This time every year, the weather forecasters in Denver start panicking about the lack of snow in the mountains. This is a big deal out here, since all the ski resorts in the area are now open, and Thanksgiving marks the season's first big ski weekend. But so far, there has been very little snow up there, and the resorts are making do, thanks to snowmaking equipment, with only a few ski runs open. And yet people will actually fork over big money for this experience - a single day lift ticket at Breckenridge currently costs $129. A ticket to Disney World costs $109, and you won't even freeze your ass off the entire day. Granted, I am a cheapskate, but does this not sound just plain crazy? I know that if you are really into skiing, you can buy a season pass, which would make each trip much cheaper over the course of an entire season, but all that means is that you have more chances to die. And by the way, the photograph above is of a ranch, under a dusting of snow, on Upper Bear Creek Road in Evergreen, Colorado, where to me it looks like they tend to just gaze at the snow instead of ski on it. To me, a much more sane idea.
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