1,500 snow riders attend Arapahoe Basin for holiday runs
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- Created on Sunday, 03 July 2011 18:23
- Written by Nathan
Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
THE DENVER POST
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area drew more than 1,500 skiers and snowboarders Saturday — about half as many people as a regular-season weekend day, said spokeswoman Leigh Hierholzer.
The resort last offered skiing on Fourth of July weekend in 1997.
The weather allowed some of the more adventurous skiers at Arapahoe to try "pond skimming," a blend of snow skiing and waterskiing in which an individual picks up as much speed as possible going downhill and then attempts to coast over the top of a mid-mountain lake.
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