Browsing entries tagged with Colorado
11 May 2021
Getting your Covid vaccine will be a complete pleasure for some Colorado skiers next weekend, as Arapahoe Basin hosts a ski-in, ski-out Covid vaccine clinic. On Sunday 16 May, from noon until 4pm, Arapahoe…
15 Mar 2020
France and the US have now followed Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Andorra in closing their ski lifts for the remainder of the season due to the COVID-19 threat. Skiers due to travel…
11 Feb 2020
Tickets go on sale today for the world’s first entirely human-powered ski resort that will open in Colorado this weekend. On Saturday 15 February, Bluebird Backcountry will open Whiteley Peak — an…
20 Nov 2019
Colorado is finally looking at ways to ease the terrible congestion that runs along the 1-70, the major road connecting Denver and some of the state’s best ski areas. The Colorado Department of Transportation…
4 Sep 2019
The ski resort of Copper Mountain in Colorado will this winter open a new lift to offer access to Tucker Mountain, previously only accessible by snowcat or by hiking. The three-person Three Bears chairlift,…
15 Aug 2019
After abruptly eschewing its connection with Vail Resorts in February, the ski resort of Arapahoe Basin in Colorado has joined the Mountain Collective. A-Basin COO Alan Henceroth said in a statement that…
24 May 2019
Work is to begin soon on a new gondola for Steamboat in Colorado, a project that will cost $15 million. The Doppelmayr gondola will upgrade the existing gondola that runs from the ski resort’s base to…
19 Feb 2019
The ski area Arapahoe Basin in Colorado has split from its partnership Vail Resorts, with immediate effect. Arapahoe, otherwise known locally as A-Basin or “The Legend”, made the announcement yesterday…
19 Nov 2018
The prestigious US ski resort of Aspen in Colorado started its season on Saturday (17 November) a week ahead of schedule. Aspen Mountain received more than 20 inches of snow during recent storm cycles…
26 Oct 2018
If you haven’t every been heli-skiing, now’s your chance to experience it first-hand — well, the virtual reality version, anyway. On Monday 12 November, CHM Heli-Skiing will debut is virtual reality…
13 Aug 2018
A number of ski resorts have begun announcing their planned opening dates for the 2018-19 ski season, some as soon as this autumn. Ruka in Finland may be the first resort in the world without a year-round…
10 Jul 2018
Wolf Creek ski area in Colorado is making strides towards being the first ski area in the USA to be 100% solar energy powered. The ski area currently receives all of its power from the state’s Penitente…
8 Mar 2018
As the new Ikon Pass goes on sale, offering skiers in North America access to 26 different resorts for just $899, Vail Resorts announces a host of resorts in the Canadian Rockies, Hakuba in Japan and Telluride…
6 Feb 2018
Some of North America’s biggest ski resorts have joined forces to launch the Ikon Pass — a seasonal lift pass offering access to some top destinations. Aspen Snowmass, Steamboat, Winter Park and Copper…
17 Jan 2018
With the Winter Olympics coming up, there’s one set of skiers and snowboarders who might not have qualified for their tickets to Pyeongchang — some cowboys from Colorado. Some 80 professional rodeo…
30 Nov 2017
“Nothing can now change the fact that snow conditions in the Alps in early December will be vastly better than they have been for the last three seasons,” says our snow guru Fraser Wilkin, founder…
15 Nov 2017
Courchevel has opened three runs today following a bounty of early-season snow. The ski resort in France’s Three Valleys opened the Verdons, Biollay and Bellecote runs at 9am this morning, Wednesday…
31 Oct 2017
Norwegian Airlines is running a flash sale with ski flights to the US and Europe massively reduced for three days only. The Halloween 2017 sale runs from today, 31 October, to Thursday 2 November, covering…
12 Oct 2017
Two very different ski resorts are opening this weekend. In Austria, the world-famous resort of Kitzbühel will begin the winter season on Saturday, 14 October, one of the first non-glacier ski areas to…
26 Sep 2017
A pub in Park City is aiming to break the world “Shot Ski” record next month, by enlisting the help of more than 1,250 willing beer drinkers. The ski resort of Park City is locked in a battle with…
22 Aug 2017
Deer Valley Resort in Utah has been bought by the same company that now owns Mammoth and Squaw Valley in California and Steamboat and Winter Park in Colorado. The deal between Deer Valley and KSL Capital…
4 Aug 2017
Norwegian has added two new low-cost flights to the US, which will further help reduce the cost of ski trips to North America this coming ski season. Norwegian will be flying into Chicago and Austin, Texas,…
23 May 2017
Aspen in Colorado will reopen this weekend thanks to a storm that brought 18 inches of new snow to the mountain last weekend. Skiers and snowboarders all over Colorado were celebrating the dump that brought…
19 May 2017
Ski resorts in Colorado are celebrating a sudden dump of snow that is bringing glorious spring conditions to the slopes. The conditions are so good some resorts are considering re-opening the lifts. “We…
