Snow sports

Local News

Purgatory Resort delays opening day

weather, lack of snow push back start of 2025-26 ski season

November 20, 2025

Outdoors

Purgatory Resort announces bonus weekend of skiing after major snowstorm

area to open for this weekend after getting nearly a foot of snow

November 7, 2024

Local News

Sliding toward a snow and avalanche studies certificate

cohort of students in Fort Lewis College working through new program

April 14, 2024

Outdoors

Wolf Creek opens multiple lifts after 23-inch storm

Purgatory opens top-to-bottom skiing after receiving 14 inches

November 26, 2023

Local News

History and science merge in Fort Lewis College analysis of Purgatory Resort snowpack

ski patrol data, student examines ski area’s unique snowfall patterns

May 17, 2023

Local News

The enduring joy of fat tire bikes

have declined and access is limited, but riders are psyched to hit the trail

March 7, 2023

Local News

Snowmobiler who rescued friend from avalanche in La Plata Mountains urges preparation

‘I'm just glad that I instinctually knew which steps to take,’ says rescuer

March 1, 2023

Local News

City issues proposals request to replace ski rope tows at Chapman Hill

Reliance on decades-old lines makes staff feel like they’re ‘living on borrowed time’

December 27, 2022

Local News

Photos: Chapman Hill Ski Area needs more snow

Tim Kuss pushes snow Saturday on Chapman Hill with the city’s snowcat machine. The in-town ski hill has been making…

December 6, 2022

Local News

Snow lovers flock to Purgatory Resort on opening day

‘Now that everyone wants to share a chair it’s kind of nice’

November 19, 2022

Outdoors

Alaska’s Denali is finally open to guided skiing, and you have a Colorado company to thank

rules were written with the expectation that mountaineers would stay roped, walking uphill and down

July 4, 2022

Local News

San Juan National Forest approves Purgatory’s Ice Creek project

45-acre expansion will add a new ski lift and beginner trails

March 22, 2022

Local News

Snow misses lower elevations but slams mountains

‘Southwest flow’ and banding limited accumulations

February 24, 2022

Local News

San Juan Mountains Association expands ambassador program to winter

Interpretive tours and winter education at Andrews Lake have been popular with plans to expand

February 18, 2022

Local News

Warm, dry weather forces Purgatory to push back opening day

Above-average temperatures have made snowmaking difficult this fall

November 18, 2021

Outdoors

A-Basin provides glimpse of what next ski season may look like

snow was soft, the sun was shining and the lift lines were short. Besides mask-wearing and social distancing, it felt…

June 1, 2020

Local News

Bayfield student Kyra Wilson opens dog sled race with ‘Glamour’ magazine’s Woman of the Year

mushers start Wyoming’s international, 300-mile race

January 14, 2020

Local News

Durango snowboarder recovers after breaking neck, spine

Hawk feared paralysis after taking spill at Purgatory Resort

July 29, 2019

Local News

Avalanche victim near Rico saved by companions

snowmobilers were caught in avalanche

January 31, 2019

Regional News

Colorado ski industry virtually protected from drought

Beaver Creek snowmakers fire up the guns for training in Beaver Creek on Oct. 12. Ski resorts have spent many…

October 26, 2018

Outdoors

Annual Dolores Ski Swap fundraiser coming Nov. 10

Fundraiser sells gear to get kids on slopes

October 19, 2018

Outdoors

Dove Creek skier inducted into Hall of Fame

Riddell dominated slalom, won gold in two Paralympic games

March 9, 2018

Regional News

New report finds climate change could take a $1 billion bite from winter sports

Man-made snow coats a section of a ski run but barren ground remains elsewhere at Shawnee Peak ski area in…

February 23, 2018

Local News

Storms start to flow into SW Colorado, dump snow

Another winter weather advisory starts Wednesday night

February 20, 2018