Eleven of the twenty resorts profiled in Ski Magazine’s reader’s choice list of the top twenty ski resorts in the Western Unied States this year are from Colorado, including six of the top ten. And while Utah’s Deer Valley takes the top spot in a snub that just might force…
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 coverage — including wild remote-control helicopter footage from A-Basin — for you to wistfully watch on this…
The party so bright you’ve gotta wear shades! Don’t be caught with your bib-pants down when the EPIC Foundation’s eighth annual 80s Ski Party rolls into town next week: This year every Goodwill store in the metro region sent its ’80s ski stock to the Goodwill locations at 21 South…
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…
This morning, Arapahoe Basin announced it will open tomorrow, October 13, at 9 a.m., for the season. The ski area is reporting an eighteen-inch base after a week of snowmaking and several inches of natural snow. That’s not quite as epic as the 36-inch dump that helped Wolf Creek temporarily…
Austrian climbers dominated both the men’s and women’s competition this past weekend, before a sold-out crowd at Movement Climbing + Fitness in Boulder for the 2011 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Lead Climbing World Cup. Many climbers — and climbing fans — hope this event was a preview of…
Right on the heels of the really-fucking-big-deal opening of the Don Anema Memorial Skatepark in Northglenn — which rivals (if not outdoes) the Denver Skatepark for biggest park in the state — come two more hot skate spots in the northern suburbs: the Trail Winds Skatepark in Thornton, set to…
Intrepid explorers who chased the storm out to Wolf Creek Ski Area for the first lift-served Colorado shred of the season were rewarded handsomely: In addition to the 36-inch dump we reported on Friday, Wolf Creek has since gotten another 10 inches, including 2 inches last night. The mountain, which…
“It would be sad to see this much snow not being skied on at a ski area,” says Elesha Goad, ticket office supervisor at Wolf Creek Ski Area, where they’re opening this weekend to take advantage of the 36 inches of new snow that has fallen in the last 24…
This afternoon marked the first real snow in the high country, which means the days of playing hooky to go skiing and snowboarding are just around the corner. To hold you over until then, enjoy these crowd-sourced photos from the mountains via the resorts…
“Your job should be something you’re pumped on,” says Preston Strout, co-owner of the High Cascade Snowboard Camp. He’s the guest moderator at The Business of Fun, a free event starting at 6 p.m. tonight that’s the kick off for the three-day Launch of Winter celebration at Battery 621 (click…
Tonight’s October Snowboard Colorado Magazine release party at Casselman’s Bar & Venue ($10) features the “official” North American premiere of Bottom Line, from the Austrian crew at Pirate Movie Productions (they also showed it in Aspen last week at The Meeting) and the local premiere of Think Thank’s latest, Ransack…
Flylow, a Denver-based gear company specializing in skiing outerwear and accessories, won the first-annual Something Independent Snowsport Entrepreneur Award last night, presented at the Sypder Showroom at Battery 621. The $1,500 award comes with a marketing package to help take the winning entrepreneur to the next level, and was established…
Poor Boyz Productions’ 2011 ski epic The Grand Bizarre got its Colorado premiere over the weekend in Aspen at The Meeting ski and snowboard film festival; it comes to the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, tonight at 7 p.m. with featured skiers Bobby Brown, Nick Martini, Simon Dumont, Matt Walker…
You’ll never look at an urban tree in quite the same way after you’ve been on the Fall Tree Walk offered annually on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus by the CU Museum of Natural History. That ‘s because it’s leaf-peeping with a purpose, a serene evening stroll led…
At the height of fall in Colorado, as the leaves mature from sun blazed umbrellas into a landscaped rug, Colorado experiences a glowing transformation. Aspen Mountain, in particular bursts with an electric glaze, one that was too bright to ignore over the weekend when I was in Aspen to cover…
We’ve been getting ahead of ourselves with all the recent snowboard video premieres going down — and opening day still at least a month away at most Colorado resorts — but some of our favorite local film crews have been reminding us of an important fact: It’s still skateboarding season…
Skate & create! The fourth annual Bordo Bello skateboard art fundraiser runs tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Redline Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe Street, with a silent auction featuring skateboard decks, vinyl toys and other artwork. Event organizers sent out blank Board Pusher decks and KidRobot Munny toys to…
As if the explosion of Fall color isn’t reason enough to drive over Independence Pass this weekend headed for Aspen, tonight is also the NEPSA Video Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House, the official kickoff of The Meeting, Aspen’s 7th annual ski & snowboard film festival…
The most-hyped snowboard film of the season gets its Colorado premiere with a sold-out show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House tonight at 8 p.m., when snowboarder Travis Rice and Brain Farm Digital Cinema director Curt Morgan bring The Art of Flight to town (there are still tickets available for…
Break out your best black and red gear: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ 5280 Fight Club finished in second place at this weekend’s Bridgetown Brawl West Region Playoffs, advancing to the 2011 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships in November, where they’ll defend their 2010 title. RMRG destroyed the #7-seed…
Denver-based snowboard manufacturer Never Summer Industries celebrates its 20th anniversary season this winter, and the party starts tonight at 7 p.m. at Summit Music Hall with the world premiere of the second full-length team video, Shred Em’ All, followed by a thrash-rock set and Metallica covers by It Should Have…
