Tag: skiing and snowboarding
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Arapahoe Basin seeks more snowmaking, parking and remote avalanche control
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area wants to significantly expand snowmaking, build two more parking lots and install towers for remote-controlled avalanche mitigation. The U.S. Forest Service has detailed the proposals in a document recently posted for public review. The land-owning agency is taking comments until Aug. 24 as it begins an environmental review. According to a…
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Colorado ski area pledges all-natural snow while eyeing new lifts, facilities, summer activities
A comparatively small ski area in Colorado has big hopes for the future. That’s clear from Monarch Mountain’s proposed master development plan, which was recently filed by the U.S. Forest Service. The land-owning agency will now review projects outlined in the 108-page document, including upgrades to lifts and facilities, expanded parking and trails and new…
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Snowboarding pioneers fill Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame’s 2026 class
With its recently announced class of 2026, Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame is celebrating the history and evolution of snowboarding. Most of the six inductees helped shape the sport along with the very boards that remain industry standards. An example: Never Summer Snowboards, which manufactures in Denver more than 40 years after brothers Tim and…
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Colorado resort set to open terrain park for summer skiing and snowboarding
Skiers and snowboarders in Colorado don’t have to put skill development on pause during the summer season thanks to a program put on by Summit County’s Copper Mountain. “Copper Mountain continues its commitment to year-round on-snow experiences with the return of summer operations at Woodward Copper,” reads a press release from the resort. “By farming…
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Colorado ski area aims to expand parking amid growth, ‘public safety concerns’
Monarch Mountain celebrated a major terrain expansion this past ski season. Now operators want to expand parking. A proposal to add about 260 spots to Monarch’s upper Paradise parking lot was recently announced by the U.S. Forest Service, which is collecting public feedback as part of its standard decision making process. The proposed expansion is…
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Colorado ski area closing early amid heat wave, ending a dry season
Friday afternoon at Ski Cooper near Leadville, Tim Kerrigan was watching guests glide down the slopes in shorts and T-shirts ー a fairly common sight come spring in the Rockies. Uncommon: the amount of dirt Kerrigan was seeing between the snow that was quickly vanishing amid a record-breaking heat wave that met Colorado ahead of…
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Go out with a splash: Spring ski parties to hit in Colorado
We love it when Colorado’s ski season begins. And we love it when it ends. That’s because the season ends with a bash and a splash ー as one resort’s end-of-season party is described. It’s named for the common scene of pond skimming across ski areas, where more images of spring skiing come to mind:…
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10 spring skiing events to look forward to in Colorado
Colorado’s ski culture comes to life in the spring, with everything from skijoring races and beer-fueled apres parties to pond skimming and live DJs. Although the snow may be slowing down for the season, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the Colorado slopes. Here are some spring skiing events you’ll find around Colorado…
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Monarch Mountain’s long-dreamed No Name Basin set to debut
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The trails have been cut. The chairlift is ready. And finally, the snow came. It’s time for perhaps the most anticipated terrain expansion in Monarch Mountain’s 87 years. An opening celebration is set for No Name Basin on Thursday — what the ski area described as “a historic milestone” in its announcement. That morning, the…
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Snow farming: How some Colorado ski areas combat a dry winter
When the snow isn’t falling at some Colorado ski areas, the directive is simple. Go find it. “We gotta do what we gotta do,” said Tim Kerrigan, vice president of mountain maintenance at Ski Cooper. And it might sound simple, but finding snow and harvesting it is no simple task at the ski area near…