Big Burn Takes A Powder

After a painfully slow start to the season, one that saw Thanksgiving Day clogging on Fanny Hill, the Snowmass Ski Area was able to embrace some 19 inches over fresh powder over the weekend. "We are opening new terrain on both mountains as quickly as we can," reports Skico. "At Snowmass the Big Burn will open today and Sam’s Knob opened yesterday. The Treehouse Kids’ Adventure Center is open for kids of all ages." Lift tickets are a relative bargain until further notice at a discounted $66.

Take This Meeting And Shove It

Post blogger Keith Hemstreet does not sufer fools gladly, especially when they are pontificating in meetings. "The act of taking notes during a meeting is just that, an act," he blogs. "I have legal pads full of notes stuffed in my desk drawer that I have never once referenced. In my experience, note taking is done for two reasons: First, to pretend that you care about what is being said during the meeting. Second, to stay awake while someone babbles on about things you simply don’t care about. As I listened to the lecture on customer service, I felt immense pity for the staff for having to endure such a boring presentation. I also felt pity for the manager for having to give such a boring presentation. In the manager’s voice I could hear the phony enthusiasm one must employ when disseminating supposedly 'meaningful' and 'important' information to subordinates."

Love At First Sight

The Aspen Chamber Resort Association--including Snowmass businesses--wants to show visitors the love. ACRA is ready when you are.