Eagle couple Stephanie Hays and Jason Sharpe turned 50 years old in 2024. To celebrate, they decided to do something unconventional: ski at 50 different resorts.
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The pair, who grew up in Colorado and have lived in Eagle for 24 years (and Eagle County for longer), more than accomplished their goal. In eight months, they visited 58 resorts around the world, skiing on three continents, in four countries and four states. In between skiing, Hays and Sharpe found time for side attractions, like snowmobiling in Canada, visiting onsens in Japan and traveling throughout Chile.
“Each location had a crazy story or something that happened,” Hays said.
Hays first proposed the idea about 10 years ago. Sharpe loves traveling but was more hesitant to embrace the extensive journey at first, she said.
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