As the December 2010 blizzard blanketed the East Coast with snow and sent millions of people on emergency grocery stores runs for bread, milk and beer, days earlier the same storm blessed the ski towns of Colorado with several feet of fresh powder. Typically viewed as a nuisance in the city, alpine villages viewed the snow as a last minute gift from mother nature. The big mountain resorts saw it as cash falling from the skies. And it’s continuing to pile up in the month of January, with some towns seeing record snowfall for this time of year. If you count yourself among those wanting to hit the slopes and carve a few black diamonds before the warm weather arrives, there is no better time for a weekend getaway...
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