Keeley Stokes stepped into her first pair of skis when she was about four years old.
“I’ve just kind of always known how to ski, so I learned when I was really little. And then joined a ski club,” Stokes said.
Ski clubs were a big part of the 48-year-old’s childhood – along with many adults who grew up along the Front Range. The clubs transported kids to the high country every weekend to ski and snowboard. In middle school, Stokes remembers riding a charter bus to Winter Park, sharing snacks, jokes and cassette tapes with her friends…