At the end of every year, we take a look at our pageview data to see which stories were read the most online. Each time, there are some standard favorites, along with a few surprises. It certainly didn’t shock us,…
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SEMMERING, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin had to overcome a lot of pressure Tuesday to end her one-year drought in women’s World Cup giant slaloms. And not all the pressure on the American was coming from her rivals. Holding a big…
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It may seem incomprehensible to today’s generation of skiers and snowboarders accustomed to ski resort conglomerates. But in the boom years of skiing in the 1960s and early ’70s, Colorado produced 12 new resorts, all of them independents. They were…
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While there are several backcountry ski touring destinations in Colorado that always make my heart swell with joy, my favorite — and the one that has left me with more vivid memories over the past three decades than any other…
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Seventh-graders often have outsized dreams, but Ava Keenan put hers out there for the world to see this fall when she was featured in the annual Warren Miller ski film. The 12-year-old competitive mogul skier from Vail revealed her goal…
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Ski season is also fondue season, the glorious time of year when dunking cubes of crusty bread, tart slices of Granny Smith apples and rounds of cured meats into melted cheese counts as a meal. Often made with a generous…
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Mikaela Shiffrin’s first speed race weekend of the women’s World Cup season went so well, she believes it might make her even faster in her core technical events, too. The four-time overall champion won a super-G…
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Italian skier Sofia Goggia gave a thumbs-up with her right hand after dominating the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season on Saturday. Her left hand she could barely move. Goggia won the race in…
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The legend and lore of shot-skis in Colorado go deep. They’re a common find at ski town bars and restaurants, not to mention DIY nights at your local watering hole. In fact, although shot-skis — which are a series of…
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Snowstang bus service from the metro area to five ski areas resumes this weekend with an additional destination — Breckenridge Resort — and an additional stop in Golden. CDOT inaugurated Snowstang in 2019 with service to Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and…
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