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September 22, 2009 at 3:55 am · Filed under Adventure, Backpacking, California Skiing, Climbing, Colorado, Extreme Skiing, Hiking, Montana Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Surfing, Travel, Utah Skiing and tagged: California Skiing, Colorado Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Powder, Skiing, snow, Utah Skiing, Wyoming Skiing
Why is it while driving to a ski area you can get a ticket for driving too fast, yet get your lift ticket removed for skiing too fast? At gorover.com we think about skiing 24/7. We not only live it, but we report it, sharing all of our insider information on where to find the best powder, the best resorts, the best lodging and more.
So stop by and join our online, outdoor-adventure community. We’ll leave a Mag-lite on for you.
Top 5 Reasons Why to Ski at Bariloche Catedral this Summer
June 29, 2008 at 3:15 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Skiing Argentina, Social Network, South America Skiing, Travel and tagged: Extreme Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Ski Argentina, Ski South America, Ski vacation, Skiing Chile
1) Unlike the beach you won’t see creepy middle-aged guys in Speedos.
2) Two new ski lifts have been added.
3) Unlike the beach you won’t see creepy middle-aged guys in Speedos.
4) FIS World Cup Boardercross (first time in Argentina) – September 6-13.
5) Unlike the beach you won’t see creepy middle-aged guys in Speedos.
Located within a snow balls throw of Lake Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche Catedral has the look of Lake Tahoe, minus, of course, casinos advertising Pauly Shore and Kenny Rogers. The mountain offers 53 runs, many above tree-line. Its balance of easy, intermediate and expert trails makes Bariloche Catedral perfect for skiers of all levels.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Skiing Termas de Chillán 2008
June 27, 2008 at 4:44 am · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Travel and tagged: Extreme Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Ski South America, Ski vacation, Skiing Chile, South America, Summer skiing 2008
Chile’s Termas de Chillán owns the longest ski run – eight miles – in South America. To fully grasp the king-awe of this, consider that eight miles equates into the length of:
· 3,117 Volkswagen Beetles
· 8,282 Hilary Duffs
· 37,546 Rolls of Bounty Paper Towels
· 82,368 Ten Dollar Bills
· 6,812 Donald Trumps
· 5,280 Tandem Bicycles
· 7,565 Margaret Thatchers
· 118,272 Cans of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup (condensed)
· 7,241 David Bowies
· 22,230 Half-Kegs of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Termas de Chillán boasts over 25,000 acres (83.3 Disneylands), making it one of South America’s premier ski resorts. In addition to alpine skiing, the resort also offers a five-star groomed Nordic track. So grab your skis and boards and get out there this summer.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Summer Skiing in Portillo
June 25, 2008 at 4:57 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Travel and tagged: Add new tag, Outdoor Adventure, Ski Argentina, Ski South America, Ski Trails, Summer skiing 2008
We’re just guessing, but Portillo could easily be an acronym for Powder Ordinarily Remains Tremendous Into Late Late October. This year should be no different. After just barely three weeks into the ski season, Portillo has already received 198 inches of fresh powder.
There’s a reason why Portillo ranks as South America’s oldest ski area – they know what they’re doing.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Skiing In South America Summer 2008
June 24, 2008 at 6:02 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Travel and tagged: Extreme Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Ski Argentina, Skiing Chile, South America Skiing, Summer Skiing, Summer skiing 2008
Located in Argentina’s Valley of the Yellow Firewoods, Las Lenas features a four-mile run. To fully grasp the wow of this, consider that four miles equates into the length of:
· 2, 974 Shaquille O’Neals
· 105 hockey rinks
· 21,120 Foot-Long Subway Sandwiches
· 44,352 Frosted Blueberry Pop Tarts
· 3,406 Donald Trumps
· 2,346 Ping Pong Tables
· 3,984 Amy Winehouses (excluding the hair)
· 41,184 Dollar Bills
· 31,680 Common Household Garlic Presses
· 11,115 Half-Kegs of Fat Tire Beer
· 4,141 Katie Courics
Currently, Las Lenas boasts a summit base of 158 inches (the equivalent of 2.2 Elvis Costellos) and 121 inches (the equivalent of 24.2 standard sized gravy boats) at mid-mountain. So grab your skis and boards and get out there for prime June conditions.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Skiing El Colorado
June 13, 2008 at 5:47 am · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Travel and tagged: Skiing Chile, South America Skiing, Summer skiing 2008
El Colorado has been open since June 5th. Despite a dry week the mountain offers a 51-inch base with 24 trails open, making for superb early season conditions. The weekend calls for sun and temperatures in the low 30s. Pack the sun block.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Summer Skiing in South America 2008
June 9, 2008 at 5:35 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Travel and tagged: Endless Winter, Extreme Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Skiing Chile, Skiing South America, Summer skiing 2008
High-five applause to Valle Nevado for pooh-poohing paraskavedekatriaphobia and opening the ski season on Friday, June 13th.
