As an almost non-skier living in Colorado, I am always looking for different ways to enjoy winter in the Rocky Mountains. Here are three of the more unusual activities I have discovered recently.
Silver Creek is the first and only resort in the United States to offer snowbiking.
As the name implies, a snowbike is a bicycle on skis. The rider sits on a bicycle seat, steers the handlebars with two hands and uses his or her feet like runners on mini-skis. Invented in 1949 in Austria, snowbiking has long been a popular and competitive winter sport in Europe. At the Sterling Base Lodge in Silver Creek, I meet instructor Liz Mathieu. With bronze cheeks and white goggle rings around her bright eyes, she immediately inspires my confidence.