6 Apr 2017
Skiers headed to Colorado and other ski resorts in North America have a fantastic new flight route from September, thanks to low-cost airline Norwegian. From 16 September, Norwegian will begin flying three…
21 Mar 2017
Slalom skier Dave Ryding has finished the season ranked eighth in the world after a successful last race in Aspen, Colorado and has said he is “very confident” of the future of the British team. The…
13 Mar 2017
Next season’s Epic Pass has gone on sale, offering unlimited, unrestricted access to an incredible 45 top ski resorts around the world. The 2017-18 Epic Pass, issued by Vail Resorts, is currently available…
17 Feb 2017
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado has announced plans to expand for next season — increasing its skiable terrain by nearly one third adding some “extreme” skiing. Following a comprehensive…
11 Jan 2017
While a row is breaking out over whether skiing has or hasn’t been good in the Alps in recent weeks over the pond, a storm of historical proportions has been pounding ski resorts across North America.…
10 Jan 2017
A new seasonal train service running from Denver to the ski resort of Winter Park in Colorado started up last Saturday (7 January) and will run until late March. The Winter Park Express – dubbed “The…
20 Dec 2016
Snow has been falling in the Alps — with a storm hitting very localised areas. According to our snow guru Fraser Wilkin of weathertoski.co.uk (who produces our weekly snow reports) the heaviest snow…
22 Oct 2016
Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opened for the winter season on Friday after what a spokesman for the area called “optimal conditions” for the snowmaking team. Arapahoe Basin — or A-Basin as…
21 Oct 2016
Whistler Blackcomb has been added to the Epic Pass for the coming ski season, following the final closure on its acquisition by Vail Resorts. This means that all 2016-1t Epic Pass and Epic Local Pass holders…
4 Sep 2016
Some of Europe’s top ski areas have been added to the Epic Pass for this coming season. The multi-resort pass from Vail Resorts has added Les 3 Vallées, Paradiski and Tignes-Val d’Isère in France,…
29 Aug 2016
Two new lifts are being installed in Colorado ski resorts that offer welcome news for the coming season. Fans of Vail’s back bowls will enjoy faster access to their favourite powder stash with the replacement…
17 Aug 2016
Two big-name, iconic North American ski resorts have been added to the Mountain Collective pass, beefing up its already impressive list. Revelstoke in British Columbia and Telluride in Colorado are the…
8 Aug 2016
Vail Resorts is to buy Whistler Blackcomb in Canada, in a deal valued at just over US$1billion (CAN$1.4b) that is expected to close before the start of the season. The shock announcement, made today, comes…
2 Jun 2016
Ski resorts in Colorado will from this week not be held liable for skiers killed by avalanches while within a resort’s boundary. On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that avalanches are among…
27 May 2016
It’s not just the Alps having extra snow — Aspen in Colorado has announced this week that it will be open for skiing on Memorial Day, Monday 30 May. Around 120 acres of skiing at the top of Aspen Mountain,…
27 Apr 2016
This season was a bumper one for Vail Resorts, with nearly 20% more visitors to its US ski resorts. The company has released its season-on-season figures on lift sales, reporting that the winter of 2015/16…
1 Jan 2016
Ski resorts across Colorado are to host a month-long series of programmes and activities to encourage skiers and snowboarders to keep safe on the slopes. National Safety Month takes place throughout January…
24 Dec 2015
Crystal Ski has launched a fun new online quiz “Which celebrity skier are you?” The news that Oprah Winfrey has just splashed out $14million on a new home in the Colorado ski resort of Telluride is…
17 Dec 2015
Skiing is big business in the States. A new study has shown that the ski industry in Colorado contributes $4.8 billion (£3.2 billion) to the state’s economy — and with some of the best conditions…
12 Nov 2015
It may be pastures green in the Alps at the moment, but in North America, some ski resorts are planning to open early thanks to recent falls of snow. Last night, Aspen Snowmass in Colorado announced it…
2 Nov 2015
The ski resort of Davos became the first non-glacier resort in Switzerland to open some skiing this weekend, taking advantage of the early snowfall. The resort opened Totalp, or piste number 15, on Saturday…
1 Nov 2015
Two ski areas in Colorado have opened for business. Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, two resorts that pride themselves on long seasons, opened last Thursday. Thanks to more than a foot of natural snowfall…
13 Oct 2015
Social media has had another blast of snow pictures and videos as the weather has closed in across the Alps. Tignes has announced 80cm of snow since 25 September — 10cm of which fell last night — and…
21 Aug 2015
If you’re planning to ski in the states this winter at any of the Vail Resorts-owned ski areas, it might pay to buy your ski pass now. Until Monday, 7 September Vail Resorts is selling its Epic Pass…
