Aspen Ski Rental Company, Aspen Ski Rentals Deals, Prices and Information from the Aspen Ski Shops

If you are in need of something to do for 12 hours look no further than to Snowmass. This saturday is the 12 hour Mtn Bike race. Benefiting two local non-profits; Aspen Youth Center, a drop-in youth center offering a variety of summer, after school and outreach programs for youth grades 4-12. And Extreme Sports Camp, which provides summer camp experiences for youth with autism. Do the race solo or with up to 8 team members. Basically who over completes the most laps on the course in 12 hours is the winner. Just seems incredibly ridiculous right? Well I guess it is but it supports two amazing programs and that makes it totally sane and worthwhile to wreck your body. Run in to a local aspen ski shop and get a bike and sign up!

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Get on your bike and ride for a good cause this weekend. Choose from 100, 50, 30 or 10 mile routes. All supporting Breast Cancer research, prevention and awareness. The routes begin up in snowmass village and travel through Aspen, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass. Not only is it a good cause but the scenery is unreal. There is still time to raise the $500 dollars to ride. Stop in to a local aspen ski shop for a bike rental and get out there.

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Some of the craziest bunch of animals I have ever seen! Screaming down Snowmass Mountain as fast as they can, over rocks, roots, washouts and over dirt and wooden ramps. Blast the Mass was this past weekend at snowmass. Featuring bike racing from cross-country to Down Hill. The later being the more burly for sure. We positioned ourselves at a few different spots to watch the races, we made our way to the bottom of the waterfall (no actual water involved, most likely named that as most people tumble down it as water would) to watch the Pro division. This steep technical section is made even more difficult by the fact that you are riding on loose gravel, down a 35 – 40 degree pitch with big boulders and roots and a 90 degree turn at the bottom. Crazy! They definitely were not doing it on a bike they rented at a local aspen ski shop.

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I’m getting antsy. I keep catching glimpses of ski movies on RSN and Plum TV, I try to close my eyes while flipping by those channels but I don’t always remember. Shot over shot of guys and gals getting sick lines in deep, deep powder! I cannot wait to get out there and try some new fat skis. I hope we have a great snow year! We usually do here in Colorado! There will be lines outside all the local aspen ski shops when the snow starts to fly.

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Should Michael Vick be allowed back into the NFL?  Why not?  He broke the law, served his time, the state felt he was ready to re-enter the free world, shouldn’t that be good enough?  Plenty of sports stars have been arrested or have committed crimes and are still in the game, (Kobe Bryant)!  I don’t feel it should be up to the NFL commissioner to decide, it should be up to the individual teams if they want to take him back, is he ready to play, is he good enough to be in the NFL anymore?  These are the questions that should be asked of him.  I overheard a couple speaking near a local aspen ski shop: “the people who would protest don’t even watch the NFL!”

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Well not everyone but they will not be cutting positions for next year, they will be hiring as many as last year.  Well actually lets clarify that again – when it is all said and done they will be hiring to fill the same amount of hours, Ski Co will be hiring more full-time people.  This means they are going to be more selective with their hiring as they will be trying to select the most qualified people.  The good thing is that they are not cutting pay at all.  Hopefully this all means they are expecting a great turnout for this winter in terms of skier visits.  Soon the jets will be landing, the snow will be falling and the lines will be out the door for aspen ski rentals.

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Looking for something to do on Sunday, last day before you head back into the real worl (work), make it great and relaxing.  Grab a ticket for the gondola or lace up your hiking shoes and head to the top of Aspen Mtn.  Every sunday from noon to 3pm is Bluegrass Sundays.  Featuring different bands every Sunday you can enjoy spectacular views of the bells, capital and pyramid peaks and great Bluegrass music.  Beats waiting in line for your aspen ski rental.

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And another big name to the list of residents of Aspen. Lance Armstrong is now an Aspenite! He spent the better part of June training for the Tour De France – which he currently sits in 3rd place. 3rd place, after 3 1/2 years of retirement, pretty impressive! So next time your on your bike headed up independence pass and someone blows by you, it’s probably Lance. Hopefully we’ll see him a bunch this winter – I wonder if he’s a snowboarder or a skier? If you’re in any one of the aspen ski shops check what equipment he gets.

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It won’t be long now, winter is less than 5 months away!  Plenty of time left to get into shape so that on the first big powder day of the season you can be out there from 1st chair till final sweep!  It’s also a chance to try out some demos and other aspen ski rentals!  They’ll have fat skis, skinny skis, long ones, short ones, curvy ones.  Enough to keep you busy all season, plus you’ll need to check out snowmass ski shops and see what they’ve got.  Remember, not all shops carry the same equipment!

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