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Telluride isn’t immune to Colorado’s high country housing problem. But it’s finding a solution in diversification

In Telluride, a constricted canyon of about 2,600 residents, housing programs have focused on options, meaning everything from dorm-style rentals and tiny homes to stand-alone single-family homes and four-bedroom apartments

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Crawling around Colorado’s mountains, personal snowcats are becoming so ubiquitous they even have a jamboree

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While others grumble over hordes of newcomers, Telluride embraces Epic Pass skiers

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Telluride’s avalanche-battling arsenal: WWII cannons, 3D mapping and discipline

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Vail’s new Epic day pass lowers pre-purchased lift tickets to as low as $89

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“It’s nightmarish”: Colorado faces meager budget in fight against I-70 ski traffic

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Fatal inbounds avalanches, like the one in Taos, often spur lawsuits against ski areas. They rarely get far.

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Affordable housing crisis threatens vitality of Colorado’s high-country economies

First-ever Mountain Housing Summit looks for ways to move developers toward “missing middle” projects, and that may mean focusing on wealth creation rather than wealth extraction

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Cabin, RV and glamping resort promises to transform Granby as development wave rolls through Grand County

A luxury development that failed during the recession is being replaced with workforce housing plus “everyman” amenities to bolster Grand County’s vacation lineup

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Slower growth in Epic Pass revenue, wider than expected first-quarter losses trigger steep drop in Vail Resorts stock

Vail Resorts’ chief Rob Katz told investors on Friday that he expected to sell 925,000 Epic Passes for the 2018-19 ski season

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A roadside hotel in Eagle is being transformed into affordable homes — and other housing-strapped resort communities are watching

“This is what development should look like. This is the way to do it," says Kelly Herzog, the Eagle Valley developer behind the AmericInn project

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Aspen’s workers are hitting retirement age. And that’s made the resort town’s employee housing program a ticking time bomb.

Aspen is dealing with dueling interests: housing workers and building a community

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How Colorado’s ski resorts can continue making snow in drought years like this one

A dry season more than 40 years ago kicked off decades of aggressive water rights acquisition, storage and other techniques to keep the slopes white

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From “This is not Vail” to Vail Resorts ownership: Crested Butte owners bid farewell after 20-year rollercoaster ride with Colorado

“It just didn’t happen the way everyone hoped.”