Loveland Ski Area

Last ski area standing: Arapahoe Basin announces early May 6 closure, last hurrah

"We made a very tough decision today," reported Arapahoe Basin CEO Alan Henceroth in a dispatch sent out on yesterday. "Arapahoe Basin will close for the season Sunday, May 6. With the light snowfall, big wind events, and warm temperatures, Mother Nature made life for Colorado skiers very difficult ... More >>

Snowboard Colorado presents 2013 Demo Day at Loveland Ski Area

On Saturday Snowboard Colorado and Loveland Ski Area will co-host a demo-day event featuring next season's gear from at least sixteen different brands, including boards from Colorado companies Never Summer, Unity Snowboards and Oz, as well as boards from YES, Capita, Technine, Salomon, Niche, Echelo ... More >>

Matthew Bowers's death is 18th of Colorado ski season, most deadly on record

Matthew Bowers, a 36-year-old from Greenville, Texas, reportedly died on Wednesday after a skiing accident at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. By our count -- one an industry spokeswoman disputes -- he's the eighteenth person to perish on Colorado ski slopes this season, one more than the previous hig ... More >>

Joseph Shematek's death means 2012 Colorado ski season tied for most lethal ever

On Sunday, Joseph Shematek, a 71 year old from Windsor, died at St. Anthony's Hospital following a skiing accident in Loveland. By our count, he's the seventeenth person to pass away as a result of injuries on the slopes of a Colorado resort this season, tying it for the deadliest on record.

This Weekend in Stoke: Make the most of Denver's dump

To make the most of your snow day today, believe it or not, you're going to want to stay fairly close to home: Denver got more snow than most of the ski areas, and you might find more powder at your local sledding hill than at your favorite ski resort. This morning's Facebook post from Loveland Ski ... More >>

Win a pair of passes to Loveland Ski Area

Update, 2:53 p.m., January 16: We've picked a winner! Check your e-mail to see if you've won. Thanks for playing along.Of course you watched the Broncos beat the Steelers on Sunday. And if you watched the CBS broadcast of the game, you saw footage of Loveland Ski Area on Saturday and all the skiers ... More >>

Santa shreds the slopes: Six sick shots from ski country

Photo courtesy Copper Mountain Resort​Santa didn't bring much in the way of fresh snow for Christmas (apparently some of you skiers and snowboarders out there have been naughty this year) but he did manage to get some turns in after making his rounds in Colorado, shredding his way into the Fac ... More >>

Signal Snowboards brings iShred Steve Jobs tribute to Loveland

​Signal Snowboards has built a special tribute to Steve Jobs, complete with an iPad mounted in the nose of the board and a glowing LED Signal logo in the aluminum base (similar to Apple's iconic MacBook laptops). To test it, the California-based Signal crew brought the iShred to Colorado for s ... More >>

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 >>

Who's got the 10 1/2? Loveland and A-Basin ride the storm, Protect Our Winters takes it Further

​Thinking about taking a snow day and heading for the hills this morning? Crank up the Black Flag and point towards the Continental Divide, because the first snow of the season here in Denver hit ski country even harder, with Loveland reporting over 10 inches this morning at 5 a.m. and Arapaho ... More >>

Opening day awesomeness at Wolf Creek, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland Ski Area

Photo by Dustin Schaefer, courtesy Loveland Ski AreaLauren Weibert saw a rainbow on opening day at Loveland​The season of winter stoke is upon us: Wolf Creek, Arapahoe Basin, and Loveland Ski Area were all open over the weekend and, this being the 21st century, we found some sweet video covera ... More >>

Loveland Ski Area welcomes skiers tomorrow, the latest in a string of early-season openings

2010 first chair photo courtesy Loveland Ski AreaFirst chair honors at Loveland will be up for grabs on Friday​The 2011/2012 ski season is officially upon us: Arapahoe Basin opened this morning and Loveland is opening tomorrow. Each will be open daily until well into the Spring skiing season.

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: Loveland and Winter Park offer I-70 closure workarounds

Photo courtesy Loveland Ski AreaLoveland's offering free pancake breakfast during the I-70 closure​This week's I-70 closures come just as some local ski resorts are getting into full Spring swing and as new snow continues to pile up: The Interstate will be closed from Empire (exit 232) to Silv ... More >>

Tall Order

Photo courtesy Loveland Ski AreaLoveland's offering free pancake breakfast during the I-70 closure​This week's I-70 closures come just as some local ski resorts are getting into full Spring swing and as new snow continues to pile up: The Interstate will be closed from Empire (exit 232) to Silv ... More >>

Super Moon over ski country: Photos shot at 1 a.m. 3/20/11

​The moon was closer last night to earth than it has been for eighteen years, reflecting the light of the sun onto earth and lighting up the night sky. Photos shot and submitted to Westword by Dustin Schaefer of the Loveland Ski Area.

I Now Pronounce You Stoked For Life

​The moon was closer last night to earth than it has been for eighteen years, reflecting the light of the sun onto earth and lighting up the night sky. Photos shot and submitted to Westword by Dustin Schaefer of the Loveland Ski Area.

Today in Stoke: Loveland's in the snow day spirit with super-discounted lift tix

Photo courtesy Loveland Ski AreaLoveland's slashing ticket prices (and offering free hot chocolate) for anyone willing to brave the cold​Snow day! Denver Public Schools and others around the region are closed today "due to severe weather conditions and below-freezing temperatures," and Lovelan ... More >>

We had a party and tweeted about it: Westword #WebAwards winners!

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

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

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

Back to Ski School

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

Vows with a View

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

The economy's on ice and snow sports have skidded off the rails, but Never Summer is riding high

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

The Edge: A handy calendar of winter events

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

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

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

Photos: Opening Day at Loveland Ski Area

​Loveland Ski Area opened yesterday, and photographer Soren McCarty was there. See his photos on the slideshow page.

Loveland opening: "Leave your rock skis at home"

There's a lot of love in that land -- from skiers, especially.​ Loveland Ski Area wins this year's race to become the first to open in Colorado. But given how early the starting bell rang -- Loveland hasn't gotten started so soon in forty years -- should zealots leave their top-shelf equipment ... More >>

How ski resorts are fighting the continuing Great Recreation Depression

What A-Basin should look like in a few weeks.​ Speaking from Loveland Ski Area, the first in the state to open for the 2009-2010 season, Jennifer Rudolph is enthusiasm made flesh, which makes perfect sense given that she's the communication director for Colorado Ski Country USA, whose mission ... More >>

Let It Snow

What A-Basin should look like in a few weeks.​ Speaking from Loveland Ski Area, the first in the state to open for the 2009-2010 season, Jennifer Rudolph is enthusiasm made flesh, which makes perfect sense given that she's the communication director for Colorado Ski Country USA, whose mission ... More >>

What A-Basin should look like in a few weeks.​ Speaking from Loveland Ski Area, the first in the state to open for the 2009-2010 season, Jennifer Rudolph is enthusiasm made flesh, which makes perfect sense given that she's the communication director for Colorado Ski Country USA, whose mission ... More >>

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