Crazy Colorado weather patterns like we’ve been seeing this week make for a bad concoction when it comes to avalanches: In the span of about 10 days, the high country has seen balmy, summery temperatures, some snow, severe temperature drops below zero, and strong winds, with more of all of…
When the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix kicks off this week at Copper Mountain, snowboarders will be competing for a chance to ride with the Team U.S.A. for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February — and the chance to wear the rockin’ new team uniform, unveiled this week by Burton.The…
Leave it to Europeans to come up with a snowboarding clip that has all the whimsy, artistry, and sheer fun of a Spike Jonze movie: Swiss snowboard clothing company Zimtstern produced a promo for their Winter 09/10 collection that features boarders ripping through terrain with — get this — no…
Avon-based Resort Technology Partners has developed the “first augmented reality iPhone app for skiers and snowboarders” in REALSKI, slated for release today in the iTunes Store. The initial app will be free and include overlays mapping five resorts, including Copper Mountain. A full version will come out later in the…
The Men’s FIS World Cup went down at Beaver Creek on Friday. Photographer Scott Limbird was there. Here’s his dispatch: American favorites Ted Ligety and Bode Miller both put up pretty good downhill times at Friday’s Men’s FIS World Cup races at Beaver Creek — and then both failed to…
Nothing hits the spot after a long day on the slopes like a good microbrew. It quenches your thirst and replaces all the carbs you burned ripping up the steep and deep at your favorite resort. As if you needed an excuse to have a good beer. As long as…
Generations is a new film available for free online today, documenting the consequences of climate change from the perspective of skiers and snowboarders. The film was made by Teton Gravity Research in partnership with The North Face, Clif Bar, and Protect Our Winters (POW), and features athletes Jeremy Jones, Ingrid…
Throughout the winter, we’ll weigh the options and bring you each weekend’s most magical mountains. Think of us as sherpas, only with keyboards and web browsers instead of ice picks and beacons…
I got all nostalgic a few weeks ago and downloaded an Atari 2600 emulator and the old Activision Skiing game. Then I remembered Ski or Die on the Nintendo NES. Then I was just three old-school games away from a top five list!…
Snow bunnies and Backcountry Betties everywhere, take heed: Freeskier and Lange are launching the Local Lange Girl ’09 contest. Four regional winners — two from each coast and two from the mountains in between — will be chosen to represent Lange at on-snow events across the country. In return, they’ll…
The history of outdoor companies is filled with people who started with little more than a good idea and persistence. The mighty Patagonia was the softgoods company of Chouinard Equipment, which in turn was started by itinerant Yosemite rock climber Yvon Chouinard, who made chrome-moly steel pitons with a second-hand…
You see Klaus Wolter’s name in the paper every winter. The German native is a climatologist with CU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and one of the top experts on El Niño. Since El Niño is back warming up the water in the South Pacific, Wolter predicts,…
We’re just now getting the full scope of everything Simon Dumont got up to last year, now that his footage for Riley Poor’s Transitions, Poor Boyz Productions’ Every Day Is Saturday, and Matchstick Productions’ In Deep has been unleashed on the world (as if winning the Winter Dew Tour event…
This week, Silverton Mountain announced new early season mid-week dates, effective for today’s December 2 opening date, to help meet demand on the Western Slope now that Purgatory has gone to a weekend-only (Friday-Sunday) schedule. If you’re heading to the San Juan Mountains for some of the sickest powder Colorado…
Not far outside of Denver lies the town of Evergreen, a quaint little hamlet probably best known as the place where your parents go to drink when Morrison’s too busy. But Evergreen has more than overpriced Chiantis: Thanks to the excellent stewardship of Jefferson County Open Space Parks and Denver…
This story in Saturday’s Summit Daily News makes it clear: Aggressive skiers and riders are a higher-priority law-enforcement target in Breckenridge this year, and the Colorado Ski Safety Act will be enforced. But the story also notes that the Breckenridge police department’s jurisdiction ends 150 yards up the mountain, and…
Last week’s Q&A with Mt. Crested Butte Mayor William Buck raised the ire of several of his opponents on the issue of Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s proposed expansion onto Snodgrass Mountain. Buck said that the U.S. Forest Service decision not to move into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process…
Part of the fun of alpinism comes from knowing its history. Climbing and skiing are both very well-documented, and the stories create a timeline in sport that might be unrivaled by anything except baseball, with its legions of devoted statisticians. The year 1971 proved to be a landmark year for ski…
The above trailer for Beyond Midnight: The Grand Traverse, a documentary covering the most recent Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, the annual backcountry ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen, makes me want to see more. Based on mining-era mail routes, the race’s course covers forty miles with plenty of elevation…
The tupperware mountain in our refrigerator is almost as enticing as the high country, where more resorts are open than not at this point. We bring you three of the best for your weekend escape from consumer hell…
This year, instead of bringing some crappy side of green bean casserole to Thanksgiving, I’m just going to just show people this video, which is way more tasty. Herein, French speed rider (that’s skiing with a parachute on) Antoine Montant avoids a massive avalanche by taking to the skies. It’s…
Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service killed Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s plan to enter the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process to expand onto Snodgrass Mountain with an additional 276 acres of predominately intermediate terrain that has been pegged for skiing in Forest Service plans since 1978. The denial…
