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Perhaps no industry or group of people have more immediately at stake in addressing a changing climate than those in winter sports. Protect Our Winters (POW) is a non-profit founded in 2007 by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones to help passionate outdoor people protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change. Join 2021 World Cup Champion and Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins, the President and CEO of Aspen Ski Company Mike Kaplan and POW’s Executive Director Mario Molina this Earth Day. They’ll share an insider look at the perils facing both the lifestyles and livelihoods for those in winter sports, and more importantly how the snow industry, athletes and POW are helping the 50 million people who participate in those sports to become a powerful force for systemic climate action.
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As you travel through Colorado ski country, you might find yourself wondering, How in the world did someone come up with Whistlepig or Pussy Foot as a trail name? You might also find yourself debating whether taking Dante’s Inferno or Hook ’em Horns will be exciting.or insane.
The stories of how ski mountain trails were named can take as many twists and turns as the runs themselves. Here are some of our favorites, listed by resort: Davis Trail: Wilfred “Slim” Davis is credited as the first person to spot the ski-area potential of A-Basin’s location when he was training forest rangers how to ski there. Using a black-and-white, 8x10-inch photograph of the mountain, in 1941 Davis hand-drew the original layout and design of the ski area, including the existing Snow Plume Refuge and proposed rope tows. Five years later, A-Basin’s founders used that map to help secure the required special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.