Goodwill has plans to open two stores this spring, one in Longmont and a boutique in Cherry Creek, which will be do-good organization's 25th and 26th stores in the metro area.
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Last week we looked at some of the best early-bird deals on season passes at Colorado ski areas; now that details of the 2011/2012 Colorado Gems Card from Colorado Ski Country USA have been announced, we'd be remiss in not mentioning that its $10 price tag makes it a must-buy, no matter which other season pass you're opting for.
Gotta love Colorado, where Labor Day has come to be synonymous with winter gear sales like Sniagrab and Ski Rex, and the dog days of summer serve as a tidy reminder that the best deals on season ski passes are on right now. We spent a day huddled by the air conditioner sipping on Slurpees and scoping out some of the best deals available from now until Labor Day.
If price is not an option, get the $3,000 unlimited, transferable Colorado Ski Country USA Gold Pass. Otherwise, read on.
Silverton Mountain is a good seven-hour drive from Denver in the winter, but we're going to argue that their season pass deal is too good to pass up, especially if you buy one this week while they're 50 percent off: Silverton is selling a limited number of 2011/2012 season passes this week for just $399.
Friday the 13th has been associated with a lot of creepy shit over the years. From various natural disasters to Tupac's death, the date has been deemed unlucky by superstitious people everywhere. But rather than succumb to friggatriskaidekaphobia tomorrow and keep looking over your shoulder for Jason Voorhees, you can visit Phantom 8 Tattoo and Piercing and celebrate the eerie day by getting inked. The shop is offering $13 tattoos and piercings to celebrate their 13th year in business on this supposedly doomed day. 
Thank you, Easter bunny! Copper Mountain's Spring Sunsation festival and 2010/2011 ski season winds up this weekend with a world record attempt on Saturday at 10 a.m. "Time to break out those swimsuits and sunglasses, because we're going to be trying to break the world record for most people to apply sunscreen at the same time at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and we've got like a hundred tubes of Zinka sunscreen," says Copper spokesman David Roth. There's live music at the base area featuring The Samples (Saturday's headliner) and Reel Big Fish (Sunday's headliner). And don't miss "Colorado's biggest Easter egg hunt" on Sunday, where the eggs stashed around the village and all over the mountain have been known to include season passes, lift tickets, Woodward at Copper session passes and gift cards for the shops and restaurants in the Copper Village. 
After the jump: Five other fantastic ways to mark the turning of the seasons and the resurrection of that one righteous dude.
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Beaver Creek, Silverton Mountain and Echo Mountain all called it quits for the season yesterday, but that doesn't mean there isn't still perfectly good skiing and snowboarding to be had: Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass are all throwing rites of Spring bashes this week and Easter celebrations this weekend. Beyond that, Loveland's keeping the dream alive until May 8 and Arapahoe Basin's aiming to stay open until sometime in June, while lift ticket deals abound.
What's the world coming to? Yesterday Aspen/Snowmass slashed its single day adult lift ticket price to $49; take another $10 off if you have a season pass from another mountain.
"Because Easter is two weeks later this year, we're treating these two weeks as a special bonus," says Aspen/Snowmass spokewsoman Meredith McKee.
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This week's I-70 closures come just as some local ski resorts are getting into full Spring swing and as new snow continues to pile up: The Interstate will be closed from Empire (exit 232) to Silverthorne (exit 205) on Tuesday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for rock removal, with the possibility to continue work and continue closures on Wednesday, April 6. If you're heading for the hills today, plan to stay for a couple days to avoid the I-70 detour and traffic. Or get your shred on tomorrow anyway, with special deals at both Loveland and Winter Park for the occasion (after the jump).
Photo courtesy Loveland Ski Area Loveland's offering free pancake breakfast during the I-70 closure
Snow day! Denver Public Schools and others around the region are closed today "due to severe weather conditions and below-freezing temperatures," and Loveland Ski area has just the thing to keep all those rugrats from going stir crazy: They're slashing adult ticket prices from $59 to $30, and kids' tickets from $25 to $17.
Photo courtesy Loveland Ski Area Loveland's slashing ticket prices (and offering free hot chocolate) for anyone willing to brave the cold
Sure, the roads are ostensibly too bad to drive your kid to school, I-70 will be hell frozen over and you'll freeze your ass off on the slopes if you aren't careful, but this is a snow day we're talking about, after all.
