More snow is coming to the high country this weekend, the latest in a series of storms that began early this month and turned this season’s snowfall trend from dismal to encouraging. OpenSnow, an independent weather forecasting and reporting service,…
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — If they call Cortina the “Queen” of the Italian Dolomites, then Lara Gut-Behrami is the queen of the skiing world championships so far. It makes sense that the Swiss racer, who has won two gold medals…
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Despite a historically unstable snowpack that has Colorado on the verge of breaking its record for avalanche fatalities, the lure of powder remains powerful for backcountry skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers. There have been 11 avalanche fatalities this winter, one short…
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A group of snowmobilers triggered an avalanche in Jackson County on Tuesday. Two of the six members were caught in the slide, one was killed. Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, a large avalanche near Ruby Mountain southeast of Rand took one…
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Despite abundant new snowfall, traffic to the high country over the Presidents Day weekend was down significantly as compared to that holiday weekend in 2020. For the four-day weekend that began ran last Friday and concluded Monday night, 152,999 vehicles…
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — No woman came close to matching Mikaela Shiffrin on Monday. Not many men, either, for that matter. The American skier dominated the combined race at the world championships to such a degree that she pondered how…
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WINTER PARK — Nick Hulse figures he’s gotten in three dozen ski days this winter, and Saturday topped them all with nine inches of fresh powder at Winter Park to kick off a fluffy President’s Day weekend. (Head to The…
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Mikaela Shiffrin won the women’s combined to set an American record with her sixth world championship title. Shiffrin has four golds in slalom and one in super-G from previous worlds. She called her sixth title “pretty amazing.” Shiffrin is the…
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin’s latest gold medal from the skiing world championships moved her past both Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety. Shiffrin won the combined on Monday, giving her a sixth gold and a ninth career medal from…
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All of Colorado’s high country is experiencing avalanche danger, and this weekend it is particularly hazardous. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CIAC) has issued an Avalanche Watch running through Saturday night for the Aspen, Flat Top, Grand Mesa, Gunnison and…
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