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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.
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In 1978, three men from Boulder set out on a six-week journey to make the first-ever crossing of Colorado on skis. A new documentary tells the story of this remarkable expedition, from the joys and hazards along the way – to how the trek ultimately helped shape Colorado’s miles of hiking trails. The film’s director shares more about the legacy of that journey.
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Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow.
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Adaptive ski and snowboard programs allow military injured to cruise down the hill with ease and feel a new 'normal'
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Following an hours-long search, a snowboarder’s body was discovered at Winter Park Resort in January.
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If you want to hitch a ride to the top of the ski mountain in a trailer pulled by a snowcat... there’s a place where you can do that. Cuchara Mountain Ski Park in Southern Colorado is a nonprofit resort that has no operational ski lift, but still manages to pull skiers up the mountain on weekends. Today on In The NoCo, hear why the mountain’s managers are feeling good about its future.
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Women are not allowed to compete in Nordic Combined at the Olympics, but several female athletes in Steamboat Springs are fighting for recognition in the sport they love.
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Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort have reached a deal to end a strike that put a wrench in operations during the busy holiday season. A joint statement released from the ski patrollers' union and Utah's Park City Mountain Resort said a vote was scheduled Wednesday on an agreement "that addresses both parties' interests and will end the current strike."
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Lindsey Vonn off to Europe with 'butterflies of excitement' for 1st World Cup race in nearly 6 yearsindsey Vonn flew down the Birds of Prey course one last time as a forerunner before flying off to Switzerland. Next up will be her first World Cup race in nearly six years as the 40-year-old makes her return to ski racing.
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Lindsey Vonn is going to enter an official ski race for the first time in nearly six years this weekend at age 40. Vonn announced last month that she was coming out of retirement and she will race lower-level FIS downhills and super-Gs on Saturday and Sunday in Copper Mountain, Colorado.