Arapahoe Basin

Spring snow brings extended ski season

Never mind those epic closing-day celebrations last weekend at Vail, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, and Powderhorn: All four resorts have announced they'll be spinning the chairlifts again this weekend and reopening Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, to make the most of massive dumps of late ... More >>

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Arapahoe Basin opening for 2012-2013 ski season on Wednesday

Arapahoe Basin CEO Alan Henceroth announced today that the ski area's Black Mountain Express lift will start turning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17 to mark the start of the 2012-2013 ski and snowboard season. See Also: - Level 1 Productions, Stept, MSP clean up at IF3 International Freeski Film ... More >>

Summer Guide 2012: Things to do June 28-July 4

We released our 2012 Summer Guide in June, including hundreds of events and opportunities to escape both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we'll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week's listings are Fourth of July c ... More >>

Beer dinners, Stout Month, Strings of Hope and Super Bowl festivities on this week's culinary calendar

​It's all about beer this week -- although oenophiles will still find an event or two to their taste -- culminating in everyone's favorite football game, the Super Bowl. And there's plenty more to keep you occupied until Sunday, including a benefit and celebration of Noel Cunningham's life; he ... More >>

Ten favorite beverages from 2011

The more I travel, the more I'm impressed by the barmen and barwomen of Denver -- many of the beer, wine and spirits professionals in our city can stand with any other bartender in the world. They're professional and knowledgeable, and they pour some pretty awesome drinks. Without a doubt, I had som ... More >>

New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and more on this week's culinary calendar

We've shared our list of the top ten New Year's Eve dining events, but that's far from everything that's taking place this weekend. Keep reading to see a full rundown of what's happening before, during and after the big day; we'll continue updating the online listings until the eleventh hour. Here's ... More >>

John Hickenlooper's bucket list for experiencing Colorado in 2012

​In recent decades, this state has been the focus of numerous doomsday predictions that Colorado -- if not the world itself -- was in imminent danger of disappearing. The most recent furor involves the Mayan calendar's prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012 -- a prediction deb ... More >>

Coffee appearances, Candy Cane Festival and more on this week's culinary calendar

​There's plenty for java junkies this week, with events celebrating new coffee partnerships and expansions in our great state. But that's just start of the food fun, which also includes the annual Candy Cane Festival and much more. Here's a taste of what's on the menu:

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 >>

This Weekend in Stoke: Top five reasons to hit the road for Memorial Day weekend

Magic Trip is a featured film this weekend at Mountainfilm in Telluride​Road trip! The 32nd annual Mountainfilm in Telluride film festival gets into full swing today at 9 a.m. with opening remarks from filmmaker Tom Shadyac and a Moving Mountains "Awareness into Action" symposium. The first sc ... More >>

This Weekend in Stoke: Top 5 antidotes for rapture fever

​Watch out for the Libyans! Who cares if the world is ending tomorrow when you can fire up the Flux Capacitor, hit 88 miles per hour and travel to happier times at tonight's Bike to the Future Bike Prom at 8 p.m. at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street? Tickets are $20 at the door and benefit Bike ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Loveland's Chair 4 lottery

Chair 4, photo courtesy of Loveland Ski Area​Retired chairlift chairs are a hot commodity around here, where hardcore skiers and snowboarders like to turn them into porch swings or mountain cabin decor: When Arapahoe Basin offered its old Expedition seats last year to make way for the new Blac ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Vail Resorts' EpicMix app nominated for Webby Awards

​Still can't believe ski season ended yesterday at Vail and Breckenridge, the last of the Vail resorts still standing, even though it's still snowing up in them thar hills? As we reflect on the epic season now mostly behind us, the hardcore among us can visit EpicMix.com to to relive all our g ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Last-chance Spring lift ticket deals

​Beaver Creek, Silverton Mountain and Echo Mountain all called it quits for the season yesterday, but that doesn't mean there isn't still perfectly good skiing and snowboarding to be had: Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass are all throwing rites of Spring bashes t ... More >>

This Weekend in Stoke: Yes, ski season is two weeks longer this year. Go big!

​Rock out with your sunblock out! The Spring Back to Vail concert lineup kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. in Vail Village with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and The Chain Gang of 1974 at Solaris Plaza (Train and Saint Motel play tomorrow night at Ford Park and The Greyboy Allstars and Jonn Mogambo ... More >>

Today in Stoke: The end is near! Cheap lift tickets at Aspen!

​What's the world coming to? Yesterday Aspen/Snowmass slashed its single day adult lift ticket price to $49; take another $10 off if you have a season pass from another mountain. "Because Easter is two weeks later this year, we're treating these two weeks as a special bonus," says Aspen/Snowm ... More >>

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Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Telluride Mushroom, Bootstraps Western Wine and Chile Harvest festivals

​If you can't make the drive up to Telluride for the annual Mushroom Festival, don't fret -- there's always the Bootstraps Western Wine Fest in Evergreen or Lakewood's Chile Harvest Festival. Here's what else is on the menu for this week's culinary events:

Race to the Top

Skiing to Win

The Edge: Our guide to the season's best skiing, boarding and more

The I-70 Coalition's Tad Kline wades into the mountain-traffic mess

Snow Job

Strange but True Stories From 2007

The truth is out there, and in 2007, it was often weird, wicked or just plain wild.

The Edge

Winter Activity Guide

Snow Time

Ticket to Ride

After thirty years, Squaw Pass is ready to make a comeback — as Echo Mountain Park.

A Leg Up

Life goes downhill fast when Funny gets back on the board.

Westword Music Showcase 2004

Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.

Dog Power

Watch out where the huskies go

Fowl Balls

Copper Mountain invites skiers to play with their food

Slide Rules

An avalanche buried their friend -- and a Denver trio is still digging out.

Preaching the Summit

Colorado ski resorts look to folkie Jim Salestrom for a musical lift.

Winter Park Grows Up

After years as a family-themed ski resort, Denver's mountain tries super-sizing.

Downhill to Disneyland

The slopes are crowded, so why aren't Colorado resorts rolling in cold cash?

Timber!

Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

Twenty Years of Denver

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Westword's guide to the 1997-98 ski and snowboard season

Big Bang Theory

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Westword's Guide to teh '96-'97 ski and snowboard season

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