JASNA, Slovakia — Mikaela Shiffrin denied her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova a home victory Saturday, winning the first World Cup slalom following the world championships. Shiffrin trailed first-run leader Vlhova by 0.27 seconds on a hill where the Slovakian regularly…
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.– Two skiers navigated a thin layer of snow with no margin for error down the precipitous shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park and alternately skied and rappelled back to the valley floor in an…
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Coloradans can expect fresh powder in the mountains this weekend despite a sunny forecast in the metro area. Friday evening, most mountain areas will see 2-6 inches, according to Joel Gratz, a meteorologist for OpenSnow, an independent weather forecasting and…
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A 48-year-old man visiting Colorado from Bethesda, Md., was found dead at Sunlight Mountain Resort near Glenwood Springs on Tuesday. Job Henning was found unresponsive at the base of a tree while on vacation with his wife and two children.…
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It’s not a massive storm like the mountains saw earlier this month, but if you’re looking for fresh powder, Colorado ski areas should see a few inches around mid-week. Winter storm showers are expected Wednesday into Thursday, according to Joel…
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — If Mikaela Shiffrin were a baseball player, her numbers would make her a post-season MVP. Every year. The American skier won four medals in her four events at the recently concluded world championships and improved her…
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More snow is coming to the high country this weekend, the latest in a series of storms that began early this month and turned this season’s snowfall trend from dismal to encouraging. OpenSnow, an independent weather forecasting and reporting service,…
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — If they call Cortina the “Queen” of the Italian Dolomites, then Lara Gut-Behrami is the queen of the skiing world championships so far. It makes sense that the Swiss racer, who has won two gold medals…
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Despite a historically unstable snowpack that has Colorado on the verge of breaking its record for avalanche fatalities, the lure of powder remains powerful for backcountry skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers. There have been 11 avalanche fatalities this winter, one short…
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A group of snowmobilers triggered an avalanche in Jackson County on Tuesday. Two of the six members were caught in the slide, one was killed. Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, a large avalanche near Ruby Mountain southeast of Rand took one…
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