Located in Chile’s Andes Mountains, just a water bottle’s throw from Santiago, Valle Nevado offers the largest skiable terrain in the southern hemisphere. And because it’s located at 9,924 feet, the entire mountain is above tree line (imagine Mother Nature after getting waxed), providing long, stretching runs for every level and the type of eye-bulging scenery normally only reserved for bearded National Geographic Magazine photographers.
Opening day calls for partly cloudy skies with the temperature in the high 30’s – perfect weather to thumb Friday the 13th fears.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Top Five Reasons to Ski Las Leñas in Argentina
June 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Travel and tagged: adventure travel social network, adventure vacations, Endless Winter, Extreme Skiing, Las Lenas, Ski Argentina, Ski South America, Summer Skiing
Top Five Reasons to Ski Las Lenas
1) Apres ski sounds cooler in Spanish: Después del esquí.
2) Lifts are named after Greek and Roman gods. Insert your own Mile High Club joke here for the Venus lift.
3) Drive 11 hours from Vail and you’re in Kansas City. Drive 11 hours from Las Lenas and you’re in Buenos Aires.
4) You’re more apt to fall in a counter-clockwise motion.
5) On July 4th you can use your ski boots to launch bottle rockets.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though Go Rover is headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next ski trip let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.gorover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Skiing in June
June 3, 2008 at 7:33 pm · Filed under Adventure, Extreme Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, South America, Travel and tagged: adventure travel, adventure vacations, Extreme Skiing, Outdoor Adventure, Skiing, South America Skiing
June in most North American ski resorts signifies the arrival of Music Fests, Film Fests, Food Fests, Wine Fests, Pasty City Guys in Docker Shorts Fests…Serving reminder that you won’t ski again for at least another five months. Unless, of course, you book a flight to South America for the start of Argentina’s ski season.
Las Leñas, in particular, rates as one of the best South American areas to satisfy a ski fix. The mountain is still ten days away from opening (June 13th), yet already has 158 inches of powder at the summit (11,253 feet). It’s not often you see the words “mid-season ski conditions” and “June” used in the same sentence.
Visit us at ski.gorover.com for more South American ski info. For even though we’re headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado we’re wise to where the best ski conditions are throughout the planet. Like you, we’re outdoor zealots. There are no ski/board wannabes on our staff. Instead of containing manila folders, paper clips and padded envelopes our office supply closet is stocked with Chap Stick, ski wax, Chap Stick, tuning kits, avalanche beacons, Chap Stick, ski pole baskets, headlamps, gaiters, tent poles, dog biscuits, Chap Stick, water bottles, Chap Stick and, oddly, three paperback editions of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman.
Ski.gorover.com is a new interactive online community adventure-travel site. It’s designed to keep you informed on where to ski, where to lodge, where to dine, and where to find the best powder. It also allows you to post videos and photos and to easily connect with others who share your same outdoor interests.
So give us a visit. Drop us a line. And if you need any reading for your next outdoor adventure let us know and we can mail you a copy of Maya Angelou’s The Heart of a Woman, while, of course, supplies last.
Ski.goRover.com – a two-dimensional portal into a three-dimensional world.
Top Five Signs You’re Not Staying at a World Class Ski Resort
March 25, 2008 at 10:12 pm · Filed under Adventure, Backpacking, California Skiing, Climbing, Colorado, Extreme Skiing, Hiking, Montana Skiing, Outdoors, Powder, Skiing, Social Network, Spring skiing, Travel, Utah Skiing and tagged: California Skiing, Colorado Skiing, Montana Skiing, Mountains, New Mexico skiing, ski, Spring skiing, Utah Skiing
1) The resort’s snowmaking gun is a pistol.
2) The resort’s ski shop sells cross country ski wax that suspiciously resembles complimentary facial soap from local hotel.
3) Instead of toboggans, Ski Patrol removes injured skiers on cafeteria food trays.
4) Daily grooming report includes tips on moustache trimming.
5) The resort’s ski school classes feature a 300 to 1 student to teacher ratio.
Go to gorover.com for inside information on where to find the best spring ski conditions, the best lodging deals and the best ski area restaurants. Gorover.com –your two dimensional portal, to a three-dimensional world of outdoor adventure.
