Alpine skiing

Ski resorts navigate tricky world of COVID-19 protocols

Southwest Colorado destinations draw crowds while observing social-distancing guidelines

January 9, 2021

Calgary eyes freestyle, snowboard worlds but needs nation’s approval

Calgary would be a substitute site. The world championships were scheduled for Feb. 18-28 in China but were canceled because…

January 7, 2021

Professional Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin is seeking more speed

Shiffrin eyes return to super-G training

January 5, 2021

Professional Sports

Vlhova edges Liensberger in foggy Croatia slalom; Shiffrin misses podium

The Slovakian skier’s win came five days after her four-year-long joint winning streak with Mikaela Shiffrin ended. In tough conditions…

January 3, 2021

Local News

Purgatory Resort’s main lift breaks, general manager says crowding not an issue

‘Perception is reality. And the reality is there weren’t as many people as we see on the holidays’

January 1, 2021

Local News

Backcountry skiers triggered more than 10 avalanches in San Juan Mountains this week

serious injures, but dangerous close calls, Colorado Avalanche Information Center says

January 1, 2021

Professional Sports

U.S. skiers step out of Mikaela Shiffrin’s shadow with strong results

Shiffrin was responsible for all 34 American podium results on the women’s circuit in the past two seasons, but three…

December 30, 2020

Professional Sports

Swiss skier ends slalom streak of Shiffrin, Vlhova

Gisin trailed first-run leader Mikaela Shiffrin by two-hundredths of a second but posted the second-fastest time in the final run…

December 29, 2020

Professional Sports

Strong winds force cancellation of 2nd run of giant slalom in Austria

Wind speeds reached up to 100 kph (62 mph) and organizers ordered people to leave the finish area as the…

December 29, 2020

Local News

A student of snow retires from decadeslong career in high country

George brought avalanche studies to relevance

December 28, 2020

Business

Instead of luring tourists, Colorado ad dollars to target backcountry safety

A push for responsible recreation this winter

December 27, 2020

Local News

Durango backcountry skiers likely triggered fatal avalanche, report says

occurred on a steep slope above tree line

December 24, 2020

Sports

Ledecka edges Suter to add World Cup win to Olympic title

The Czech skier finished three hundredths ahead of Suter, the World Cup super-G champion from Switzerland who won a downhill…

December 22, 2020

Sports

Pinturault beats unheralded McGrath to win GS in Alta Badia

After leading the first run, the Frenchman mastered the steep and technically demanding course in the Italian Alps for a…

December 22, 2020

Local News

Durango backcountry skiers who died were experienced, knowledgeable

Snowpack conditions presented risks not seen in years

December 21, 2020

Regional News

Colorado ski resorts ironing out kinks in coronavirus plans

peak holiday season heats up, some mountains are revisiting procedures

December 20, 2020

Outdoors

Livi on the Lift: Having fun? Do you live in town? Have a good run!

Having fun out there? How many runs have you gotten in? Have you been to the backside yet? Do you…

December 19, 2020

Professional Sports

Suter wins season’s 1st downhill, Schmidhofer hurt in crash

The Austrian ski federation said Schmidhofer likely ruptured the ligaments in her left knee and was taken to a clinic…

December 18, 2020

Outdoors

Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado ERs each day

than 4,100 transported across 2018, 2019 and the first part of 2020

December 17, 2020

Professional Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin wins emotional World Cup giant slalom

Shiffrin protected her first-run lead in Monday’s giant slalom and finished 0.82 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone. Former world champion…

December 15, 2020

Local News

Hesperus Ski Area delays opening

day was slated for Friday

December 14, 2020

Professional Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin limits World Cup goals in tough ski season

Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States arrives at the finish area to take the second place at the women’s World…

December 10, 2020

Professional Sports

Odermatt wins World Cup giant slalom to end 10-year Swiss drought

Ever since winning GS world titles as a junior in 2016 and 2018, Odermatt was the ski-mad nation’s main hope…

December 10, 2020

Regional News

Colorado ski county says visitors need negative virus test

The new rules for Pitkin County, home to Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort, take effect Dec. 14. Pitkin is the only…

December 6, 2020