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'Skis Made from Colorado Trees' taking off
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A wild idea grew out of a recent chat between Glenwood ski maker Matt Cudmore and Joe Risi, production assistant for the Carbondale-based backcountry skiing blog, WildSnow.com.
What if they harvested an aspen tree near Marble, and transported it by bicycle trailer to a local mill?
From there, the rough-cut boards would be taken, by bike again, to Cudmore's new Meier Skis production shop at Cattle Creek, where they would be turned into a pair of Meier skis.
The newly crafted skis would then be biked back to Carbondale for delivery to Lou Dawson, a backcountry ski legend, author and founder of WildSnow.
He would eventually bike up to the base of Mount Sopris, skis in tow, hike up to the summit and ski down.
Voilá, a completely local, low-carbon-footprint ski adventure, from forest to alpine ski descent.
Of course, it's just a brainstorm at this point, with a lot of technical details to work out.
But that's kind of how it all got started for Cudmore and Meier Skis.
And it's just the kind of notoriety he has gotten used to over the past year since his locally grown “Skis Made from Colorado Trees” business has taken off.
