Skiing

Skiing iPhone App Recognizes Ski Slopes Using a Camera

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Denver


AVON, Colo. — Skiers stuck on a mountain with no trail map but with an iPhone 3GS in their pockets could get help finding their way with another...

Bode Miller Has His Groove Back?

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver


EDWARDS, Colo. — The question came from the front row in a crowded room of kids, during an appearance Bode Miller and other U.S. skiers made at ...

Klaus Wolter, El Nino Expert, Predicts Rocky Skiing This Winter

Westword | Eric Peterson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver


You see Klaus Wolter's name in the paper every winter. The German native is a climatologist with CU's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Enviro...

Thanksgiving Skiing: What's Happening At Colorado's Ski Resorts This Week?

Posted 11.26.2009 | Denver


Thanksgiving week is prime time for early season skiing. Crested Butte, Steamboat, Monarch and Beaver Creek opened Wednesday. Telluride and Aspen/Sno...

Breckenridge Ski Area: 14 Year Old Killed In Ski Accident

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver


A 14-year old Colorado Springs girl died of injuries from a ski accident at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Friday, marking the first fatality of the new s...

Jeremy Bloom Retired: Olympic Skier Calls It Quits

Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver


DENVER (AP)--Freestyle skier Jeremy Bloom has abandoned his comeback try, ending a bid to make the 2010 Olympic team so he can spend more time on his ...

Crested Butte Snodgrass Expansion A No Go

firsttracksonline.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver


Mt. Crested Butte, CO - The U.S. Forest Service has notified Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) by letter that it is denying the Colorado ski resort...

Colorado Avalanche: 19-Year Old Man Survives Avalanche Near Copper Mountain (VIDEO, VOTE)

Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


A 19-year-old man from Eagle County was injured in an avalanche in Summit County on Halloween as he was back-country skiing on Bartlett Peak between C...

Altitude Sickness Costs Colorado Ski Industry Up To $200 Million Annually: Report

5280 | Lindsey B. Koehler and Natasha Gardner | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver


If your most vivid memory from your last getaway to a Colorado ski resort is downing Tylenol and curling up, fetal position-style, in your slope-side ...

The Winter Olympics: Bode's Back, But What About The Dumont?

Jamie Starr | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver


Jamie Starr

How can an excluded segment of the industry, freeskiing, authentically participate in (and reap the mass market benefits of) all of that Olympic buzz?

Left In and Snowed Out

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver


Meredith C. Carroll

There comes a very adult time in life when decisions and choices need to be made. Pay the electricity bill. Visit family. Save for college and braces. Buy groceries. Or ski for a season.

Aspen Ski Resort Won't Hire Any More Foreign Workers

The Aspen Daily News | Brent Gardner-Smith | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver


Fifty-seven international ski instructors were told on Sept. 18 that Aspen Skiing Co. was no longer planning to hire them for the winter season throug...

Warren Miller Is My Friend

Jamie Starr | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver


Jamie Starr

In a sport long governed by an unspoken "bro code," it saddens me to see signs that skiing may become another cold and hard industry where even the great Warren Miller is made to look evil in the public eye.

Colorado Ski Resorts Begin Race To Open First This Season

First Tracks | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver


Arapahoe Basin, CO - A day after fellow annual competitor in the race to open first, Loveland Ski Area, began snowmaking in Colorado amidst an early s...

Aspen's Identity Crisis

Michael Conniff | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver


Michael Conniff

The Related Westpac fiasco has left Snowmass with a gaping wound that will take a decade to close. Improvements at Aspen Mountain are likely to take a backseat to backfilling at Snowmass.

Blowin' Smoke

Lise Waring | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver


Lise Waring

A greasy gray cloud no longer blankets town in winter, and Telluride's air quality is far better than it was 20 years ago. The bad news is that there's no substitute for the heat of a wood stove.

Can Fate Sabotage Romance?

Sara Davidson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living


Sara Davidson

I was hot to hook up with Billy the Bad when a ski wreck blew my plans.

Moonshadows: Part 3

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living


Grant Whitney Harvey

Suddenly, his heart jumped and his breath slipped, a reaction to which he responded somewhat shocked. He felt caught. He felt as guilty as ever.

Alaska Ski Resort Bills Injured Skier For Rescue

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 04.13.2009 | Home


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Operators of Alaska's largest ski resort are taking the rare step of billing a 19-year-old skier for the cost of rescuing hi...

Burton Tapped to Design Uniforms for the 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Team

Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 03.05.2009 | Style


Kelly O'Reilly

Burton's ascent began with, and still seems to build on its commitment to creating the best (and for a long time, only) snowboarding gear and giving birth to a market.

The All Jewish Cartoon Collection: Single

Mort Gerberg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style


Mort Gerberg

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JACKSON HOLE AVALANCHE: One Death In Wyoming Ski Resort Disaster

AP | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green


JACKSON, Wyo. -- An avalanche has killed a skier at a Wyoming ski resort. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson says David Nodine, of W...

Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

TV Star Christopher Allport Killed In Avalanche

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Fast-moving thunderstorms brought new waves of rain on Sunday to Southern California, following days of drenching weather and heav...

How To Dress Like A Ski Bunny

Times Of London | Caroyn Asome | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Tempting as it is to choose impractical fabrics - soft suede boots, fur trims - to impress upon the plebs that you have 24-hour access to the snowmobi...