Friday morning for U.S. Adaptive Nordic ski team coach Greg Rawlings.
2009 hunting season slower than usual
Leland Reinier, owner of Big Cat Taxidermy in Craig, said business has suffered this year because the number of hunters has dropped. When there aren’t large numbers of out-of-town hunters, the community suffers, Reinier said.
Charlie Bates: Singers take ‘Alleluia’ to ‘Amen’
In her pre-concert address at the Yampa Valley Singers’ performance Tuesday, chorus director Marie Carmichael expressed pleasure at the sight of the over-flowing crowd gathered for this music event, the first of the holiday season.
Community Agriculture Alliance: Fall Gathering highlights progress
The Second Annual Agricultural Fall Gathering took place Nov. 8, bringing together Routt County’s diverse agricultural community.
Sunlight Mountain Resort opening day set for Dec. 4
Sunlight Mountain Resort is sitting pretty with recent snow storms that have blessed the region. But even with a top mountain depth reported at 16 inches Tuesday, Marketing Manager Dylan Lewis was reluctant to say whether the resort would open early.