16 Aug 2015
Four ski resorts in Colorado will be using an app this winter that tells users how long they will have to wait in a lift queue. Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone have installed technology called…
15 Jun 2015
One ski season ended this weekend, and another began — on the other side of the world. After a massive eight-month season, Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, USA, closed its lifts yesterday, Sunday 14…
2 Jun 2015
Three skiers have secured their place in history by climbing and skiing Colorado’s 100 highest peaks, a project that has taken five years. Pro skier Chris Davenport together with husband-and-wife team…
21 May 2015
While UK skiers are wondering whether the weather will warm up sufficiently to get out the BBQ this weekend, it’s a different story for skiers in Colorado. Weeks after most ski resorts closed their lifts…
24 Apr 2015
Ski resorts in Oregan, USA are considering asking skiers and snowboarders to sign tight liability waivers to protect themselves against lawsuits over injuries and deaths on the slopes. There are 10 ski…
31 Mar 2015
The Australian ski resort of Perisher has agreed a sale to Vail Resorts for AU$176.6 million (about £90.1m), which will join the now-global Epic Pass. Perisher in New South Wales (NSW) is the largest…
19 Mar 2015
The sale of 16 ski resorts in the US could make history if it goes through. The resorts, which include Crested Butte in Colorado, Sugarloaf in Main and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California, could soon be up for…
12 Mar 2015
More ski resorts in North America have teamed up on collaborative season ski passes for next winter. Sun Valley in Idaho has joined the Mountain Collective and the Tahoe Local Pass will include skiing…
10 Feb 2015
Lack of snow is not just affecting skiing in Europe — the west coast of North America is experiencing the worst drought in years. This week ski resorts across California and even on in Alaska have closed…
6 Jan 2015
Ski resorts across the US are this month running special offers designed to encourage newcomers to the mountains. The annual Learn to Ski and Snowboard month runs across the States throughout January.…
4 Dec 2014
Some some significant snow is in the offing over the next week or so in the Alps, says WTSS weather expert Fraser Wilkin, founder of Weather to Ski, so try not to panic about the snow conditions. Images…
19 Nov 2014
The snow continues to fall around Europe and North America, clogging up the roads and our social media feeds (anyone else’s twitter and facebook feeds going mad?). After a delayed start in Colorado,…
10 Oct 2014
Winter is most definitely coming. Ski resorts across Europe and North America have been inundating us with pictures of the first snowfalls and the news that their snow-making has cranked in to life. In…
12 Sep 2014
Vail Resorts have bought the Utah ski resort of Park City for a cool $182.5million (£112million), further strengthening the company’s grip on the US ski industry. Vail Resorts already owns the lease…
6 Aug 2014
If you’re heading to Aspen to ski this winter, you can rest assured the lift operators, ski patrollers and ski instructors will be fitter than fiddles. The Aspen Skiing Co has introduced a fitness test…
9 Jul 2014
Record snow conditions in the Rockies resulted in a similar record ski season in Colorado — with the state’s 25 ski areas logging 12.6 million visits over the 2013/14 season, a 10 per cent jump…
7 Jul 2014
Vail, Beaver Creek, Canyons and Breckenridge ski resorts are to undergo some major refurbishments this summer. Vail Resorts, which owns the four North American ski areas, is ploughing $85 million (nearly…
30 Jun 2014
Volunteers helping on a mountain clear-up in Breckenridge ski resort last week found an eclectic assortment of lost property. A rusty saw, a bra, several phones and iPods, golf balls, skis, snowboards,…
3 Jun 2014
It might be June, but the 2013/14 ski season is still going strong in one Colorado resort. Originally due to close on 1 June, the snow is so good at Arapahoe Basin that it will re-open over the next…
9 May 2014
Not content with one season party, Aspen/Snowmass in Colorado celebrated the closure of its 165-day season with four different parties. Aspen started its season early, and finished late, so on Sunday,…
30 Apr 2014
Another ski pass partnership in the US is gathering momentum. Crested Butte and Eldora Mountain in Colorado have been added to the Rocky Mountain Super Pass for next season. For the 2014/15 ski season,…
22 Mar 2014
Party season has kicked off in the Alps. From today (22 March) to 12 April, local DJs will be playing on the terraces of Verbier’s mountain restaurants, and the resort is offering 4 for 3: four nights…
18 Mar 2014
The Colorado ski resort of Aspen will tomorrow play host to a snowboard competition never seen before. From 19 to 23 March, the first ever double halfpipe competition will be held at the base of Buttermilk…
11 Mar 2014
