Skiing & Snowboarding

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

Vail is looking to make up revenues after a summer program falls $900,000 short of projections.

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.

Pass holders will receive 6-10 tickets, offering 50% off lift tickets, depending on when their pass was purchased.

Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport. Let My People Go Skiing is a new film highlighting those challenges and some of the possible solutions. The film follows Ellen Bradley, the film's director and a Lingít skier, to her homelands in Southeast Alaska, where she works with Alaska Native Youth.

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

Governor Jared Polis announced Colorado’s new deal with Union Pacific, calling for three passenger trips per day on mountain rail, replacing a century-old contract between them.

Last week marked one year since young skier Dallas LeBeau died trying to jump across U.S. Highway 40, near Winter Park. After his death, his friend and mentor decided there was a gap in education for freeskiers like Dallas – who perform daring ski and snowboard tricks on camera. So, he started a class to educate young people about how to perform these tricks more safely.

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.

Howelsen Hill is closing for the season on Sunday, March 30, and the Steamboat Springs ski area is marking the day with a beloved local event. The Rat Lake Pond Skim Competition is a closing-day tradition that started in the 1980s.