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The cheapest lift ticket in Colorado is a mere $5. It comes at a winter recreation haven that never has a lift line and offers a virtual guarantee for fresh turns. And you don’t even have to slap on your…

If you’ve ever read Jack London’s The Call Of The Wild or watched the screen adaptation, you’ve likely fantasized about saddling up behind a team of incredibly tough huskies and speeding through snowfields, mushing the dogs to reach incredible speeds.

Normally, a mountain boasting 1,530 feet of vertical drop and about 1,200 acres of skiable terrain wouldn’t blow anyone away.

There have been rumblings around the state that voters will get the chance to approve a tax in 2008 to support another mass-transit train project that will have tracks lined all the way from Denver to Vail and beyond.

Of course, close to home is always the best way to beat the hordes of Coloradoans looking to play in snow-filled playgrounds.

Regardless of what type of skier you are, it’s worth the five-minute traverse to the top of Corbet’s Couloir. Inch your skis over the edge of the 15-foot drop at the entrance of the trail and imagine what it’d be…

You live in Colorado because of that beautiful playground just to the west. Each winter, the peaks are coated with an ever-so-pristine layer of snow.