The ski season in Breckenridge will be extended by an extra week, thanks to superb conditions going into the spring. Breckenridge resort officials have announced that the ski season will be finish on Sunday,…
6 Mar 2014
Niseko in Japan has joined the Three Valleys in France, Verbier in Switzerland and 10 USA ski resorts in the Epic Pass. For the 2014/15 season, Epic Pass holders will receive five free days skiing…
28 Feb 2014
Don’t drink and ski in France is the loud and clear message from prosecutors this week. If you go boozing and then get on your skis and snowboard, you face up to a year in jail or a fine of €15,000…
12 Feb 2014
Are you going to be skiing on Friday? In case it hadn’t escaped your notice, Friday is Valentine’s Day and ski resorts around the globe are getting into the romantic spirit — starting with Courmayeur,…
29 Jan 2014
Skiing in North America has suffered some terrible fortune in recent years, but this season looks to be a record-breaker. Last year, 11% more skiers and snowboarders visited US ski areas than in 2011/2012,…
15 Jan 2014
Skinning — or ski touring up the piste — has become so popular in the US that increasing numbers of resorts are introducing rules to ensure skiers chip in with running costs and stay safe on the mountain.…
25 Dec 2013
Skiers in Breckenridge, Colorado are getting an extra-special Christmas today, with the long-awaited opening of the resort’s Peak 6. There are more than 540 skiable acres on Peak 6, with 400 of those…
28 Oct 2013
It’s not just the UK that has been in the grip of a storm — in the past 24 hours there has been heavy snowfall in Canada’s Banff-Lake Louise-Sushine Village. The tourist office has issued a statement…
14 Oct 2013
Arapahoe Basin has again been the first ski resort to open in Colorado. A-Basin opened one the Black Mountain Express lift at 08:30 yesterday morning, opening up one intermediate run — the High Noon…
30 Aug 2013
The Three Valleys in France is the latest ski area to join Vail Resort’s Epic Pass, which already includes ski days Verbier and the Arlberg as well as the entire season in ten USA ski resorts. The Three…
31 Jul 2013
Steamboat Springs is planning to introduce floodlights on five ski runs for this coming season. The plan would light up around 1,000 vertical feet on Sitz, See Me, See Ya, Vogue and Stampede as well as…
24 Jul 2013
Crested Butte in Colorado and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California are among 12 ski resorts in western USA that have joined forces to form the Powder Alliance. The alliance of 12 resorts in nine different states…
20 Jun 2013
Breckenridge is adding more than 540 acres to its ski area during next season — boosting the resort’s skiable terrain by 23 per cent. The resort in Colorado, which currently has 2,358 acres at 2,925m,…
18 Apr 2013
Rising temperatures and sunshine on top of high levels of snow have led to high number of avalanches in the Alps this week. At 7:45pm on Tuesday evening, a snow slide blocked the road out of Tignes and…
4 Apr 2013
The pistes are empty, the lift queues non-existent and resorts are planning their closing weekends…but the snow in most places is outstanding and the sun is out, so if you have a chance to get away…
13 Mar 2013
Three major North American ski resorts have been added to the Mountain Collective pass for next season. Mammoth Mountain in California, Snowbird in Utah and Whistler Blackcomb in Canada have joined Alta…
5 Mar 2013
Heavy snow storms in Colorado have caused travel chaos and left the state on “considerable” avalanche alert. In the past 24 hours, Breckenridge reported 9in (23cm) of new snow, Steamboat 13.5in (34cm)…
10 Feb 2013
Piste maps from Aspen and Vail in Colorado, Sun Valley in Idaho, Squaw Valley and Mammoth Mountain in California and Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont are among some of the 38 US ski resorts added to Google…
19 Jan 2013
A new ski area of 1,300 acres for all levels of skier is being planned to open adjacent to Telluride in Colorado. Bear Creek is being billed as the highest ski area in North America — 4,132m (13,555ft)…
15 Jan 2013
British skier James Woods has won a second slopestyle ski World Cup. James “Woodsy” Woods, 20, from Sheffield, has won the FIS US Freeskiing Grand Prix in Copper Mountain, Colorado — a qualifier…
22 Dec 2012
Around 40 skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from a chairlift in Breckenridge this week after a mechanical failure. The evacuation, by rope, from the Peak 8 SuperConnect, took around three hours on…
16 Nov 2012
Ski resorts in Colorado are subsidising flights from major cities across the US in order to boost the numbers of skiers visiting the area this season. According to the Denver Post, resorts including Steamboat,…
19 Oct 2012
Around 2,000 skiers and snowboarders visited Arapahoe Basin in Colorado this week, the first US ski resort to officially open for the 2012-2013 ski season. Arapahoe, near Keystone, is an exceptionally…
12 Oct 2012
The satellite resort of Snowmass, in Aspen, will become the second largest ski area in Colorado, after a judge gave permission for trees to be felled on the east of its boundaries. Aspen Skiing Company,…
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