Ski Resorts

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Breckenridge Ski Resort, Loveland Ski Area, Keystone Resort, Copper Mountain and Winter Park Resort have all opened for the season, relying on machine-made snow.

After the U.S. State Department increased social media vetting for international student visa applicants, some ski resorts worried about shortages of lift operators or food servers.

The race to open for ski season is underway as resorts get snow guns running.

Since the state’s high court last year questioned previously unassailable liability waivers, juries have issued record-setting awards in wrongful death lawsuits and new lawsuits are targeting ski resorts. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and then read the entire article at the link below.

There’s a growing shortage of workers in the ski industry – including the people who keep ski lifts across the country operating safely. Colorado Mountain College hopes to fix that by training future lift mechanics at its Leadville campus, with a program designed around a newly donated ski lift.

Dark sky communities help people observe the vast wonders of space right above their heads by reducing the amount of light pollution that reaches the sky. Breckenridge recently became the first ski resort town in Colorado to attain 'dark sky' status. So: are mountain communities like Breckenridge bracing for a wave of astro-tourism?

Town leaders say the purchase will boost local economic development and will allow it to better support mountain ski employees.

The 103-page plan, which has been submitted to the US Forest Service for review, also proposes expanded parking at the ski area.

The worst part of a trip to the mountains is often sitting on I-70, waiting for traffic to start moving again. But a retired train conductor – who conducted the Winter Park Ski train – has a plan that, he says, would clear up congestion. It involves getting semi-trucks off the highway and onto railroad cars to make the trip across the Rockies.

The transition means several ski lifts, trails and resort restaurants shuttering for the season. But other recreation opportunities are not far off. Listen to our "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Steamboat Pilot reporter Tom Skulski and then read the Steamboat Pilot and Today story at the link below.