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Park City’s Sundance Film Festival a great time to ski nation’s largest resort

Park City’s Sundance Film Festival a great time to ski nation’s largest resort

I’ve been to Park City’s Sundance Film Festival four times now. Or, rather, I’ve been to Park City during Sundance four times. Up until this year I’d never actually seen…

Follow the snow flow: Powder skiing from Park City to Vail

Follow the snow flow: Powder skiing from Park City to Vail

Here’s a fun thing to do if you have the time and don’t mind driving through a massive snowstorm: Powder ski your way from Steamboat to Park City to Vail.…

Backcountry skiing closures ill-advised, unenforceable in wake of tragic avalanche deaths

Backcountry skiing closures ill-advised, unenforceable in wake of tragic avalanche deaths

You really can’t put the genie back in the bottle, even if the genie is 900 feet wide, 1,500 feet long, 10 feet deep and deadly as hell. The Jan.…

Fracking-ban fracas likely to shape Colorado gubernatorial race

Fracking-ban fracas likely to shape Colorado gubernatorial race

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat whose 2nd Congressional District has seen a big spike in oil and gas drilling, told an industry trade association today that it should immediately…

Broncos, Manning buck Chiefs, but fans should rein in Super Bowl hopes … this season

Broncos, Manning buck Chiefs, but fans should rein in Super Bowl hopes … this season

Even after Sunday’s big win by the Broncos over the previously unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs, Denver fans should probably dial back their expectations of Peyton Manning getting to February’s Super…

Sliding into ski season with an abundance of caution

Sliding into ski season with an abundance of caution

In April of 2005, I was “that guy.” The Eeyore on a heli-skiing trip who – while not exactly uttering the Winnie the Pooh character’s famously gloomy “We’re all gonna…

Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor

Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor

I was mischievously tempted to reveal the strategy of planned obsolescence to my two-year-old as he stared up at me with sad, confused eyes, wondering why daddy couldn’t fix his…

Real Estate’s past seems destined to repeat itself

Real Estate’s past seems destined to repeat itself

When I hear the phrase, “The past is destined to repeat itself,” it’s usually in a negative context. Well, today I want to use it in a positive context. This…

An introduction to Climate Conversation

An introduction to Climate Conversation

As an environmentalist, I have a keen interest in the ongoing public conversation about climate change, but I have often been frustrated by the tone and substance of the conversation.…