DECEMBER 10 - 17, 2025
VOLUME 32, ISSUE 48
THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR GRAND JUNCTION BUSINESS & COMMUNITY NEWS SINCE 1994
Winter has arrived on Grand Mesa Brandon Leuallen The Business Times
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inter finally arrived on Grand Mesa in the first week of December after a slow and unusually warm November, bringing the total to nearly 20 inches of snow and allowing Powderhorn Mountain Resort to officially open the 2025-26 season on Dec. 5. The same storm created enough coverage for Grand Mesa Lodge to begin booking snowmobile tours, triggering the first major wave of winter activity on the flat-top mountain and giving a needed boost to businesses that depend heavily on early-season momentum. Forecasters had been calling for a gradual shift toward colder temperatures, but the mesa remained bare through most of late fall, leaving visitors unsure when winter recreation would begin. The latest storm changed the outlook quickly and helped restore confidence among skiers, snowmobilers and out-oftown guests now watching conditions closely. Early-season conditions still developing Grand Mesa Lodge owner Spencer Christensen said snow depth at the lodge on Dec. 4 measured “just a little under 20 inches, about 18 or so inches,” which places Grand Mesa behind typical early-December levels. See story Page 5
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CanvaScape Comeback
CanvaScape bid adieu to Mesa Mall, seeks permanence in downtown GJ — See Page 2 CanvaScape left Mesa Mall in August 2024 and reopened a little more than a year later in downtown Grand Junction, 455 Main St. The store specializes in custom canvas prints, and it prints photos onto metal and stone as well. CanvaScape also sells a wide variety of pre-made prints that are displayed in the showroom, such as these wildlife prints. Photo by Tim Harty.
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