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• Arapahoe Basin opening Wednesday

  October 15, 2012 5:30 PM

  Arapahoe Basin Ski area announced today it plans to open for the season Wednesday. According to the resort's blog, they started making snow October 5th and plan to open their High Noon intermediate run to skiers Wednesday. A-Basin also plans to have a few terrain park features ready.... more »

• Free outing this weekend for local military

  February 16, 2012 5:01 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Twenty soldiers and Air Force personnel from Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base will spend a weekend camping, snowshoeing, skiing and fishing during an outing intended to help ease their transition back to civilian life. The event takes place this weekend at Black Canyon... more »

• Snow has skiers and businesses anxious Play Video

  February 7, 2012 7:04 PM

  Colorado's recent snow has caused headaches for some; blocking off roads and shutting down schools. However, skiers and snowboarders aren't too upset; it's the snow they've been waiting for. The stores that keep them stocked up are happy to see it too. "Definitely a big sigh of relief,"... more »

• Wolf Creek to open for skiing Saturday, Sunday

  October 6, 2011 10:40 PM

  PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Wolf Creek Ski Area in southwest Colorado says it plans to open for skiing Saturday and Sunday, after a storm left three feet of snow. Resort Vice President Rosanne Pitcher said Thursday that ski area officials will probably decide Saturday whether to keep going... more »

• A-Basin open for skiing on July 4 weekend

  June 19, 2011 11:51 AM

  KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) - July 4 is for fireworks - and skiing? Arapahoe Basin Ski Area says it will keep its lifts running for two more weekends, including July 1-4. A snowy spring has allowed the ski resort west of Denver on the Continental Divide to stay open on... more »

• 20-year-old skier hurt in Indian Peaks Wilderness

  June 5, 2011 2:36 PM

  WARD, Colo. (AP) - A man who was backcountry skiing in Boulder County is recovering from injuries after tumbling into rocks in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. Boulder County sheriff's officials say 20-year-old Cameron Eibl had been skiing Saturday on the north slope of Niwot Ridge when he went... more »

• Ski season still in full swing

  May 29, 2011 12:20 AM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Aspen Mountain is reopening for skiing with a bigger base of snow than it had on New Year's Day. The Aspen Skiing Co. is reopening the mountain Saturday through Monday, Memorial Day. The Aspen Times reports the base snow depth is around 70 inches at the... more »

• Snow skiing this weekend?

  May 26, 2011 9:14 AM

  One resort remains open in Ski Country; Arapahoe Basin has been slammed this spring with huge amounts of snow. For the season A-Basin has received 461" of snow, the resort averages 350". Usually this late in the season many rocks and areas of bare ground don most of the ski... more »

• Wax those Boards

  May 13, 2011 11:11 PM

  Still need that skiing and snowboarding fix? You may be in luck! Several resorts in Colorado may re-open, because of all the snow we've had recently. A Basin is still open and now Aspen is considering firing up those chairlifts again. The resort has a reported base of 70-inches! Aspen... more »

• 19-year-old dies after skiing in Steamboat Springs

  March 19, 2011 3:15 PM

  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A 19-year-old man has died after skiing at the Howelsen Hill Ski Area in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colo. Detective Nick Bosick of the Steamboat Springs Police Department says it appears Cooper Larsh hit some bumps, went airborne and landed head first in a deep... more »

• Aspen legend Klaus Obermeyer hurt skiing at age 91

  March 12, 2011 2:24 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Ninety-one-year-old Klaus Obermeyer, an Aspen ski legend and founder of the Sport Obermeyer ski clothing company, is recovering from a broken leg he suffered in a skiing accident. Obermeyer was injured Wednesday at the Buttermilk ski mountain. He told the Aspen Daily News he's... more »

• Elderly man dies in skiing collision

  March 12, 2011 12:25 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Officials say a 73-year-old Pennsylvania man is dead following a skiing collision at Colorado's Snowmass Ski Mountain. The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office tells the Denver Post that James E. Juckett collided with another skier Friday. His hometown wasn't immediately available. The county coroner's office is... more »

• Couple plans to re-open Cuchara Mountain Resort

  October 28, 2010 8:47 PM

  Big plans for the Cuchara Mountain Resort in Huerfano County. A couple has bought the old ski resort south of La Veta, with plans to turn it into a year-round destination. Several ski ventures have failed in the past, in fact the resort has been closed the past decade--however, the... more »

• Skiing up at several Colorado resorts

  June 9, 2010 1:29 PM

  Vail Resorts Inc. says skier visits at its five resorts this season were up 2.5 percent from last season, after a strong spring. The company said Monday that skier visits during the quarter that ended April 30 rose 4.6 percent from last season to about 3.2 million. The company... more »

• Aspen expanding ski helmet policy

  May 21, 2010 11:24 AM

  Aspen Skiing Co. is expanding who must wear helmets on its mountains. Starting next season, its roughly 500 salaried employees must wear helmets while working on the slopes, and helmets will be required for ski school students ages 17 and younger, not just 13 and younger. Terrain park... more »

• Crested Butte expansion proposal rebuffed again

  May 11, 2010 10:36 AM

  A U.S. Forest Service official has affirmed a decision blocking Crested Butte Mountain Resort's plans to expand onto Snodgrass Mountain. Deputy Regional Forester Jim Pena last week rejected the ski resort's appeal of a decision by Gunnison National Forest Supervisor Charlie Richmond in November to block the proposal. Richmond... more »

