Ignite Adaptive Sports and Eldora ski area are partnering on a new 12,000-square-foot, multi-million-dollar building set to open in 2024.
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Texas woman crashes into tree, dies at Eldora Mountain Ski Resort
The 58-year-old woman fell while skiing down a black diamond run, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said
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How much snow will your favorite Colorado ski resort get? Here’s how to tell.
OpenSnow forecasters give some clues about when and why the big snow falls at Colorado ski areas
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Colorado concert halls and ski areas are tossing one-time plastic cups
Next time you’re out listening to live music in metro Denver, and you take that last swig of tasty beverage while thinking about an encore, take a look at the cup before tossing it carelessly on the floor. At some of the most popular concert venues around the city, the throwaway plastic that littered dance […]
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16-year-old boy is second fatality in two days at Eldora Mountain ski resort
NEDERLAND — Authorities say a 16-year-old skier died Monday at Eldora Mountain Resort after striking a tree — the second fatality at the resort in two days. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that first responders were unable to save the male skier, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The […]
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Snowboarder dies after hitting tree at Eldora resort
NEDERLAND, Colo. (AP) — A snowboarder died Sunday after colliding with a tree at Eldora Mountain Resort, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said. Bystanders performed CPR on the 26-year-old man after the crash on the Jolly Jug Trail. Medical personnel made “extensive efforts” to try to save the man but he was declared dead at […]
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Skier dies after hitting a tree at Eldora Mountain Resort
Authorities say a skier died after he fell and slid into a tree at Eldora Mountain in northern Colorado. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say the man, who was in his 50s, crashed on the expert Corona run on Thursday morning, and ski patrollers took him down the mountain to an ambulance at the base of […]
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U.S. Forest Service to temporarily close public lands in five Colorado counties because of fire conditions
The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday will temporarily close lands in five Front Range-area counties because of extreme fire conditions in Colorado and blazes that continue to rage across the state. The agency said access to lands inside three districts of Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests will be limited in Clear Creek, Jefferson, Gilpin, Boulder, […]
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Copper Mountain, Eldora will host next-generation Woodward terrain parks with aim toward teaching the masses
Powdr, the adventure lifestyle company that counts Copper Mountain and Eldora ski areas among its empire of resorts, heli-skiing and river-rafting operators, is betting on its Woodward action sport camp model as a new way to teach skiing and grow the sport. While the heavyweights Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain Co. battle for vacationers and […]
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Resorts, desperate to stem crushing traffic, bet on a new ridesharing app that splits lifts to the lifts
Utah’s Snowbird ski area typically boasts the best snow in the country. Yet, even with its new partnership with the wildly popular Ikon Pass, it’s one of the loneliest resorts, with a very low skier-per-acre tally. That’s because it has a long, snowy and often-crowded driveway winding up Little Cottonwood Canyon. “The comfortable carrying capacity […]