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January 15, 2013As we reported last week, calculating ski-area deaths in Colorado is tricky, since Colorado Ski Country USA applies a strict criteria to those included in overall figures.
Cases in point: Olathe, Kansas resident Stuart Brownlee and Summit County's James Lindenblatt died while skiing in recent days, ... More >>
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May 17, 2012Elevation Beer Company may be located in Poncha Springs, but the brewery's four co-founders don't think of their place as a local hangout. "We are more like a winery than a typical brewpub," says Xandy Bustamante. "We could have done this from anywhere in country, so we figured, why not pick a place ... More >>
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April 10, 2012With many Colorado ski areas closing this weekend (some of them ahead of schedule) and recent headlines bemoaning this season's abysmal snowpack across the state, it's easy to lament the sad state of this year's ski and snowboard season. But let's accentuate the positive for a moment: Yesterday Wolf ... More >>
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April 2, 2012Although this past weekend felt like the start of summer, there's still good riding to be had in Colorado -- and this week is also a prime opportunity to catch some of the country's best amateur snowboarders in action: The 23rd annual United States Snowboard Association's USASA National Championship ... More >>
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August 3, 2011If you've been dreaming up how you'd do things differently as king of the mountain, this could be your week: Powderhorn Ski Area CEO and President Steve Bailey and Dean Skalla, who have owned the ski area since 1999, are selling it in an auction on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the resort's Day Lodge ... More >>
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March 15, 2011Queue up "Rocky Mountain High" for the 2011 Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame awards: John Denver (who is on a roll here -- he's also about to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame) is among this year's candidates. As his friend and fellow musician Jim Salestrom notes in ... More >>
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November 10, 2009A Flickr photo.Expo 2008.​An estimated 30,000 ski and snowboard junkies will flock to the Colorado Convention Center this weekend for the 18th annual Ski and Snowboard Expo. Here, five reasons you should be one of them:
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July 9, 2009Hurry to see the chairmen of the board.
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March 5, 2009The Grand Huts Progressive Dinner keeps it coming.
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January 6, 2009
Leave it to those merry pranksters at the Smoking Gun to spot this moment of utter embarrassment and hilarity at Vail Mountain resort last Friday. It turns out a skier attempted to ride the high-speed lift at Vail's Blue Sky Basin, but when the seat didn't fold down all the way he somehow slipped ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
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The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>
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January 1, 2008Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new.
Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.
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December 13, 2007Telluride's snow-sport competition and music lineup are the best of the bunch.
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July 5, 2007Thursday, July 5, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
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November 10, 2005Marc Frank Montoya brought the inner city to the snow-white world of boarding.
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March 3, 2005The Gravity Games have pull.
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December 2, 2004Ever seen a 450-pound sled do this?
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November 25, 2004The Broncos stand tall at 1896
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November 11, 2004Lucky Strike Lanes revitalizes bowling
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October 28, 2004Ski season beckons the snow junkies
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March 4, 2004Mogul Mania leaps into Vail
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November 20, 2003Copper Mountain invites skiers to play with their food
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March 27, 2003News
February 20, 2003Andy Pruitt's drive has pushed sports medicine into high gear.
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February 6, 2003Goods & Services
April 4, 2002Ouray Sportswear Factory Outlet
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February 14, 2002Allie’s Cabin offers a meal that arouses several appetites.
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November 2, 2000Best of Denver
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November 25, 1999A public service announcement from Westword...
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January 15, 1998A farewell to the Moffat Tunnel Commission, Colorado's most madcap state agency.
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February 27, 1997A Boulder company has its eye (and eyes) on the Internet.
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December 19, 1996News
May 16, 1996The Moffat Tunnel Commission is almost gone, but it's not forgotten.
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