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Cross-country ski areas consider making snow |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 18:23 |
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David Lupow enjoys cross-country skiing at the Aspen Golf Club on Tuesday. Chris Council, Aspen Daily News
By Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News
Open space officials are researching snowmaking operations for local cross-country skiing trails, as a result of this late-coming winter.
Scarcity of snow left nearly all of the local cross-country skiing trails closed until recent storms filled them in, and led to the cancellation or delay of cross-country races and events.
While Mother Nature appears to have saved this winter for Nordic enthusiasts, city of Aspen trails coordinator Austin Weiss is gathering information on snowmaking capability for local trails.
“Typically it’s something you see in the Northeast, where the weather is a little more fickle than it usually is here,” he explained. “But we want to see what our options are.”
Read more about the snowmaking away from the slopes.
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