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• And it’s still snowing….

  By Jenney Coberly on May 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  I was looking through my archives, and found a post about May snowfall from May 2011. Considering that it’s snowing right now, on May 8, 2013, one can see that snowfall is not an unusual event around here in May…. Read More ›

• Yes, you can garden at 9600 feet!

  By Jenney Coberly on May 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  This year I am embarking on a new adventure — high altitude gardening. We had a garden many years ago in New Hampshire, and it did very well, but although it’s further north, it’s thousands of feet lower than where… Read More ›

• The Quiet Time

  By Jenney Coberly on May 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Okay, so this isn’t your typical May Day, even here in the high country. But it’s not totally unusual. We often get a bit of snow into June, although it doesn’t tend to stick around very long. The Breckenridge Ski Area… Read More ›

• Goodbye Bergie, hello amusement park!

  By Jenney Coberly on April 10, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Today’s musing is about the shrinking of the low season here in Colorado’s mountain communities, at least the close-in ones like ours which are a weekend destination as well as a vacation destination. Everyone who travels knows about high seasons… Read More ›

• Don’t be a gaper

  By Jenney Coberly on March 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  April 1 is “Gaper Day” at many ski areas. If you google the term, you’ll get plenty of hits. Basically, folks dress up in crazy or retro outfits on the ski slopes, supposedly to poke fun at the clueless. I… Read More ›

• It can’t get here from there — A U.S. Postal Service Saga

  By Jenney Coberly on March 22, 2013 • ( 2 )

  I have to chuckle when I read the indignation about possible termination of Saturday mail delivery. In my little town, we don’t have home mail delivery. I don’t think many folks realize there are such communities here in the U.S…. Read More ›

• Livin’ la vida alta at 9764 feet

  By Jenney Coberly on March 16, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Up here, the air is dry and crisp and the sun is strong. My house is only a few hundred feet short of two miles above sea level, thus the title of this blog, 9764′. There’s some evidence that living… Read More ›

• 2013 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpting Championships

  By Jenney Coberly on January 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  2013 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpting Championships, a set on Flickr.

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