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Written by Harry Uppenwate Friday, 08 February 2013
After being bombarded by Intracourse's marketing machine that noted Steamboat Ski Resort received 24 inches of snow in 24 hours, approximately half of Denver showed up at the ski mountain many days later for a weekend of historically long lift lines and snow that barely resembled the actual powder dump that took place several days prior."You see this snow?" asked Denver's Dave Late. "Several days ago, well before I got here, it was stacked up 24 inches high of pure fluff! You can just tell it was awesome for some other skiers! Shoot, I gotta get going before the traffic on I-70 really builds up. What a day!"
"It was epic, dude!" exclaimed Dave Late from Denver's Stapleton area. "The lift lines were way shorter than Breck's, where I normally ski on Saturdays. I only had to wait 20 minutes to catch a chair! That totally made up for the five hours in grueling traffic to get here!
"And the pow-pow was awesome!" he added. "You could really tell that the piles of scraped off snow were 'the goods' at some earlier time in the past!"
After spending most of the week harassing every Denver newspaper and TV and radio station to mention Steamboat's early week powder extravaganza, Intracourse marketers were more than pleased with the massive showing of Denverites on the weekend.
"It was a win/win for us...
Read more: Denver Hears about '24 in 24,' Flocks to Steamboat for Long Lines and Tracked-Out Snow
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