OpenSnow forecasters give some clues about when and why the big snow falls at Colorado ski areas
Loveland Ski Area
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Loveland Ski Area patrollers, paramedics seek to unionize in push for better wages
If successful, Loveland would join a growing list of ski areas with unionized patrollers in Colorado’s consolidating resort industry
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PHOTOS: 75 couples marry, renew vows on the slopes this Valentine’s Day
Despite blowing snow, the 32nd Annual Marry Me and Ski for Free Valentine’s Day event at Loveland Ski Area was a lovefest
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Supply chain issues prevent yet another thing from spinning: new Colorado chairlifts
Supply issues for chairlift manufacturers, including Grand-Junction-based Poma, have stalled openings for new lifts across Colorado, North America
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3 ski areas in Colorado are vying to be first to open
Three Front Range ski areas vying for the annual distinction of being the first to open for the season could begin snowmaking operations very soon. They just need Mother Nature to cooperate. In 15 of the past 20 years, at least one of those areas — Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and Keystone — has opened during […]
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Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging ski areas’ use of waivers to avoid lawsuits
The Colorado Supreme Court will not consider a case that questions ski areas’ use of waivers to protect themselves from lawsuits filed by injured skiers. Attorneys fighting for skier safety fear the end of legal challenges to now-ubiquitous resort liability waivers may mean the death of the venerable Ski Safety Act. The state’s highest court […]
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Snowboarder, snowmobiler killed in two separate Colorado avalanches on Sunday
The death toll from avalanches in Colorado climbed to 10 on Sunday. A snowboarder touring solo near Mount Trelease north of Loveland Pass was buried in a very big slide around 9:30 a.m. Sunday and a snowmobiler was caught in a slide west of Rollins Pass later in the day. Alpine Rescue Team rescuers responded […]
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Colorado appeals court agrees that ski pass waivers protect resorts from liability in chairlift injuries
A Colorado Court of Appeals panel last week delivered the first state appellate decision affirming the use of waivers to protect ski resorts from lawsuits filed by injured skiers. Charlotte Redden, who was struck by a chairlift at Loveland ski area in 2017, plans to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. A decision […]
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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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He wasn’t the best skier, but he was Colorado’s preeminent ski bum. Farewell, Charlie Toups.
Charlie Toups was the consummate ski bum. He spent more than 30 years of his life sleeping in cars in snowy slopeside parking lots so he could ski all day. He wasn’t the best skier. He didn’t have the latest gear. He didn’t ski the hardest lines or boast the prettiest form. But he was […]