{"id":803592,"date":"2020-01-29T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378187"},"modified":"2020-01-30T07:54:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:54:39","slug":"the-first-ever-backcountry-ski-area-opens-next-month-outside-of-kremmling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/the-first-ever-backcountry-ski-area-opens-next-month-outside-of-kremmling\/","title":{"rendered":"The first-ever backcountry ski area opens next month outside of Kremmling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesse Melchiskey carves through fresh snow at Bluebird Backcountry at Peak Ranch north of Kremmling, the nation’s first human-powered ski area Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward are developing.<\/strong>
Doug McLennan \/ Special to The Colorado Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The country\u2019s first human-powered ski area opens next month near Kremmling.<\/p>\n

Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward and their Bluebird Backcountry<\/a> project are developing a lift-free backcountry ski area on 1,500 acres of private land flanking Whitley Peak, the prominent volcanic plug on the southern end of the Rabbit Ears range. The pair of entrepreneurs have spent 18 months hosting test events and searching the state for slopes to anchor their dream of building a ski area with all the trimmings of a traditional hill \u2014 ski patrollers, instructors, guides, a base hut, gear rentals, a mountain warming hut, trails and avalanche hazard reduction \u2014 minus the chairlift. <\/p>\n

As uphill skiing and backcountry touring explode, \u201cwe are seeing a confluence of factors that make this the perfect time\u201d for a human-powered ski area, Lambert said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are ready to get away from the crowded resort experience. They are maybe a little bored with traditional resorts,\u201d Lambert said. \u201cPart of going outside in the winter is this special experience you get communing with nature and it\u2019s hard to do that at a crowded resort. That\u2019s a big part of what people are seeking in the backcountry: more solace. They are looking for the soul of skiing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story via The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at <\/em>coloradosun.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jesse Melchiskey carves through fresh snow at Bluebird Backcountry at Peak Ranch north of Kremmling, the nation’s first human-powered ski area Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward are developing.Doug McLennan \/ Special to The Colorado Sun The country\u2019s first human-powered ski area opens next month near Kremmling. Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward and their Bluebird Backcountry project are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 07:41:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803631,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803592\/revisions\/803631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}