Claire Walter
Award-Winning Journalist and Author
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This page is divided into several general topics:
- Travel (United States) and Travel (International) list articles by destination.
- Skiing & Other Snowsports lists destinations and subjects related to skiing and other winter activities.
- Food covers culinary topics or various kinds.
- Profiles articles are about people whom Claire encountered on her travels.
- Service will help you get the most out of your travels.
- Home Design, Decorating, & Real Estate is about just that.
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TRAVEL (United States)
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Beaver Creek, Colorado (snowshoeing)
Bend and Mt. Bachelor, Oregon (skiing and other activities)
Cheyenne Frontier Days, Wyoming
Colorado Snowshoeing
Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver
Colorado Mountain Spas (various resorts)
Colorado Spas (various resorts)
Colorado Mountain Spas with Sports Programs (various locations)
Dalton Highway, Alaska (road trip from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks)
Devil's Thumb Ranch, Colorado (Nordic Walking)
Denver Art Museum (new building)
Easy Skiing (various resorts)
Galena Lodge near Sun Valley, Idaho (cross-country skiing)
Gold Lake Resort, Colorado
Grand Canyon, Arizona (rafting)
Lake Powell, Arizona
Grand Targhee, Wyoming (skiing)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Moab, Utah (ski-touring in the La Sal Mountains)
Poudre Canyon, Colorado (snowshoeing)
New Life For Old Towns (retirement options in Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico)
Night Skiing (various resorts)
Page, Arizona (slot canyons)
Scottsdale, Arizona (Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West)
Silverton, Colorado (skiing)
Thermopolis, Wyoming (dinosaur dig site and museum)
Snowshoes as Art (various museums, U.S. and Europe)
Southeast Alaska (winter)
Route 66, New Mexico and Arizona (75th anniversary)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (winter)
TRAVEL (International)
Baqueira-Beret, Spain (skiing in the Pyrenees)
Beijing, China (morning street life)
Chamonix, France (skiing the Vallée Blanche, the world's longest
lift-served ski run)
Ecuador (food)
Inca Trail, Ecuador (hiking)
Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec (skiing)
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (hiking/climbing)
Obersteinberg, Switzerland (hiking)
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Australia
Snowshoes as Art (various museums, U.S. and Europe)
Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada (storm watching)
Vienna and Salzburg, Austria (celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday)
Yangtze River, China
SKIING & OTHER SNOW SPORTS
Baqueira-Beret, Spain (skiing in the Pyrenees)
Beaver Creek, Colorado (snowshoeing)
Bend and Mt. Bachelor, Oregon
Chamonix, France (skiing the Vallée Blanche, the world's longest
lift-served ski run)
Jim Chalat (profile of Colorado attorney specializing in ski injury
cases)
Easy Skiing (various resorts)
Galena Lodge near Sun Valley, Idaho
Injury Prevention (skiing)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson's Other Mountain (Snow King, Wyoming)
Moab, Utah (ski-touring in the La Sal Mountains)
Night Skiing (various resorts)
Park City, Utah
Poudre Canyon, Colorado
Romancing the Snow (various resorts)
"Secret" Snowshoe
Trails (various Colorado trails)
Ski Slope Superlatives (various US and international resorts)
Skiing the Great Unknowns (various resorts)
Snowshoeing (fundamentals; destination list)
Snowshoes as Art (various museums, U.S. and Europe)
Snowshoeing, Colorado
Southeast Alaska
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
FOOD
PROFILES
Jim Chalat (profile of Colorado attorney specializing in ski injury cases)
John "Caveman" Gray (profile of pioneering kayak outfitter in Southeast Asia)
Mary Harter, La Paz, Baja California (profile of kayaking outfitter)
Mark Rupprecht (profile of young Colorado speed skier)
Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona
SERVICE
Boulder Circus Center, Colorado (circus arts for fitness)
Healthy Eating
Nordic Walking (fitness)
Injury Prevention (skiing)
New Life For Old Towns (retirement options in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico)
Snowshoeing (fundamentals; destination list)
HOME DESIGN, DECORATING & REAL ESTATE
1970s Design
Buying Land in Aspen
Chef's Home Kitchen
Fractionals
Interior Paint
Kitchen Remodeling - Countertops