Tag: skiing
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Avalanche claims another life of skier in Colorado
TELLURIDE — A backcountry skier was killed by a 75-foot wide avalanche, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office says. Savadore Garcia-Atance, 47, was in the Bear Creek Preserve area on Tuesday near the Telluride Ski Resort when the avalanche occurred. More than a dozen Search and Rescue members as well as two Telluride Ski Patrol…
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Avalanche claims another life of skier in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TELLURIDE — A backcountry skier was killed by a 75-foot wide avalanche, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office says. Savadore Garcia-Atance, 47, was in the Bear Creek Preserve area on Tuesday near the Telluride Ski Resort when the avalanche occurred. More than a dozen Search…
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Lindsey Vonn ready to go ‘full throttle’ in final race
ARE, Sweden — Lindsey Vonn has convinced Ingemar Stenmark to come to her last race at the skiing world championships. Vonn says, “I’ve been texting him and he wasn’t planning on being here and I was like, ‘Please, please, please,’ and so he’s coming. I’m really, really, really excited.” Vonn has 82 World Cup victories,…