Luke Graham:
"Steamboat Springs — Peter Kalmes quickly realized his advantage probably was everyone else’s, as well.
Like many Steamboat Springs mountain bikers, Kalmes took advantage of the light winter, biking up Emerald Mountain on hardpack snow. By February he was in Moab to ride on dirt, and come March 1, he was a fixture on his road bike.
“I feel a lot stronger because of the dry spring,” said Kalmes, who proved to be the fastest rider Wednesday in the opening event of the 2012 Steamboat Springs Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series. “I knew, and now I really know, that everyone took advantage of that. It made a difference for everyone.”
Wednesday’s Howlin’ Howelsen race predictably saw a little of everything. Old stalwarts battled the Emerald Mountain course that began at the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena and meandered its way over a series of trails before finishing the ascent to the Quarry via Blair Witch and then heading back down.
The race even featured one rider sprinting across the finish line, flat tire going one way and chain going the other.
Then it had the final competitor across the finish line — long after everyone left to have a post-race beer — sporting an old-school Nishiki mountain bike with fenders and no sign of any suspension....."
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May 31, 2012
May 27, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Steamboat Today "Our View: At 1st glance, Shell impresses"
Steamboat Today Editorial Board:
"Shell Oil is yet to have its first public hearing on its first proposed exploratory well in Routt County, but the encouraging impression the company made during a community open house last week should serve as an example for other energy operators seeking to do business here.
We’re not naive. Shell is a huge multinational corporation sophisticated enough to know it must connect with the communities where it seeks to drill for oil. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be grateful for the manner in which the company appears to be conducting its business in Northwest Colorado.
During a midday event Wednesday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center, Shell executive Matt Holman and a team of 15 company employees representing many facets of its operations matter-of-factly described their plans for Northwest Colorado. Holman made his company’s intent crystal clear — they want Routt County to allow Shell to drill three exploratory wells this year — while also clearly stating their intent to obey all 60 oil and gas permit guidelines adopted by the county....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Shell Oil is yet to have its first public hearing on its first proposed exploratory well in Routt County, but the encouraging impression the company made during a community open house last week should serve as an example for other energy operators seeking to do business here.
We’re not naive. Shell is a huge multinational corporation sophisticated enough to know it must connect with the communities where it seeks to drill for oil. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be grateful for the manner in which the company appears to be conducting its business in Northwest Colorado.
During a midday event Wednesday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center, Shell executive Matt Holman and a team of 15 company employees representing many facets of its operations matter-of-factly described their plans for Northwest Colorado. Holman made his company’s intent crystal clear — they want Routt County to allow Shell to drill three exploratory wells this year — while also clearly stating their intent to obey all 60 oil and gas permit guidelines adopted by the county....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
February 16, 2012
SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Oak Creek resident Tom Thurston’s Iditarod send-off is Thursday"
Joel Reichenberger:
"Steamboat Springs — There’s no rest for the weary, at least not for Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston.
Routt County’s most prolific marathon musher is set to depart for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska with a send-off party from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Rex’s American Grill & Bar in Steamboat Springs.
The party comes less than 48 hours after Thurston wrapped up his run in the Race to the Sky dog sled race in Montana. He’s won the event before but finished fifth this year, using the race more as a finale for what’s been a winter of training in Montana than as a true test of his team’s speed...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Steamboat Springs — There’s no rest for the weary, at least not for Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston.
Routt County’s most prolific marathon musher is set to depart for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska with a send-off party from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Rex’s American Grill & Bar in Steamboat Springs.
The party comes less than 48 hours after Thurston wrapped up his run in the Race to the Sky dog sled race in Montana. He’s won the event before but finished fifth this year, using the race more as a finale for what’s been a winter of training in Montana than as a true test of his team’s speed...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
November 4, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Aspen teams with Steamboat, Winter Park to offer special ski pass"
Wish we could get excited on behalf of the Colorado Triple Play Pass.
