The Pole

It was a high-flying good time for the Purgatory Freestyle Ski Team at last weekend’s USSA Rocky Mountain Freestyle Qualifier/Devo mogul comp in Telluride.

There’s no doubt the snowpack is especially sketchy this season, not just locally but throughout the intermountain West.

If staying on piste is more your thing, roll on over to Pagosa Springs this weekend for its annual Winterfest Fat Bike race.

Folks typically visit Maria’s Bookshop to retreat into the stacks and escape reality, even if just for a little while.

The inbox seems a little quieter and the pages a little emptier at Telegraph HQ this week as we say goodbye to longtime contributor Stew Mosberg. Mosberg, whose 77 years belied his trademark fedora, strong handshake and straight-shooting charisma, died the evening of Mon., Jan. 7, in hospice care after only recently being diagnosed with kidney cancer.

The ball has dropped, the last needle fallen from the tree and the empty liquor bottles and cans hauled out to the curb. Which can only mean one thing: time to start working on those New Year’s resolutions.

Looking for a book to cozy up to the fire with? Cortez-based writer and occasional Telegraph contributor, Curt Melliger has just released a book, Heaven Here on Earth.

It’s time to channel your inner karaoke star – the Durango Voice is back.