Skiing & Snowboarding

Climate change, and warmer winters, will have a major impact on Colorado’s ski industry. But Colorado’s major ski companies take different approaches when it comes to advocating for policies that might curb climate change.

Colorado's U.S. Senators are urging the International Olympic Committee to keep Nordic combined in future winter games and include women. Several Steamboat Springs athletes are the best in the world.

Skiing and snowboarding in Colorado comes with some major price tags: from lift tickets to that bowl of chili in the lodge. Not to mention long lift lines and I-70 traffic. KUNC News talked with people about the high cost of hitting the slopes.

This year’s Winter Olympics have provided plenty of thrilling moments for viewers. But many of those moments are happening on machine-made snow – which can make ski or snowboard races faster, and also riskier. Today on In The NoCo: How artificial snow is changing winter sports, and how athletes and coaches are adapting.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway. And this year, nearly a third of the Coloradans on Team USA hail from Steamboat Springs. So, what makes Steamboat such a fertile training ground for Olympic athletes? We reached out to an expert in the town's history for some answers.

Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek, Arapahoe Basin, Copper and Steamboat Resort confirmed changes to staff hours due to lackluster conditions.

The skiingest state in the country will be well represented at the Winter Games in Italy.

Ski mountaineering, or “skimo” will make its Olympic debut this month. And a longtime Colorado skimo athlete, Nikki LaRochelle, will help introduce millions of viewers to the sport – offering commentary during the broadcast of the Winter Games from Italy.

A position on the ski patrol is a dream job for many skiers. But the stress that comes with it can be serious. A ski patrol member might deal with a cranky guest one day and a badly injured skier the next. A new program at Winter Park helps the ski patrol cope with these challenges.

A skier was buried to their waist and carried 200 yards last week after triggering a massive slab avalanche on Berthoud Pass’s “Postage Stamp” run.