Aaron Brill

The Edge: Westword's winter activities guide helps you sort out the 2011-2012 season

​Welcome to the online version of The Edge 2011-2012, Westword's annual insider's guide to winter activities. This season has already seen plenty of snow, and that's just the beginning, as the 25 resorts profiled below have added new terrain, lifts, features, events and restaurants. To sort it ... More >>

Colorado Snowboard History Museum: The Westword exhibit

​This week's cover story on the new Colorado Snowboard Archive collection at the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum, and the history of the effort by snowboarders to get respect alongside skiing, sent us digging through our online archives dating back fifteen years as we covered the subject from ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Silverton Mountain to host 2011 Red Bull Cold Rush freeskiing contest

Photo by Yorick Carroux for Red Bull PhotofilesSean Pettit on his way to winning the 2010 Red Bull Cold Rush.​Huge news from Silverton Mountain this week: The Red Bull Cold Rush big mountain and big air freeskiing competition is coming to Colorado, March 14-18, after being held in Canada (firs ... More >>

The Edge: Westword's Winter Activity Guide 2010-2011

Photo by Yorick Carroux for Red Bull PhotofilesSean Pettit on his way to winning the 2010 Red Bull Cold Rush.​Huge news from Silverton Mountain this week: The Red Bull Cold Rush big mountain and big air freeskiing competition is coming to Colorado, March 14-18, after being held in Canada (firs ... More >>

Photo by Yorick Carroux for Red Bull PhotofilesSean Pettit on his way to winning the 2010 Red Bull Cold Rush.​Huge news from Silverton Mountain this week: The Red Bull Cold Rush big mountain and big air freeskiing competition is coming to Colorado, March 14-18, after being held in Canada (firs ... More >>

The Edge

Winter Activity Guide

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 9, 2001

Risk-Ski Business

Can Aaron Brill's single lift save Silverton and earn salvation for the sport?