COME TO LIFE | Welcome to Snow’s Perfect State Adaptive Winter Activities Adaptive sports centers offer lessons in accessible alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing and more. WHERE TO GO: Winter Park • Crested Butte • Steamboat Springs • Keystone • Breckenridge • Telluride • Aspen • Beaver Creek • Durango • Eldora Fat Biking Fat biking allows cyclists of all levels to keep their wheels spinning no matter the season. Fat tires ride atop the snow and can go just about anywhere. WHERE TO GO: Tomichi Cycles (Gunnison) • Evergreen Bike Shop • Cycles of Life (Leadville) • Pagosa Mountain Sports • Front Range Ride Guides (Fort Collins) • Winter Park Resort • Howelsen Hill Nordic Center (Steamboat Springs) • Gold Run Nordic Center (Breckenridge) • Boulder Cycle Sport Ski Biking Try a new way to experience the beauty of winter and also get your adrenaline flowing: It’s simply a bike with the wheels replaced by skis. Many ski areas offer lessons, and the bikes’ three-point stance make it easy to pick up. WHERE TO GO: Purgatory Resort (Durango) • Winter Park Resort • Vail Mountain • Keystone Resort • Steamboat Ski Resort • Telluride Ski Resort • Snowmass • Copper Mountain Resort Winter Alpine Coasters Whiz down hundreds of vertical, powdery feet, riding switchbacks and loops along the way. WHERE TO GO: Purgatory Resort (Durango) • Snowmass • Copper Mountain • Breckenridge • Vail Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area Snowshoeing & Cross-Country Skiing Discover fluffy, snow-covered trails and peaceful stands of evergreen and aspen trees. Dozens of Nordic centers, including many at the ski resorts, are a great way to get started with rentals and trail maps. For more intense endeavors, try a hut trip! WHERE TO GO: Vallecito Lake • Breckenridge • Crested Butte • Keystone • Vail • Telluride • Aspen/Snowmass • Leadville • Frisco • Walden • Eldora (near Nederland) • Gunnison • Beaver Creek • Silverthorne • Tabernash • Durango • Grand Lake • Steamboat Springs • Granby • Winter Park • Glenwood Springs • Kremmling Snowmass Mountain BACKCOUNTRY SAFETY Be sure to research your destination (and have a plan B), prepare for winter travel, check the avalanche forecast, carry proper equipment and get training or go with a guide. Colorado.com/ Backcountry 10 1-800-COLORADO
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