Bikinis, Sunglasses and Snowboards - ‘The Party Starts in the Spring’ at Intrawest Resorts
The sun beats down warming your face, you lather on sun block, straighten your sunglasses, adjust your bikini top and WOOSH! down the mountain you go. This is spring and summer skiing in the West, where some of the finest ski conditions, mildest temperatures and most fun times are found in April (one of the snowiest months) and beyond.
(PRWEB) March 2, 2005 -- “There is a long-standing tradition of ‘the party
starts in the spring’”, says Michael Berry, president of the National Ski Areas
Association in Lakewood, Colorado. “The seriousness of the sport is passed,
competitions are over and the fun and silly events have begun. Throw in great
ski conditions, bright sunlight and thinning crowds and you’ve got some of the
best skiing and riding of the year.”
One such party, the eagerly
anticipated Sunsation 2005, Copper Mountain’s free, end-of-season blowout bash
in Copper, Colorado, returns for its fifth year with three weekends of live
bands, entertainment and on-hill events April 2-3, 9-10, 16-17. Activities
include the infamous Eenie Weenie Bikini Contest, barbecues, music, beer gardens
and more.
This year, the excellent snow conditions in the mountains of
Colorado have created solid snow bases allowing for top to bottom ski runs well
into the spring months. The spring season’s mixture of warmer days and cooler
nights sets into motion a recurring process of freezing, thawing, then
refreezing which generates “corn snow”, small kernels of smooth, granular snow.
This “ego surface” is what spring skiing fanatics wait for all year. The powder
is softer, easier to maneuver and more fun!
Most ski resorts shut down
by mid/late-April. Two Intrawest resorts, Whistler Blackcomb, located in British
Columbia, Canada, and Mammoth Mountain, Mammoth Lakes, California, keep skiers
and riders on the slopes practically year-round. Whistler Mountain will remain
open until June 5, 2005. Blackcomb reopens from June 6 to July 31 for glacier
skiing and boarding after an initial closing on April 17. Mammoth Mountain
expects to continue operating until at least mid-June and quite possibly right
up to the 4th of July.
For more information on spring/summer skiing and
snowboarding at Whistler Blackcomb, Copper Mountain or Mammoth Mountain, visit
www.intrawest.com or call Suzan French, MSCO, 914-251-1500,
ext. 14. For more information on Intrawest, call Tim McNulty at
604-623-6620.
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