Last winter Europe was basking in its best snow season since social networks began. My friends’ timelines were abuzz with updates and images chronicling the ridiculous amount of snow falling in the Alps. All of which would have been fine if I wasn’t heading to the usually snowsure state of Colorado for 10 days, where it was having its “worst” winter for a decade.
It hadn’t snowed for two weeks and nothing was forecast for the duration of my stay. Landing under a starry sky in Durango – after a short internal hop from Denver – my planned powder quest was looking like  … More