Colorado Springs Gazette

After the fall: 50 years later, Vail gondola crash still harrowing for survivors

Updated 2 months ago

As the red gondola car suddenly bucked and shook on that morning 50 years ago, Greg Dietrich craned his neck, looked up, and realized the...

Arapahoe Basin to close May 3 after longest ski season in Colorado this year

Updated 2 months ago

Arapahoe Basin announced on Thursday that it will be closing the slopes on May 3, according to its website. The current cumulative snowfall in the...

PHOTOS: The 78th Annual Leadville Skijoring Competition

Updated 3 months ago

U.S. Paralympic skier Patrick Halgren exemplifies happiness, gratitude into second Paralympic Games

Updated 3 months ago

Patrick Halgren can’t get enough of the cheeseburgers at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Center.  Free housing, a world-class training facility, and all the food...

Monarch Mountain’s long-dreamed No Name Basin set to debut

Updated 5 months ago

The trails have been cut. The chairlift is ready. And finally, the snow came. It’s time for perhaps the most anticipated terrain expansion in Monarch...

Telluride Mountain Village mayor and mayor pro-tem resign after launch of private investigation 

Updated 5 months ago

By Rachael Wright Special to the Denver Gazette   Telluride Mountain Village Mayor Marti Prohaska resigned her position recently after the Mountain Village Town Council announced...

PHOTOS: Triumph and Heartbreak at the 2026 Winter X Games

Updated 5 months ago

Telluride celebrates end to ski patrol strike 

Updated 5 months ago

The Telluride Ski Resort and the ski patrol union reached an agreement on Jan. 8, ending the longest ski patrol strike in U.S. history. Details...

Light snow to fall in Colorado before Thanksgiving, then heavy snow inbound as December starts

Updated 7 months ago

Winter returned to Colorado’s high country over the weekend, especially in the southern and central mountains. The state’s snowpack is slowly rebounding as well, with...

Mikaela Shiffrin amasses 2 new records with slalom win at Gurgl

Updated 7 months ago

U.S. Ski Team racer Mikaela Shiffrin and Italian but-racing-for-Albania Lara Colturi went 1-2 again in the opening run and second run of the second women’s...

World Cup skiing invades Copper Mountain, US team’s top athletes, personalities ready for four-day race

Updated 7 months ago

Here’s a look at 2 men, 2 women skiers to watch at this year’s event Alpine ski racers like River Radamus, Lauren Macuga, Lindsey Vonn...

Additional 6-10″ of snow for Colorado as ‘risk of heavy snow’ forecast for week’s end

Updated 7 months ago

Winter conditions and the risk of heavy snow return to Colorado’s high country late week, with the southern mountains benefiting the most from the incoming...