Rocky Mountain High in Colorado
Take the last exit heading just east of the Continental divide on Interstate 70 and you can find a lesser-known ski resort called "Loveland" It has something for everyone who only wants to ski. Otherwise quite minimalist (no lodging or restaurants or more importantly crowds). Go to the top lift and you start from over 13,000 feet right below the Continental Divide! The Denver locals love it as it is close enough to commute and not as crowded as the better-known ski resorts. So quiet in fact that found a spot at the top to do my meditation and was the only one skiing down the mountain at the end of the day! My friend, Dave, and I stayed in a mountain abode near Saint Mary's glacier 10 miles north of Idaho Springs. It was only 20 miles from the ski resort, but we learned that if you travel at the wrong time the roads are jammed and it is a 90-minute drive (note to self). This was my second year skiing and communing with my brilliant ...