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Big Powder Day In Aspen

For those of you who have been holding back on Aspen skiing due to it being perceived as a light snow year - those perceptions are now old. Snow has been dumping in Aspen for the last few days. Aspen Mountain has received 34 inches of white light fluffy powder in the last 7 days with 11 inches in the last 24 hours alone.

Here are the snowfall details - and you may want to bookmark this page if you are interested in following the daily Aspen Snow report: http://www.aspensnowmass.com/system/printable_report.cfm

Having fun in Aspen or Snowmass need not be expensive. Here are nine winter things to do while you are in town that won't cost you a dime:

It is probably something that you never thought much about . How do moguls get formed and are they static or dynamic (e.g. do the stay put or do they move)?

Well, David Bahr, Tad Pleffer and Raymond Browning conducted a scientific study that uncovered the surprising motion of ski moguls ... and how moguls defy intuition by migrating uphill, even though skiers and snow move downhill.

Finding the right line in the moguls is a major challenge. There is no "one right way" to ski the bumps nor is there one "correct" line to ski.  How a skier determines the optimum mogul line depends upon who the skier is and what their goals are. Younger skiers with fast reflexes might choose one line while older skiers with slower reflexes might choose a different line. And, the steepness of the run, the snow conditions on the run, the skier's level of fatigue, current visibility and weather conditions and the skier's "frame of mind" (courage vs.