Avalanche deaths are near an all-time high—both nationwide and in Colorado. The assessment helps people decide if they have the needed knowledge to stay safe when venturing outside ski area boundaries.
|COVID-19 restrictions threatened to prevent the FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships from taking place. At the last minute, Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort stepped in to keep it from being canceled.
|Colorado’s second largest city, which is just a quick drive south from Denver, offers plenty of attractions to explore—even during the colder months.
|Make the most of your winter with these pandemic-friendly holiday displays, concerts, and art walks taking place in Colorado mountain towns.
|Two words: Planning and patience.
|Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, valet services offer a chance to snag gear without a trip to a ski shop.
|Highlights include French bistro fare, breakfast cocktails, and wood-fire pizza served in your own private, heated gondola.
|Depending on when the next snowstorm rolls through, your days to slog to the top of America’s highest paved road sans cars are limited.
|Reservation systems, parking limits, and more. Here’s what we know so far about Colorado’s upcoming ski season.
|The Eliza-rita, available on tap starting August 26, honors Colorado suffragist Eliza Pickrell Routt.
|The scene in July at Copper Mountain’s Woodward terrain park sheds some light on ski industry’s plans for the upcoming season.
|Fort Collins’ Holiday Twin has been a summer institution since the 1960s, but it’s one of many drive-ins across the country experiencing a fresh surge of popularity during the pandemic.
|Face coverings and physical distancing rules were in place, but delightfully few skiers were on the slopes.
|Plus, on March 13, celebrate a global day of snowboarding in his honor, with free lift tickets for snowboarders at 13 resorts around the world, including Copper Mountain.
|Here’s what to expect from the lift-free, “soul of skiing” experience at Bluebird Backcountry near Steamboat Springs.
|As Dew Tour unfolds this weekend at Copper Mountain, local snowboard pros Taylor and Arielle Gold are pulling for each other from both ends of the pipe.
|Flights are quick and relatively inexpensive, the food is Bay Area-approved, and there’s a ton of snow. What’s not to love?
|The top-level ski and snowboard event ramps up its competitions and takes on a fresh vibe for its inaugural showing at Copper.
|Fractional ownership—and limitless slopeside hot tubbing—is still available at the nearly complete Grand Colorado in Breckenridge. For a price, of course.
|Coloradans love to tout the state’s supremacy in all things skiing and winter recreation, but can we really make the argument that we have better snow than our neighbor to the west? Here’s what the experts say.
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