While Colorado ski resorts continue to fine-tune plans for mountain access this winter in response to COVID-19, here is a quick rundown of what we know now. Currently the five Vail Resorts mountains (Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested…
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It looks like the Snowstang bus service inaugurated last winter to three Colorado ski areas will not be back this winter because of COVID-19. “We’re recommending to the transportation commission that we shouldn’t operate, after consultation with our partners, with…
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VIENNA — A year that turned Mikaela Shiffrin’s world upside down has left the American standout wondering how much time she has left in ski racing, with the start of the new season fast approaching. The double Olympic and three-time…
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Now that fall is here, it’s time to start thinking seriously about ski conditioning. Pardon the annoying reminder, but you probably already know you need to get in some ski-specific workouts and exercises to make the most of that ski…
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DENVER — Milagros Sotelo was looking forward to traveling from South America to Tennessee to start a job at Ober Gatlinburg ski resort this winter. The 22-year-old student worked the last two ski seasons in the equipment rental shop at…
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If you weren’t already excited for the upcoming ski season, you should be now: Arapahoe Basin began snowmaking operations this weekend. “Last night the temperatures were perfect for snowmaking and we started making snow,” COO Alan Henceroth said in a…
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When is a season ski pass not exactly a season pass? It’s when a pandemic of historic proportions prompts a resort company to impose a reservations system restricting the number of people it will allow on its mountains. That’s what…
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Winter Park and Denver-based parent company Alterra Mountain Co. revealed some operating plans on Monday for mitigating pandemic concerns this winter, but those plans remain very much in flux. Nearly three weeks after rival Vail Resorts announced it would institute…
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DILLON — Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth announced in a blog post Thursday that the ski area will not require reservations for season pass or day pass holders for the 2020-21 ski and snowboard season. That said, Henceroth…
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Here are the words skiers and snowboarders long to hear at the outset of September: It snowed last night at the Breckenridge and Loveland ski areas. So the countdown begins. Loveland tentatively plans to begin making snow in 31 days,…
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