Tag: skiing
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Mark Kiszla: In a nation divided, can Olympics give love for the U-S-A a chance?
MILAN, Italy — Is it hopelessly naive to think five Olympic rings can bind 345 million American hearts in our bickering nation? When we stand to shout U-S-A! during the Winter Games, can it unite us in red, white and blue pride, or does the chant now ring hollow? “I’m incredibly proud to be here…
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Mark Kiszla: Lindsey Vonn’s idea of fun? Skiing 80 mph at Olympics on a shredded knee
MILAN, Italy — With a ghost in her ear and no fear in her heart, Lindsey Vonn is hellbent on fulfilling a dream that would sound like an absolute nightmare to most any other 41-year-old woman on the planet. Skiing down a mountain at 80 mph? That’s crazy. But doing it on a trashed knee…
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Colorado ski towns — where ‘snow is money’ — worry how long dry winter will last
Snowboarders and skiers have long relied on an old superstition to bring in fresh powder: putting trail maps in the freezer. But this year, amid an unusually dry winter, the need to do so seems more urgent than ever in Colorado. Last month, the Winter Park ski resort in Grand County posted a video of…
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Monarch Mountain’s long-dreamed No Name Basin set to debut
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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 Mountain’s 87 years. An opening celebration is set for No Name Basin on Thursday — what the ski area described as “a historic milestone” in its announcement. That morning, the…
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Copper Mountain out-of-state skier dies after crash into tree Saturday
An out-of-state skier at Copper Mountain died Saturday after he lost control and crashed into a tree, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said. The man, who was wearing a helmet, lost control while on American Flyer, an intermediate-level trail, and hit the tree with “considerable force,” the office said on social media Saturday afternoon. Deputies…
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Groomed ski trails back at state park west of Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs, cross-country skiers seeking groomed trails might think of a distant ski area or a Nordic center. But when Mother Nature provides, they don’t have to go far. It’s not a Nordic center, but Mueller State Park grooms a few trails for Nordic skiing when conditions allow. The snowstorm earlier this month allowed…
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Snow farming: How some Colorado ski areas combat a dry winter
When the snow isn’t falling at some Colorado ski areas, the directive is simple. Go find it. “We gotta do what we gotta do,” said Tim Kerrigan, vice president of mountain maintenance at Ski Cooper. And it might sound simple, but finding snow and harvesting it is no simple task at the ski area near…
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Sunday tickets are free at this historic Colorado ski area
Colorado’s best ski deal? Maybe one that costs nothing at all. At Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill, “Sunday Funday is taken to an entirely new level,” reads the city webpage for Ski Free Sundays. Yes, on Sundays throughout the season, visitors need only to walk into the ticket office to grab a pass at no charge. …
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Splurging, exploring and enjoying: 48 hours in Steamboat Springs
For the truest sense of Steamboat Springs, you might want to mark your calendar for early February. That’s the scheduled return of Winter Carnival, the weeklong celebration of ski jumping, parading, dancing, s’mores-eating and more. “It’s our Super Bowl,” an organizer once told us. It’s a fun-filled embodiment of how Steamboat moved from one era…
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Luxury skiwear brand Capranea to open 3 new stores in Colorado’s high country
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Pagosa Springs native brings Swiss-made quality and craftsmanship apparel to state’s skiing and snowboarding scene Several Colorado ski resort towns like Aspen, Steamboat, Telluride and Vail are synonymous with skiers rocking flashy, high-end skiwear that has little function behind their designs. Those Colorado mountain towns have even been said to, anecdotally, mimic European mountain towns…