Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, dies in avalanche
Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, died in an avalanche early today. The ski area reported thirteen inches of new snow this morning and eighteen inches in the last 48 hours…
Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, died in an avalanche early today. The ski area reported thirteen inches of new snow this morning and eighteen inches in the last 48 hours…
Loveland, A-Basin, Wolf Creek, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and Vail were all open this weekend, so why were most of the top snowboarders in Colorado and from around the world hanging out in downtown Denver? SixEleven Productions has the video recap from the 2nd annual Backyard Bang in case…
Sarah Vowell is in town tonight for The Denver Post Pen & Podium lecture series at Newman Center for the Performing Arts, following the success of her book The Wordy Shipmates. We caught up with her for a quick interview just after she’d put the finishing touches on her next…
After getting dumped on all week (nearly three feet, as of this writing) Vail is opening today with 1,150 acres and nine lifts. Eldora opens today, too. Winter Park opened on Wednesday and will open Mary Jane tomorrow. And Keystone, which opened on November 5, is opening a bunch of…
The Adventure Film Festival opens tonight at the Boulder Theater with two shorts and two feature-length films to kick off the four-day festival. Here’s what’s in store for adventurous film fans tonight:…
In the year and a half since Johnny Copp died on China’s Mount Edgar, Aimee Copp has been both supported and inspired by the community her brother helped create — and she’s stayed busy doing everything she can to carry his dream to new heights. “This year’s a new chapter,”…
A lift ticket cost just five dollars when Keystone opened forty years ago. An adult ticket this weekend will set you back as much as $67 (order online for best discounts), but instead of the four lifts on the hill in 1970, you now get access to twenty lifts and…
Time traveler Sarah Vowell pops briefly back into the present for the Denver Post’s Pen & Podium lecture series tonight, taking a break from Hawaii circa 1898, which she’s been researching for her next book, Unfamiliar Fishes, due out in March 2011. In The Wordy Shipmates, her unlikely bestseller about…
Boulder’s Meta Skateboards celebrates its 10-year anniversary tonight at the Boulder Theater with the premiere of the new team video Lumber Jockeys and two other local videos: Properganda and With A Little Help From My Friends, plus performances by Speedwolf, The Cold North, and The Achievement…
If you’re looking around at a lot of empty cubicles in your office this morning, chances are your female co-workers are taking a “sick” day at Loveland: The ski area is hosting a complimentary On Snow Refresher Workshop today with Warren Miller Entertainment heartthrob Chris Anthony at 9 a.m., sponsored…
The last time Scottish street trials pro Danny MacAskill put a full video part online it got more than 21 million views on YouTube, got the Band of Horses song “Funeral” stuck in everybody’s heads across the whole damned world, and gave Inspired Bicycles more free press and new business…
Nobody’s reppin’ the local scene as hard as the new Snowboard Colorado magazine, and the third issue hit core snowboard shops this week. To pick up your free copy, look for the brand-new magazine racks made from Colorado beetle-kill wood. That’s Skylar Holgate on the cover carving a big turn…
1. Opening weekend at Breck. More than six inches of fresh pow for opening day today and 17″ so far this week mean you could be skiing or snowboarding on some serious snow right now. Get to it. There are also freshies to be had this weekend at Loveland, A-Basin,…
Breckenridge opens today, and we’re not just talking about a single-run ribbon-of-death opening, either: It’s been snowing in Summit County for the last three days and piling up like crazy. “It’s gonna be awesome, I’m not gonna lie,” says Breck spokeswoman Kristen Petitt. “We’re like kids on Christmas up here:…
The good news? Tickets are on sale this week for the Denver Big Air ski and snowboard competition in Civic Center Park, January 25-26, a two-day event sanctioned by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) and the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Denver Big Air contests will include the…
Winter storms have been hammering the mountains, and early-season sliding is already afoot: Ski and snowboard season is upon us. Our annual winter activity guide is here to help. We tracked down more than two dozen intrepid explorers with expertise on each local mountain to give you the inside edge…
“In an ideal world, you’d wax your skis or snowboard every time you went out on the hill,” says Kim Walker, owner of Outdoor Divas. “Most people get lazy about it, but it’s the single easiest thing you can do to have more fun out there and lengthen the life…
The Colorado Mountain Club’s 18th annual Backcountry Bash, tonight at the American Mountaineering Center, is a raucous party celebrating, ironically enough, solitude and silence. The fundraiser supports the Backcountry Snowsports Initiative, an effort to preserve quiet-use areas for backcountry skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing and to strike some balance in areas…
Today’s a powder day at Loveland (6″ in the last 24 hours), A-Basin (4″), Wolf Creek (6″), Copper (7″), and Keystone (5″) — the first five out of the gates this season. Breckenridge opens on Friday, followed by Winter Park (November 17) and Vail (November 19). If you haven’t whipped…
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ A-list traveling team 5280 Fight Club defeated the Charm City Rollergirls (Baltimore, MD), Gotham Girls Roller Derby (New York, NY) and the Oly Rollers (Olympia, WA) on their way to winning the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s national championships and the Hydra Trophy this weekend in…
Where to get some action this weekend? Where to begin? For starters, you’ll want to call in sick this morning and make it a three-day weekend: Copper Mountain opens today with its annual Lift Off party running through the weekend. Hit the slopes all day then stop by Jack’s at…
Getting ready to hit opening day tomorrow at Copper Mountain or Keystone? Stop by the Retro Room tonight, 2034 Larimer Street, for a Pre-Shred Kickoff Party and a raffle to benefit Burton Snowboards’ non-profit Chill Foundation. The Chill program partners with local non-profits serving at-risk and under-served youth each year…