Miller finishes 4th at Beaver Creek
These days Bode Miller, who hasn’t won a World Cup slalom since 2005, is just happy when he finishes one. Thursday on Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey course Miller not only finished the slalom portion of...
View ArticleAustrian Walchhofer wins Birds of Prey downhill; American Nyman is second
Austrian Michael Walchhofer edged American Steve Nyman by five-hundredths of a second.
View ArticleAustrians finish 1-2-3 in super-G at Beaver Creek
The Austrians returned to their dominating ways today, taking the top three spots in the super-G on the Birds of Prey course.
View ArticleNORDHAUS: When in avalanche terrain, trust your gut
A couple of winters ago, I was almost caught in an avalanche. It was one of the stupidest things I've ever done, but it was also one of the best lessons I've ever learned.
View ArticleSki Cooper: Small and sweet
The snowboarder wasn't going to be easily impressed. He was accustomed to the urbane, moneyed hustle and bustle of Colorado's largest ski resorts, where his family had gone for years. He and his...
View ArticleWILLIAMS: Defensive skiing lessons needed
Every ski season it seems as if at least one case crops up that underscores the need to teach kids about slope awareness.
View ArticleMCNEIL: Here's real deal for beginners
January is Learn to Ski Month in Colorado Ski Country. Almost every resort is offering incentives for folks who have never skied or those who want to improve.
View ArticleSKI SCHOOL: Freestyle skiing no longer so free
The once-renegade sport of freestyle skiing is now a respected Olympic event.
View ArticleSki-pass price war escalates
Vail Resorts started a ski-pass price war when it rolled out the Epic Pass, cutting the price of a season pass and offering unrestricted skiing at all four of the company's Colorado resorts.
View ArticleLaying groundwork
When asked about the importance of lessons for beginners, snowboard instructor Gregg Davis recalls an all-too-familiar scene from the slopes: An unhappy, inexperienced boarder tromps down the side of a...
View ArticleSnow covers all
No doubt about it, a pall has fallen over the party in Colorado's ski country. Spiked energy prices are likely to dampen airline and other travel, real estate sales have fallen off a cliff and people...
View ArticleNew skis may ice the wallet
Looking for a surefire way to show people you're not the least bit concerned about the ongoing economic gloom and doom? Nothing says you're unfazed like heading up to the high country for a day of...
View ArticleThe forecast
Skiing can be a lot like mining: There are boom years, and there are bust years.
View ArticleVonn's fall, knee injury just a 'fluke'
World Cup ski champion and Vail resident Lindsey Vonn was taken to the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic on Wednesday after injuring herself in a fall during a morning training run in Copper Mountain.
View ArticleSnow washes out World Cup race at Beaver Creek
A dump of 10-12 inches of snow overnight forced officials on Thursday to cancel the super combined portion of the Birds of Prey men's World Cup races.
View ArticleSvindal rebounds to win downhill race
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal showed tremendous guts in rebounding from a horrific training crash here last year to win on the vaunted Birds of Prey downhill course Friday.
View ArticleSki areas face big challenges in globally warmer world, study says
Colorado's ski areas will have to carve runs higher up the mountains and triple their snowmaking if they are to survive global warming over the next two or three decades, a new study says.
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