• New snow likely for Aspen ski area's last weekend

  April 24, 2010 8:30 AM

  The last weekend on the slopes at the Aspen ski area could seem like anything but spring skiing. Up to a foot of snow was predicted by Saturday morning, making a power day a real possibility. Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle says there could be skiing from the top... 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 »

• Ski resorts worry about losing Baby Boomers

  April 7, 2010 10:08 PM

  Ski resorts have planned for years for a drop-off of visits from aging baby boomers, but an industry researcher says the issue is becoming more urgent. Nate Fristoe of the research firm RRC Associates says older baby boomers, now 55 to 64, started dropping out more rapidly when they... more »

• Aspen Mountain extends ski season by 2 weekends

  March 31, 2010 10:00 AM

  Aspen Skiing Co. says there's been enough snow and cold temperatures to extend the ski season at Aspen Mountain for two more weekends. Aspen Mountain planned to close April 11, but resort officials said Tuesday that lifts also would run for the weekends of April 17-18 and April 24-25. This... more »

• Aspen to extend skiing to April 25

  March 30, 2010 3:07 PM

  Aspen Skiing Co. says there's been enough snow and cold temperatures to extend the ski season at Aspen Mountain for two more weekends. Aspen Mountain planned to close April 11, but resort officials said Tuesday that lifts also would run for the weekends of April 17-18 and April 24-25.... more »

• Snow storms give resorts a Spring Break lift

  March 25, 2010 7:58 PM

  This week's big Spring snowstorm is making for a Spring Break to remember up in the high country. Anywhere from 5-6 inches of fresh powder fell on most resorts. The snow totals were even higher at resorts closer to the Front Range. Echo Mountain in Idaho Springs got... more »

• Teen's organs donated after fatal Colorado ski crash

  March 18, 2010 8:27 AM

  The family of a 13-year-old Texas girl who died after hitting a tree while skiing at a Colorado resort have donated her organs. The family of Taylor Storch said Wednesday that her heart saved a 39-year-old Arizona woman and that her liver was given to a 1-year-old child. Storch's... more »

• Vail Resorts names trail after hometown skier Vonn

  March 1, 2010 9:17 AM

  Vail Resorts is honoring Lindsey Vonn by naming a trail on Vail Mountain after the Olympic medal winner. As of Sunday, the expert "International" trail is known as "Lindsey's". The trail was used for the women's speed events during the World Alpine Championships at Vail and Beaver Creek in 1989... more »

• Amazing 3-year-old snowboarder hits the hills

  February 22, 2010 12:26 PM

  Wednesday night millions of people watched USA snowboarder Shaun White take home a gold medal in the half pipe. White started snowboarding at age 7 and has since trained with the worlds best. But one young boy in Dubuque is learning to navigate the slopes at a much younger age.... 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 »

• Lindsey Vonn has fastest training time on first run

  February 15, 2010 4:02 PM

  Even with a badly bruised right shin, American star Lindsey Vonn still has the fastest time through the upper section of the course in a downhill training run. The women will ski the bottom section later Monday, following the conclusion of the men's downhill race - the first Alpine... more »

• Men's downhill postponed because of slushy course

  February 13, 2010 10:38 AM

  The International Ski Federation says the men's downhill at the Vancouver Olympics has been postponed because of a slushy course. The opening Alpine race was called off about seven hours before it was scheduled to start Saturday. A replacement date was not immediately announced. The first women's event, the super-combined,... more »

• Injury may force USA gold medal hopeful from Olympics

  February 10, 2010 2:22 PM

  U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn says she is worried a badly bruised right shin will keep her out of the Vancouver Olympics. Vonn revealed Wednesday that she was injured in a slalom training run Feb. 3 during pre-Olympic practice in Austria. She says she questions whether "I'll be even... more »

• Vail Resorts say lift ticket revenue flat so far

  January 9, 2010 10:08 AM

  Vail Resorts Inc. says lift ticket revenue is essentially flat so far this season, but skier visits are down. The Broomfield-based ski company said Friday that lift ticket revenue at its five resorts through Wednesday was down 0.4 percent compared with a comparable period last year. Skier visits were down... more »

• Vail revives Gay Ski Week

  January 4, 2010 12:42 PM

  Gay Ski Week is back in Vail this winter. The mountain resort skipped the weeklong promotion last year because of the economic downtown. But resort tourism officials say they hope to attract 500 to 1,000 attendees during this year's event, planned for Jan. 27-31. Aspen, Telluride and Whistler ski resorts... 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 »

• Fallen teen remembered as "A special little spirit"

  November 22, 2009 11:21 PM

  As the community still mourns the tragic death of 14 year old Haley Gans, friends take time to remember the girl who touched many hearts. "She was an adorable girl." says Gans skating coach Christy Krall. While there are smiles, to many it's still a shock. Allison Scott's son... more »

• Midwinter storms may stay south of Colorado ski resorts

  November 17, 2009 5:29 PM

  A Colorado climate scientist says midwinter snowstorms could stay south of the state's ski areas this season because of an El Nino pattern. Klaus Wolter of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that doesn't mean the resorts won't get snow, just that they probably won't have as many... more »