By the number of ski town based articles that mention ski town soul, there is obviously a genuine concern shared by many mountain town locals who fear for their ski town’s soul.
Local Jackson Hole resident Jim Curzon, founder of Moto 4 MS, is getting ready to race the Baja 1000, the longest non-stop off road race in the world.
26 Colorado ski resorts. I didn’t even know the exact count until I read Colorado.com’s Colorado’s Skiing and Snowboarding Season has Arrived which lists the opening dates for all 26 resorts.
With the majority of the resorts opening next month, now is the time to head up to the high country and get your winter job!
Back in July I wrote about the family that was considering moving from Durango to Texas to be closer to family. I decided to check in on Skimbaco to see what they decided to do.
I came across two interesting articles recently regarding today’s workplace. Location. Location. Location. focuses on the lifestyle first, jobs second theory.
A recent survey of 1,000 Gen Y recent graduates by the Segmentation Company indicates that 65 percent prefer to “look for a job in the place that I would like to live” rather than “look for the best job I can find, the place where it is located [being] secondary.”
While some students said taking a job so far off the beaten track is intimidating while their friends follow more conventional career paths, they said their excitement about doing something they love helps to offset worries about venturing far away from family and friends.
Living in Boulder, Colorado thirteen years ago and having friends in the mountains, I often heard the back and forth “Vail sucks”, “Aspen sucks” feud throughout the year I lived there.
Ted Alvarez from Vail, Colorado decided to “declare a truce in the name of cultural exchange”, and write an article giving you some great places in Aspen to check out if you are in the Colorado high country this fall.
Check out Joanne’s Summit County Colors, a Colorado slideshow
It is nice to enjoy the fall season in the Rocky Mountain high country while you can.
By the looks of all the snow today on Teton Pass, we can see here in Jackson that winter is clearly on its way!
Heading out to ski country this season?
The resort hiring season has begun, and there are a variety of job options to choose from. Where to go? To tell you the truth, I don’t think you can really make a poor choice anywhere in the Rocky Mountain West. Montana, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming are the ski town areas that I have explored throughout the years, and can honestly say that I have liked each and every one.
