My skiing background spans back to the footloose 1980s, before skiers wore helmets, the neon jackets and pants were blindingly brighter than the snow and and the more dare devilish stunts performed, the better. I would casually join a group of friends at the top of a mountain and barely notice the signs warning that the trail was geared toward expert, black diamond skiers. Let’s just say that I became a blue skier with many ridiculous stories to tell without ever taking a lesson. Fast forward a couple decades to the village town of Durango, located in southwestern Colorado and Purgatory Resort (who celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016) with my family (husband and two sons) in tow, and well, times change. Not only was it our first time to visit Durango it was our first family ski trip.

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