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Dispatch from the Edge

March 1, 2020 by Mike Rosso

By Peter Anderson “Dad, I’m scared,” my oldest daughter said, and she had good reason to be. We were going on our second hour of being stranded in a ground blizzard on the shoulder of Highway 285, out in the middle of South Park. Seventy mile an hour winds were rocking her little Subaru. It …

Regional News Roundup

July 17, 2015June 1, 2015 by Mike Rosso

Towns Sign on to Pact A group of Colorado towns has launched a “Mountain Pact” in an effort to reform the way the Feds collect royalty payments from the coal industry, and to offset the negative effects of climate change on their communities. Signed on to the pact are Leadville, Buena Vista, Ridgway, Carbondale, Aspen, …

Twenty Minutes from Home

November 20, 2014September 1, 2014 by Mike Rosso

By Laura Van Dusen Twenty minutes from home, heading northwest, the road ends. But it’s not a dead end. If I continue walking I come to a hill of rock, small in comparison to other area formations but larger than any man-made structure in South Park. It feels like the top of the world, and …

Former Colorado Ski Areas

March 7, 2013December 1, 2012 by Mike Rosso

Besides the ski areas mentioned in the previous articles, there are quite a few ghost ski areas around Colorado, including the area at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs which operated from 1959-91. Here is a list of others in our region whose glory days are long past.

COMO – Indian Mountain Ski Area. The area served residents of Fairplay and Colorado Springs and operated sporadically from 1972-88. The area was built by a property development company out of Denver which had hoped to develop housing in conjunction with the area. It had a vertical drop of 573 feet and included a ski school, one lift, two surface tows, a cafeteria, a lodge and a rental shop. Located south and east of the town of Como, it ultimately closed due to lack of snow.