In 1913, Denver received a massive amount of snow, which shut down the city for everyone except for one man: Carl Howelsen. He went skiing around and inspired George Cranmer to ask for lessons in how to ski. That was the beginning of the thirst for skiing in Denver.
Howelsen became the “Johnny Appleseed” of skiing in Colorado and, with friends, ignited the extreme snow sport of the day, ski jumping. You can read all about it in “Lost Ski Areas of Colorado’s Front Range and Northern Mountains.”
The photo above shows the author Caryn’s grandmother Martha and her sisters walking after the storms in northwest Denver, which is now Highlands.
We had a beautiful, but dry, autumn in 2021. However, some of the ski areas have opened with manmade snow and limited runs.
Think snow.