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• Colorado skier dies after falling and sliding at Silverton

  January 15, 2012 3:54 PM

  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a skier has died after falling and sliding about 1,500 feet at the Silverton Mountain ski resort. The Durango Herald reports that 25-year-old Sydney Elizabeth Owens of Denver died Saturday. San Juan County Undersheriff Kristine Burns says the accident occurred on the Riff Run... more »

• Skier dies at Keystone

  January 27, 2011 2:27 PM

  KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) - The Summit County coroner says a skier is dead after being found in the trees off a run at Keystone ski resort. Coroner Joanne Richardson said Thursday that Jennifer Agule of Breckenridge was found during sweeping operations at the resort at around 8 p.m. Wednesday.... more »

• Autopsy planned on body found on Berthoud Pass

  January 20, 2011 8:20 AM

  WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) - An autopsy is planned on a body found where a snowboarder went missing on Berthoud Pass. Searchers believe the body they found Wednesday is that of a snowboarder last seen during a snow storm Monday. A friend says he and 26-year-old Jeffrey Miller of... more »

• Monarch Mountain on pace for record season

  April 10, 2010 11:23 AM

  Monarch Mountain expects to end its ski season Sunday with a record for skier visits. Spokesman Eric Ramsey said Friday that the resort should finish with around 183,000 skier visits, which would top the high of 176,000 from two seasons ago. Eldora Mountain Resort also ends the season Sunday and... more »

• Winter Park skier rebounds for third Paralympics

  March 2, 2010 12:16 PM

  A dozen Colorado athletes are on the U.S. team for the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver March 12-21. Winter Park alpine skier Hannah Pennington, who has cerebral palsy, is going to her third Paralympics. Pennington wasn't sure she'd make the team after undergoing a hip reconstruction and then another problem... more »

• Avalanche victim found

  February 24, 2010 1:50 PM

  A search team says it has found the body of a skier who was apparently caught in an avalanche in the backcountry outside Aspen. The Pitkin County Sheriff's Department says the victim was found at about 9 a.m. Wednesday near a popular backcountry hut. The victim's name hasn't been... more »

• 1 missing after avalanche in Colorado backcountry

  February 24, 2010 12:01 PM

  Authorities say a skier is missing after an avalanche in the backcountry outside Aspen. The Pitkin County Sheriff's Department says the avalanche struck near a popular backcountry hut at about 4 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say seven other skiers in the group tried but failed to find the missing... more »

• Bode Miller wins Olympic medal

  February 15, 2010 5:19 PM

  American Bode Miller has broken his personal streak of major championship mishaps by taking the bronze medal in the Olympic downhill skiing event. Didier Defago of Switzerland took gold, while Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won silver. Get this-- 0.07 seconds separated gold from silver, while another 0.09 seconds... more »

• Watch party planned in Springs for Jake Zamansky

  February 14, 2010 10:53 PM

  Don't let the tattoos on Jake Zamansky's arms and legs fool you (can't see the tattoos in this photo, but he's second from the left). "Very kind, generous, soft spoken," says Sharon Kushner, Zamansky's aunt. Kushner says her nephew's work ethic earned him a spot on the Olympic... more »

• Manitou Springs man dies in back country avalanche

  February 12, 2010 1:12 PM

  A back country skier from Manitou Springs is reported dead in an avalanche in Ouray County. It happened Thursday afternoon along the remote Dallas Trail. Sheriff Dominic Mattivi said seven or eight people were skiing in the Cirqu Mountain area. An avalanche swept two skiers away. One had multiple... more »

• Ski helmet use surging, but young adults resist

  January 4, 2010 11:22 AM

  More skiers are taking recommendations to wear helmets on the slopes. But helmet use is catching on more with the youngest and oldest. A study out by the Colorado-based National Ski Areas Association shows that nearly half of all skiers wore helmets last season, 48 percent. That's up from a... more »

• CU student's body found at Wolf Creek Ski Area

  December 11, 2009 8:37 AM

  A 22-year-old University of Colorado student from Chappaqua, N.Y., has died after an accident at Wolf Creek Ski Area in southwest Colorado. Mineral County Coroner Charles Downing says another skier saw skis sticking out of the snow Wednesday and found Alex Singer buried head first in a tree well, the... more »

• Colorado Springs ice skater killed

  November 20, 2009 6:21 PM

  A 14-year-old girl from Colorado Springs has died, after a skiing accident at Breckenridge. Witnesses say Haley Gans was skiing fast on an intermediate trail, when she hit a tree. Gans was flown to the Breckenridge Medical Center by flight for life, where she was pronounced dead. Her cause... more »