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Beginner’s guide to skiing Copper Mountain

Work your way up from the easiest greens to your first blue run at Copper Mountain.

What to expect for your first ski lesson

I’d never put on a pair of skis before I moved to Denver at age 23, so learning to ski was both exciting and mildly terrifying. Skiing seemed really cool, but I was learning as an adult that was acutely aware of my own mortality, the cost of hospital bills, and obligations to work. IContinue reading “What to expect for your first ski lesson”

What to wear your first time skiing

A woman goes skiing for the first time at Copper Mountain in Colorado

When I moved to Colorado in 2013, I’d never been on a pair of skis in my life. The concept of being excited for winter was still completely foreign to me. I’m from the East Coast, where winter is basically three months of grey, bone-chilling misery. Figuring out what to wear is one of theContinue reading “What to wear your first time skiing”