Liberty lines: Droves of freedom riders descend on Arapahoe Basin Ski Area for sunny July 4
KEYSTONE — On the day of this nation’s independence, it was indeed the people’s party high up on the Continental Divide. Shortly after 8:30 a.m. Thursday, the first skiers and riders hopped off the top...
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area slopes maintenance manager describes what it takes to open for the Fourth of July
On the eve of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area’s first Fourth of July skiing and riding day in eight years, the ski area’s operations director for lifts and slopes maintenance Louis Skowyra recapped the numerous variables...
Cinco de Mayo Celebration raises nearly $30,000 for Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
BRECKENRIDGE — The annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant raised an all-time high of $28,697.39, according to a news release. The proceeds benefit the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center and its Willie...
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area extends season to July Fourth for first time since 2011
ARAPAHOE BASIN — After weeks of speculation and anticipation, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area formally announced Thursday afternoon that the ski area at the Continental Divide will be open for skiing and riding Thursday, July 4....
Wolf Creek to open 2018-19 Colorado ski season on Saturday
It appears for the first time in years neither Arapahoe Basin Ski Area nor Loveland Ski Area will be the first Colorado ski area to open the state’s ski season. On Wednesday — in the...
Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2018
With fall colors sprawling across the Centennial State, Colorado’s snowsports industry gathered Saturday in Vail to celebrate the Colorado Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame Induction Gala. The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame has more than...
Aspen Skiing Co. to expand snowmaking after lackluster year
After coming off a dismal 2017-18 ski season due to a lack of snow, Aspen Skiing Co. is redirecting $5.5 million in capital expenditures this summer to expand snowmaking for next ski season. At the...
Vail Mountain to host Warren Miller Legacy Day on Saturday, April 7
VAIL — Together with Warren Miller’s family and friends, Vail Mountain will honor the late Warren Miller by hosting the Warren Miller Legacy Day in Vail on Saturday, April 7. The day will include a...
Minor’s gold: Frisco resident Mike Minor wins Paralympic snowboard gold in banked slalom; Purdy rallies for bronze
What a week it’s been at the Paralympics for Frisco resident Mike Minor. Earlier this week, Minor was momentarily devastated after a semifinal wreck in his Paralympic division’s snowboard cross race. “I was lying upside-down...
Summit County’s Amy Purdy wins snowboard cross silver at Paralympics; Frisco’s Minor wins bronze
There’s more snowboard silver in these Summit County hills after all. Less than a month after Silverthorne residents and good friends Red Gerard and Kyle Mack won gold and silver in snowboard slopestyle and big...
Aspen Olympians come together to talk experiences
As Jeremy Abbott put it, there is no normal trajectory to reaching the Olympics. But when you come from the same community, one that has a drive and passion for athletics like Aspen does, there...
Skiing Canada’s oldest national park, Banff
BANFF, Canada — Want to resort ski in a national park? Put Banff on your bucket list. In the United States, resort skiing a national park is neither easy nor overly upscale. Only three, small ski...
Special Olympics Colorado and Copper Mountain Resort celebrate 30th anniversary
The inspiring celebration of competition and sportsmanship that Copper Mountain Resort and Special Olympics Colorado hosted last weekend was three decades in the making. The Feb. 24-25 Special Olympics Colorado Winter Games was the 30th...
The Summit Daily’s 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics ‘platinum medalists’
A gold medal is great and all, but in the wake of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the Summit Daily was left to wonder: Who was the best of the best at this year’s games? Just...
2030 Olympic bid for Denver would require major land, housing commitments for mountain towns
Bringing the Olympics to the Rockies may be a tall order for Summit and neighboring mountain communities — 12 to 15 stories tall, to be more exact. The Denver Olympic Exploratory Committee recently met with...
What’s better than an Olympic gold medal? The Summit Daily’s ‘platinum medals’
A gold medal is great and all, but in the wake of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the Summit Daily was left to wonder: Who is the best of the best? Here in Summit County, freestyle...
A look back at Team Summit’s Olympians: Alpine skier Alice McKennis represents in Pyeongchang
Though Alice McKennis was the sole former Team Summit athlete to compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 28-year-old native of Glenwood Springs is far from the first Team Summit athlete to don Team USA’s...
Kyle Mack accepts Ivanka Trump’s White House invite, says pal Red Gerard is coming too
It’ll have to wait until after upcoming major snowboarding competitions — namely next week’s Burton U.S. Open in Vail — but silver medalist Kyle Mack says he’ll be paying the White House a visit. And...
Denver weighs hosting Winter Olympics over 40 years after saying no thanks
DENVER — It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more hotel rooms than existed and a cross-country ski course that looked good on...
Olympics odds, ends & trends: Mr. T the curling fan, Chris Corning the ‘Human Cuisinart,’ and Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets to ride in a bobsled after all
In today’s final installment of the Summit Daily’s Olympic odds, ends & trends series: Mr. T stakes his claim as the biggest U.S. curling fan on planet Earth, Chris Corning’s awe-inspiring attempt at a quadruple-cork...
