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Environment Primary category in which blog post is published

Proposal to shrink Holy Cross Wilderness, increase water storage draws hundreds of comments

Environmentalists are lining up against the plan to benefit Aurora, Colorado Springs and some Western Slope interests. The fight, they say, “will be as big as the Two Forks fight was.”

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Vail Resorts lost $140 million after coronavirus forced its ski areas to close. That’s actually better than expected.

By Jason Blevins Business Primary category in which blog post is published

When skiing stopped, so did pooping. Wastewater workers in Aspen and Vail faced a pile of problems.

By Jason Blevins Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published

Vail Resorts will credit up to 80% of unused Epic passes value to 2020-21 pass

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

The day skiing died: Inside the historic day coronavirus forced Colorado’s ski industry to shutter

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Hundreds of international workers at Colorado ski resorts are in limbo as countries close borders, airlines cancel flights

By Jason Blevins Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published

Vail chairlift attendant wasn’t paying attention during skier’s suffocation, report says

By The Associated Press Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published

The ski resort industry is hoping for federal relief from its $2 billion in coronavirus losses

Ski areas are already slashing capital spending for next year by half as the nation's 460 ski hills in 37 states line up for small business assistance. “When the ski industry sneezes, rural economies catch a bad cold,” says Dave Byrd with National Ski Areas Association

Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published

Man who delighted Vail apres-ski crowds for decades dies from coronavirus; El Paso County man also killed by disease

Rod Powell, who delighted apres-ski crowds for decades, died on Saturday. An El Paso County man in his 70s was also killed by the virus, meaning that at least six people in Colorado have died from the disease.

Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published

Early closure of ski resorts triggers “feeding frenzy” for uphill touring and backcountry ski equipment

Vail Resorts put the brakes on use of its mountains for skiers seeking turns without lifts, but independent backcountry ski shops across the state are reporting record sales.

Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published

Thousands of seasonal workers told to leave their housing as Vail Resorts ends ski season early

Vail Resort employs 55,000 workers and houses many of them near its resorts in Colorado, Utah, California, British Columbia, New England and across the Midwest

Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Vail Resorts decides to end ski season at Vail, Keystone, Crested Butte, Beaver Creek; Loveland, Buttermilk also shut down

Vail Resorts decision could impact other Colorado ski areas that want to reopen

Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado governor orders all ski resorts to close for at least a week in extraordinary move

The order marks the most significant use of Polis’ powers since he declared a state of emergency on Tuesday

Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado ski resorts remain open, but change chairlift rules and dining options to avoid coronavirus spread

Large gatherings have been banned in Colorado ski counties to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but lift lines aren’t included so resorts are still open while mountains across Europe and Asia close for the season

Skiers ride the Paradise lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort on Feb. 14, 2019. The Paradise lift accesses intermediate terrain in Paradise Bowl and the more difficult terrain of the North Face to the west and the High Lift to the east. The Paradise lift has taken much of the skier load up the mountain since the closing of the Teocalli chairlift at the beginning of the 2018-19 season. At times the Paradise lift has had its share of problems. Many skiers were forced to walk out of Paradise Bowl to the base after the lift stopped due to repair issues in weeks past. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Arapahoe Basin’s effort to avoid overcrowding by leaving the Epic Pass may be working too well

“This was new ground and we have learned a lot,” says resort leader Al Henceroth. A-Basin joined the Ikon Pass in a deal that limits days.

Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Veteran resort operator proposes to lead Granby Ranch out of chaos

Andy Wirth, a former executive at Steamboat Springs, Intrawest and Squaw Alpin, is vying to manage skiing and golf at Granby Ranch as the resort's owner navigates foreclosure