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Red Brown
01-26-2008, 09:04 AM
Just when you thought there was a web site for ever cause under the sun...up pops http://www.nelsap.org/. It is an online project to try to document all the out of business ski resorts in the United States. And yes...there use to be ski resort near Kabul (http://www.nelsap.org/afghan.html) Soviet pre-invasion of 1979!

Anyway, last summer on my Strom 650, I rode one of the sites listed at Cuchara Valley in southern Colorado. The road to the summit was a perfect challenge for the rather heavy DL but the ride was fun and the view was even better.

http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/images/cuchara_summeroverview.jpg

Next time your DS travels take you near one of these former relics of the skiing past, you might consider riding up the trails or least hike it :)

RB

catadjuster
01-27-2008, 11:06 AM
Cool site, thanks for the link. Hopefully I'll make it up to CO to ride soon.