Tag: skiing & snowboarding
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Buried alive: Video shows man’s rescue after avalanche
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — Dramatic video taken by a snowboarder shows the aftermath of an avalanche in Northern California, with people furiously digging out a man buried alive under snow. One of the videos, released to…
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$99 Epic Pass for military members and other Colorado ski deals to snag now
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As ski areas around Colorado pump up their spring discounts, Vail Resorts on Thursday announced a deal overshadowing them all. The company is giving a nod to Vail Mountain’s Army roots to celebrate 10 years…
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‘You’ve gotta see it to believe it:’ Skijoring back in Leadville this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jason Dahl stops short of describing his lifelong sport. “You’ve gotta see it to believe it,” he says. Once again, he’ll be co-organizer and competitor during Leadville’s upcoming weekend of skijoring. In what The Washington…
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A glance at early 2017-2018 season passes to Colorado’s ski areas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With most closed for this season, Colorado’s ski areas are ready for the next. So are customers. More promotions will be announced in later months, but here’s a look at deals for those ready to…
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Aspen Skiing buying California’s Mammoth Resorts ski areas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Aspen Skiing Co.’s ski resort acquisition spree is expanding with a deal to buy Mammoth Mountain and three other southern California ski areas. Mammoth Resorts said Wednesday that it will be…
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7-year-old girl falls from chairlift at Colorado ski resort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CORTEZ — A 7-year-old girl is recovering after falling about 26 feet from a chairlift at a southwestern Colorado ski resort. The Cortez Journal reports that the girl was in stable condition after the Sunday…
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Outward Bound: Finding a place in Colorado’s ski scene
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CRESTED BUTTE – “How’s that feel?” asked the fellow who showed no mercy in buckling a bulky boot onto my left foot, which I felt was now surely deprived of circulation. But this being my…
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Colten Moore injured attempting double backflip at Winter X Games
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ASPEN — The elusive double backflip — the holy grail of freestyle snowmobiling — spurred carnage once again Sunday at the X Games. Snowmobiling pioneers Colten Moore and Heath Frisby were able to flip their…
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‘I thought I was dead for sure.’: Man accidentally skis off 150-foot cliff
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Devin Stratton slipped on his backpack to go backcountry skiing last week, he had no idea the apparatus would play a role in saving his life. On the mountainside, it’s usually what’s in the pack that…
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Two Loveland Ski Area lifts shut down because of mechanical problems
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two chairlifts at Loveland Ski Area have been temporarily shut down because of mechanical problems and the resort says the rides likely won’t reopen before the weekend. Lift 1 will be shuttered on Thursday and…