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After slow start, Colorado snowmobilers can finally rev up their machines this winter — and take a safety class

Ed Klim was skiing a local hill in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in January when he ran into some skiers from out-of-state. He asked them where they were from.  “They said Colorado. We don’t have any snow back there,” recalled Klim, president of the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association. “I thought oh boy, if Colorado […]

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Want to ski at a Vail Resorts mountain during coronavirus? You’ll need a reservation.

Vail Resorts on Thursday unveiled the details of the plan for skiing at its 34 North American resorts — beginning Nov. 6 at Keystone — and, as we suspected, the 2020-21 season will be unlike any before.  Here are the not-surprising changes:  Masks are required for everyone on the mountain.  Physical distancing will be the […]

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At 25 years old, Ouray’s ice festival continues to foster — and anchor — the winter sport’s rise

OURAY — At the bottom of a cold crevasse in the Uncompahgre Gorge, where sunlight reaches but only a few minutes a day, the climb to the surface begins.  The darkness is broken with the clicking echoes of steel penetrating ice. Slowly a small figure emerges on the icy wall, tethered by a rope.  If […]