John Meyer

2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Meyer

With five Colorado ski areas having entered the final week of their 2024-25 seasons, two are going out with fabulous lift ticket deals. Ski Cooper is offering $35 lift tickets — the price they charged for children ages 6-14 this season — while Monarch is charging $39. Both close on Sunday. For comparison, Eldora is offering lift tickets in advance online for $99 through closing day on April 20. Copper Mountain will offer $99 lift tickets from April 14 through closing day on May 11.

2 weeks ago | reporterherald.com | John Meyer

The non-profit Colorado Fourteeners Initiative will use $250,000 in state funding this summer to hire seasonal work crews for trail maintenance on a dozen fourteeners, part of its annual trail work largely funded by the state’s recreational trails program. The fourteeners grant was announced last week by the governor’s office as part of $2.4 million earmarked for 26 trail projects around the state this year.

2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Meyer

The non-profit Colorado Fourteeners Initiative will use $250,000 in state funding this summer to hire seasonal work crews for trail maintenance on a dozen fourteeners, part of its annual trail work largely funded by the state’s recreational trails program. The fourteeners grant was announced last week by the governor’s office as part of $2.4 million earmarked for 26 trail projects around the state this year.

3 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Meyer

The first resort closure of the 2024-25 ski season comes on Sunday when Granby Ranch shuts down, followed by seven more the following weekend. By the end of April, the only areas expected to be open are Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin. Many areas seem likely to close with good snow cover, though. As of Thursday, according to figures curated by the OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service, 12 Colorado resorts have above-average base depths.

4 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Meyer

A dozen summit trails on Colorado’s famed 14,000-foot peaks will be restored by the nonprofit Colorado Fourteeners Initiative through state funding, the governor’s office said Wednesday. A total of $2.4 million has been granted to construct, restore and maintain 26 Colorado trails. Of that, $250,000 will be used to restore trails on Mount Bierstadt, Blue Sky, Quandary, Democrat, Princeton, Massive, Capitol, Columbia, San Luis, Redcloud, Wetterhorn and Sneffels.