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Squaw Valley ski resort is changing its name

New name to come after 2021 season

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

World Cup ski circuit skipping U.S., Canada swing this season

The road to another World Cup overall title won’t include any sort of home-snow advantage for Mikaela Shiffrin. The governing body for ski racing announced Thursday that it will s...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Smaller ski areas retain workers with help of federal coronavirus stimulus money

Granby Ranch, Hesperus, Loveland, Monarch, Powderhorn, Purgatory, Ski Echo, Ski Sunlight, Silverton Mountain and Wolf Creek qualified for a cumulative $5 million to $13 million in PPP loans

DATE: Jul 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. ski team return to snow for camp

Mikaela Shiffrin rode the chair lift to the top of Copper Mountain on a sunny June day and took in a sight she hadn’t seen in a while: A freshly groomed, snow-packed course just waiting to b...

DATE: Jun 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango Herald Girls Freshman of the Year: Durango’s Mason Rowland

Basketball star shined with 17 points per game in playoffs

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Durango Herald Boys Freshman of the Year: Durango’s Toby Scarpella

Scarpella skied to a state championship

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

A-Basin provides glimpse of what next ski season may look like

The snow was soft, the sun was shining and the lift lines were short. Besides mask-wearing and social distancing, it felt like a normal day of late spring skiing.

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Italy requests postponing ski worlds from 2021 to 2022

Cortina considers fallout of COVID-19 pandemic

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Swiss ski resort plans to create longest World Cup downhill

ZERMATT, Switzerland – A downhill ski race that would be the longest in the World Cup is being planned to join the men’s circuit on a course connecting Switzerland and Italy near the Matterh...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Money dispute threatens Swiss ski race’s World Cup status

WENGEN, Switzerland – The signature Alpine skiing race in Switzerland risks being dropped from the World Cup schedule because of a money dispute with the national ski federation. ...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

In tune: Music is Mikaela Shiffrin’s passion away from slopes

Only seconds in and ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin was nearly out of breath. The two-time Olympic champion quickly settled into a rhythm and breezed through her rendition of a song po...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports