Tag: skiing
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Condé Nast Traveler names one Colorado ski area ‘No. 23 Ski Resort in US’ for 2025
Condé Nast Traveler announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards and one southwestern Colorado ski resort made the list as the #23-ranked ski resort in the USA. Purgatory Mountain Resort north of Durango can now add this accolade to its wall. According to Condé Nast Traveler, it received more than 757,000 survey responses from readers across…
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Ski film “After the Snowfall” from Matchstick Productions has freedom, escape and camaraderie
If there ever was a time to feel the pulse of a skier, that time is now, and Crested Butte’s Matchstick Productions (MSP) located that pulse last winter while filming “After the Snowfall” for 2025’s ski film. The stoke the skiers felt by shared energy, collective love and passion, their hearts at rest waiting for…
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Ski movie season in Colorado stokes the thirst for powder, starts Saturday
Ski movie season is back in Colorado and coming to a town near you, including two offerings from Colorado-based film companies Matchstick Productions of Crested Butte and Warren Miller Entertainment of Boulder. Teton Gravity Research’s movie “Pressure Drop” has been making the rounds already, but has a few showings left in Colorado. Ski movies are…
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X Games launches new logo, brand identity for 2026
AI judging, sports betting and global expansion mark the dawn of a new era Action sports lovers, now hear this. The X Games, which has held its Winter X in Aspen, Colorado for 25 consecutive years, is getting a full visual rebrand, including a new logo, identity and look as the organization keeps evolving the…
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Skier parking at Vail just got more expensive for upcoming winter season
Winter parking at the Town of Vail’s parking lots just got more expensive heading into winter 2025-26 and changes go into effect Nov. 14. According to the Vail Town Council, last week they approved a change that will have visitors now pay a $10/hour charge for a maximum of five hours on peak days (Friday…
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Colorado ski area opening days for 2025-26 season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Maybe you’re not quite thinking winter, but Colorado’s ski areas sure are. Plans for the season ahead are in full swing — starting with target opening dates. Following Vail Resorts’ announcement for some of the state’s premier destinations, Colorado Ski Country USA has posted dates for…
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Vail Resorts announces target opening dates for Colorado ski resorts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts on Wednesday announced target dates for opening some of Colorado’s premier ski destinations. That includes Keystone Resort, one of the state’s first ski areas to open. Mid-October is the aim for the owning…
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New lift shaping at Colorado ski area, ahead of highly anticipated terrain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A chairlift is taking shape at a Colorado ski area, symbolizing a terrain expansion highly anticipated for the winter ahead. The summer at Monarch Mountain has seen helicopters flying in concrete for foundations, followed by…
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From gold rush ruins, a backcountry hut rises in Park County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARK COUNTY • High in Colorado’s central mountains, in an alpine basin of wildflowers and waterfalls, Jeff Crane is dreaming again. He’s gazing upon another mesmerizing sight here, not to mention the ponds teeming with…
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From gold rush ruins, a backcountry hut rises in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save High in Colorado’s central mountains, in an alpine basin of wildflowers and waterfalls, Jeff Crane is dreaming again. He’s gazing upon another mesmerizing sight here, not to mention the ponds teeming with trout, the thick…