Reality is that it still shows the overwhelming arrogance of Aspen Skico.
An arrogance that is not going to set well at all with the common man who depend on tourism revenues to put bread on the family table.
Good luck to the Skico on this new offering.
"The Triple Play Pass faces stiff competition from Vail Resorts for skiers and riders who hit the slopes often.
Vail's adult Epic Local Pass is $519. That provides unlimited access to Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, along with 10 restricted days at Vail Mountain or Beaver Creek.
The adult Summit Value Pass offers unlimited skiing and riding at Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, along with restricted access to Breckenridge, for $429.
The Triple Play Pass really isn't oriented toward hometown skiers and riders at Aspen-Snowmass, Steamboat and Winter Park, at least not those who already purchased passes. A Roaring Fork Valley resident would have to pay for two days here to get the two days at Winter Park and two days at Steamboat. There is no tweaked pass available to passholders at any of the three resorts.
This program is the first time in recent years that the Aspen Skiing Co. has teamed with another ski area to offer a pass. Intrawest owns Steamboat and operates Winter Park."
(Scott Condon)
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Reality is that it still shows the overwhelming arrogance of Aspen Skico.
An arrogance that is not going to set well at all with the common man who depend on tourism revenues to put bread on the family table.
Good luck to the Skico on this new offering.
"The Triple Play Pass faces stiff competition from Vail Resorts for skiers and riders who hit the slopes often.
Vail's adult Epic Local Pass is $519. That provides unlimited access to Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, along with 10 restricted days at Vail Mountain or Beaver Creek.
The adult Summit Value Pass offers unlimited skiing and riding at Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, along with restricted access to Breckenridge, for $429.
The Triple Play Pass really isn't oriented toward hometown skiers and riders at Aspen-Snowmass, Steamboat and Winter Park, at least not those who already purchased passes. A Roaring Fork Valley resident would have to pay for two days here to get the two days at Winter Park and two days at Steamboat. There is no tweaked pass available to passholders at any of the three resorts.
This program is the first time in recent years that the Aspen Skiing Co. has teamed with another ski area to offer a pass. Intrawest owns Steamboat and operates Winter Park."
(Scott Condon)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
November 3, 2011
SandBox Comments: "Aspen Times "Aspen, other resorts plan joint announcement"
Interesting to see a tight-lipped Jeff Hanle.
The day after voters in Steamboat Springs and Winter Park area ratcheted up the Yampa Valley Regional Airport with their full support and the money to back them up.
The Aspen Skico has spent a lot of years trying to sell Aspen on the destination for the elite and wealthy.
The past year or so the Aspen Skico has also put forth a lot of finger-pointing propoganda that has a great deal of disinformation about Vail Resorts and Steamboat Springs. There are no 'fire-sale prices' in either resort. The only 'monopoly' that either resort has is their tourism marketing foresight to wisely spend their money building infrastructure that is able to house permanent draws and very large events.
While Aspen Skico has rested on its laurels.
Unless there is some very good money and revenue ability coming direct from the Aspen Skico to either of these resorts; both should begin to rest on their own laurels and not tie themselves to a 'flat' Aspen ski market.
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The day after voters in Steamboat Springs and Winter Park area ratcheted up the Yampa Valley Regional Airport with their full support and the money to back them up.
The Aspen Skico has spent a lot of years trying to sell Aspen on the destination for the elite and wealthy.
The past year or so the Aspen Skico has also put forth a lot of finger-pointing propoganda that has a great deal of disinformation about Vail Resorts and Steamboat Springs. There are no 'fire-sale prices' in either resort. The only 'monopoly' that either resort has is their tourism marketing foresight to wisely spend their money building infrastructure that is able to house permanent draws and very large events.
While Aspen Skico has rested on its laurels.
Unless there is some very good money and revenue ability coming direct from the Aspen Skico to either of these resorts; both should begin to rest on their own laurels and not tie themselves to a 'flat' Aspen ski market.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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