When I tell old friends that I teach people to snowboard in Arizona, there is most always a pause. "It snows in Arizona?"Growing up in New Hampshire, I took many trips to visit Arizona, as my aunt raised her family in Lake Havasu. The memories I have are of a baking sun, scorched earth, and endless hours in the pool. Later in life, when my cousins attended NAU in Flagstaff, and I first heard that it snowed there, I was stunned. Years later, I find myself spending my days between nine and twelve thousand feet enjoying Arizona's alpine environment....
