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A man poses in the mountains while holding ski poles
Posted inOutdoors

Meet the Colorado man who always knows when — and where — it’s going to snow

by William Allstetter 3:28 AM MDT on Mar 12, 20238:19 PM MDT on Mar 13, 2023

Every morning, thousands turn to the precision snow reports crafted by Joel Gratz’s OpenSnow to find pockets of powder in Colorado’s chaotic mountains

Snow flies up as a person skies through it.
Posted inOutdoors

How much snow will your favorite Colorado ski resort get? Here’s how to tell.

by William Allstetter 3:18 AM MDT on Mar 12, 20237:34 AM MDT on Mar 12, 2023

OpenSnow forecasters give some clues about when and why the big snow falls at Colorado ski areas

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A lot of people ride e-scooters in Denver — and a new study shows a lot of them are getting seriously hurt

by William Allstetter 4:19 AM MST on Dec 13, 202212:54 PM MST on Dec 14, 2022

Touted as a last-mile solution to improve city public transit systems, at least 3 people a day show up at Denver Health’s emergency room with scooter-related injuries, new study shows

Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns

Opinion: The joy of COVID-19 vaccination on Valentine’s Day

by William Allstetter 3:01 AM MST on Feb 19, 2021

We started off slowly, with just a trickle of people. I thought last Sunday’s brutal cold might keep turnout low. And there were a few early morning glitches as we worked out our routine.  But by mid-day, Amy Schouten, the nurse giving the shots, and I, her “vaccine buddy,” had hit our stride. She was […]

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Digging. Planting. Weeding: How gardening became meditation during coronavirus

by William Allstetter 4:20 AM MDT on Sep 6, 2020

The tomatoes are coming in… Most evenings after work and in the morning on weekends, I step gingerly around the tomato plants in the garden, push aside a branch or two and look for the telltale flash of red that signals a ripening tomato. Is it ready? Will it deliver the rich, savory flavor you […]

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