Americans Blunck, Wise tame powder-filled Copper pipe to go 1-2 in Grand Prix ski finals
COPPER MOUNTAIN — Even though he had a U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe championship to defend later in the morning, U.S. pro freeskier Aaron Blunck of Crested Butte woke up Friday at Copper Mountain Resort with...
Keystone Resort submits plan to bring lift-served skiing to high-Alpine bowls
DILLON — If Keystone Resort’s latest expansion plan comes to fruition, there will be hundreds more acres of high-Alpine, lift-served bowl skiing in Summit County. On Friday morning, Keystone Resort announced it had submitted a...
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to open Beavers terrain Saturday
DILLON — Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Chief Operating Officer Al Henceroth wrote in a blog post Friday morning that the ski area’s Beavers lift and terrain will open for the season Saturday morning. Henceroth said...
Americans Blackwell, Miller, Josey qualify for men’s snowboard final at Copper Mountain Grand Prix
COPPER MOUNTAIN — As Scotty James returns to international halfpipe competition this winter, it feels as though every top American and foreign snowboarder is chasing the Australian star’s ongoing mastery of each superpipe he drops...
Silverthorne’s Chris Corning qualifies to Beijing World Cup big air final
FRISCO — Two-time reigning FIS Crystal Globe Snowboard World Cup season champion Chris Corning of Silverthorne continues to churn out top results at World Cup competitions, ranking second on the list of qualifiers Thursday at...
Red’s Backyard terrain park to open Dec. 23 at Copper Mountain with Backyard Jam
COPPER MOUNTAIN — The new Red’s Backyard terrain park zone at Copper Mountain Resort will open for the first time Monday, Dec. 23. Influenced by the Olympic gold medalist’s actual homemade rope-tow backyard rails near...
Breckenridge Ski Resort to open Peak 10 Friday; Keystone openings push resort past 750 acres
BRECKENRIDGE — Vail Resorts announced Thursday afternoon that Peak 10 terrain at Breckenridge Ski Resort will open to lift service for the first time this season on Friday. The opening of Peak 10, serviced by...
Weekend snowstorm to be measured in feet, causing traffic snarls and avalanche warnings
FRISCO — Is this the storm we’ve all been waiting for? Snow was falling across Summit County on Thursday morning, and it’s not expected to stop until Sunday, when 18-30 inches are expected to have accumulated...
Summit High School hockey rallies to defeat Steamboat Springs 6-3
BRECKENRIDGE — In front of an energized student section at its first home game of the season, the Summit High School varsity hockey team fought back from an early 2-0 hole to defeat Steamboat Springs...
Amid loaded U.S. team, Jason Wolle of Frisco hopes to qualify for Grand Prix snowboard final
COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT — Despite 2018 American Olympic stars Shaun White and Ben Ferguson not competing, the U.S. Snowboard Team has a loaded contingent of veteran and rookie halfpipe riders looking to make a statement...
Breck’s Hoerter, Winter Park’s Irving qualify for Copper Mountain Grand Prix freeski final
COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT — Before taking a lap off the American Eagle on Tuesday afternoon with his fellow U.S. freeski halfpipe teammates, Birk Irving switched to a snowboard. The ski boots he’d been training in...
Wind creates dangerous avalanche conditions around Summit County
FRISCO — State officials are warning backcountry recreationists and mountain residents to stay wary of avalanches after a number of slides made their way down paths in the Tenmile Range and Loveland Pass in recent days....
Imaginative floats to take over Main Street Breckenridge during Ullr Fest parade
BRECKENRIDGE — Every year, Drew Goldsmith, Peter Drummond and Shawn Hazer build one of the most crowd-pleasing floats of the Ullr Fest parade: the Ullr After Schooler. Drummond and Goldsmith said they started building a...
Drone likely at Winter X Games in Aspen
Pitkin County commissioners on Tuesday approved ESPN’s plans to use a drone-mounted camera at next month’s Winter X-Games to provide better TV coverage.
‘Fresh Tracks’ documentary to premiere at Beaver Run Resort
BRECKENRIDGE — “Fresh Tracks,” a documentary produced by Leimkuehler Media and the TFA Group, follows World War II veteran Paul Leimkuehler, an adaptive skier. Leimkuehler lost his leg during his service in WWII and built...
Young Summit, Winter Park freeskiers hope to qualify for Grand Prix superpipe finals
COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT — While training with the U.S. halfpipe team in Austria, Winter Park resident Birk Irving bought a $20 shovel in a random corner store. The impromptu find brought the team their most...
Summit Nordic Ski Club begins season with strong results in West Yellowstone
FRISCO — It’s officially Nordic racing season in Summit County as the Summit Nordic Ski Club hosted the fifth annual Snolof Invitational Sunday in the wake of strong finishes at the Yellowstone Ski Festival in...
Grand opening for Stephen C. West Ice Arena expansion Thursday
BRECKENRIDGE — The town of Breckenridge will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the Stephen C. West Ice Arena expansion at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. The arena, which originally was constructed in 2000, has...
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opens Pallavicini Lift
FRISCO — On Monday, Dec. 9, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced that they would be opening the Pallavicini Lift Tuesday, Dec. 10. After teasing the opening following the weekend snowstorm, A-Basin Chief Operating Officer Alan...
Breckenridge Ski Resort and Keystone Resort to get new chairlifts for the 2020-21 season
FRISCO — On Monday, Dec. 9, Vail Resorts announced $210 million to $215 million in capital investment projects for the 2020-21 season. For Summit County, this means a new chairlift on Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak...
