anna warwick : writer

For the Shanghai Star 2002-08-15

HAILING from a land where I can jog down the road and see great big men like Russell Crowe punching each other while balanced on their surfboards, I knew full well what was going on when I found myself perched on a fiberglass rock, gazing at the reflection of my high-rise apartment block in a 10cm deep, chlorinated "stream".

I'd gone soft. I needed air, I needed nature...

As a first time snowboarder and visitor to Colorado, I found Winter Park simply outstanding. It fulfilled all of my childhood winter wonderland fantasies. It is breathtakingly gorgeous. The skies are bright blue and the resort is surrounded by the mountain ranges of the continental divide. The snow falling sparkles like fairy dust!

While quiet in the Apres ski department, Winter Park is far more friendly and down to earth (and affordable) than resorts like Aspen and Vale, which makes it p...