Skiers competing at the Red Bull Cold Rush this week at Silverton Mountain got their first reminder of just how hardcore the venue is yesterday when an early morning avalanche wiped out a third of the planned course for the Day 1 Big Mountain portion of the three-day freeskiing event…
The lesser snow goose is an undependable fellow: Cruising the Western Central Flyway during migration, it makes one of its stopovers at John Martin Reservoir near Lamar. But, hey, some days the pickings might look better at Horse Creek Reservoir outside of Las Animas. And sometimes, when the weather gets…
If you still have decent legs under you after hitting the slopes this weekend, stop by the Barn at Woodward at Copper on Sunday at 5 p.m. to get a session in with pro skateboarder Andy MacDonald. The Barn has a pretty sick wooden skate bowl in addition to all…
“This is the first Telluride Gay Ski since the defeat of the marginalizing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy for our LGBTQ U.S. military service members,” says Reichen Lehmkuhl, celebrity host of Telluride Gay Ski Week, in a news release touting the event. Telluride Gay Ski Week 2012 runs from February…
The first annual Winter Teva Mountain Games went down this weekend at Vail, and some of the first video edits are already popping up. Not surprisingly, the flashiest are from the Telemark Big Air & Biking Best Trick contests. Chad Kagy — a BMX star best known for dominating events…
Salomon Freeski TV’s clip of paraplegic skier Josh Dueck hucking the first-ever Sit Ski backflip has us as stoked as any other trick we’ve seen filmed this season. Dueck — formerly a competitive freestyle skier before a T11 spinal chord injury in 2004 — won bronze in the Mono Skier…
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…
If you’ll be sad to see the Art of Winter exhibit downtown conclude when it comes down on February 6 you can still get in on the auction of one-off artist works and brand gallery items from the show, including original work by 20 local artists as well as skis…
Here in Denver we like to throw the number 5,280 around a lot. Skiers and snowboarders at Breckenridge prefer a much bigger number: 12,840. That’s the elevation at the top of the Imperial Express SuperChair, the highest chairlift in North America, and it’s open this morning for the first time…
Recent powder dumps across the state couldn’t have come at a better time: This week the entire snow sports industry is in town for its annual SIA Snow Show confab at the Colorado Convention Center and related Mile High Snow Fest events all over town, all the top pros are…
It was a big weekend for Colorado athletes on the Winter Dew Tour, with Breckenridge snowboarder Eric Willett and Aspen skier Torin Yater-Wallace each topping the podium at the Pantech Invitational in Killington, VT. Check out the highlight reels after the jump…
This week I’ve been inundated with press releases from various companies headed to Denver to show off their wares at the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show, January 26-31, at the Colorado Convention Center. One actually caught my eye: The new iON Goggles from Boulder-based ZEAL Optics features an embedded camera…
Lil Wayne dropped by Copper Mountain last week and dropped in at the skate bowls inside the Woodward Barn, home of several extreme sports training camps. Weezy loves the experience and may have left a little blood behind. To hear about it, check out the video below…
In addition to being a pretty cool clip, we’re certain this new edit from Boulder’s Null Skateboards must be the first use of a Mama Cass track in a skateboard video. Local skaters Josh Steele, Max Garson, Bernie Keith, Jack Spanbauer, Chad Seidel, Derek Yale and Monico Candelaria each sing…
The main event of the week-long Ullr Fest in Breckenridge was at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Thursday, January 12, 2012, when everyone in Breckenridge put on their horns for the annual Ullr Fest Parade, which started at the intersection of Main Street and Wellington Street. Ullr Fest continues through Saturday, January…
Get to steppin’! The 3rd annual Estes Park Winter Festival opens tonight with a free “Ceilidh” Irish barn dance and runs through Monday at the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, with a CandyLand Ice Castle for kids and family-friendly events including ice skating, ice bowling, horse and carriage rides, a town-wide…
The 22,000 acres of new ski terrain open at Silverton Mountain last season thanks to its new Heli Board/Heli Ski operation was a no-brainer for our Best New Ski Terrain award in Westword’s 2011 Best of Denver guide, and the heli drops, starting at $159 per run, remain one of…
The ice ceiling in snowboarding has led to inequalities for female competitors on the Winter Dew Tour and other professional events. It has also led to a near dearth of women’s parts in this season’s crop of snowboarding films. That point is something Peepshow is aiming to address with its…
Pictures worth 12,000 words! Snowboard Colorado is hosting Exposure: A Snowboard Photography Showcase tonight from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street, featuring the work of local photographers Matt Alberts, Ryan Bregante, Jeff Brockmeyer, Aaron Dodds, Chris Faronea, Zach Hooper, Dave Lehl, Jeff Nass, Chad Otterstrom, Jon…
Lack of snow getting you down? You’re not alone — and it just might be time for a field trip. You know your state’s mountains are hurting for snow when you start getting e-mails like the one we just got from the PR folks at Taos Ski Valley in New…
If “Go ice climbing” is on your New Year’s resolution list, this is your week: The Ouray Ice Park is 100 percent open, and the seventeenth annual Ouray Ice Festival starts on Thursday. Ouray is a serious six-hour drive from Denver — but if you’re serious about learning, this is…
It’s no secret that Colorado ski areas have been embracing social media: Vail Resorts’ EpicMix Photo app is the gold standard, and even the tiniest ski areas in the state now have very active Facebook and Twitter feeds. Every “impression” counts, especially when you have skiers and snowboarders sharing photos…
