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New Zealand teen upsets Mikaela Shiffrin to win World Cup opener

Kiwi wins by one-fifth of a second

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘Mr. GS only’: Ted Ligety to reduce World Cup load

SOELDEN, Austria – “Mr. GS” is becoming “Mr. GS only” this season. Finally feeling healthy again after years of hip and back issues, two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety is reduci...

DATE: Oct 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin voted skier of the year by journalists

SOELDEN, Austria – Three-time overall World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin has been voted skier of the year for 2019, beating last year’s winner Marcel Hirscher in the vote by the internation...

DATE: Oct 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin embracing pressure after record-setting ski season

Big stars retire, create added spotlight on Colorado woman

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘WINTERLAND’ from Teton Gravity Research coming to Durango

Two shows Thursday at Durango Arts Center

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Purgatory Resort starts making snow; opening date announced

Ski area had third-snowiest season last year

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ski federation signs onto UN climate change initiative

The International Ski Federation has signed onto a U.N. climate change initiative in a move some view as a welcome about-face from its president, whose comments about environmentalists alarm...

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Olympic skiing champion Marcel Hirscher retires

VIENNA — Two-time Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher, the first Alpine skier to win eight overall World Cup titles, is retiring after 12 seasons. Hirscher, who won Olympic gold in g...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bode Miller changes scenery, heads to Montana mountains

Downhill skier reflects on tragic year after loss of daughter

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher to reveal future live on TV

Austrian skier hints at retirement

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lindsey Vonn still going at top speed in retirement

Retirement only the next chapter for skiing star

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Winter’s snowfall makes for summer skiing in Southwest Colorado

Plenty of snow in La Plata Mountains, Ophir Valley

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

New Zealand teen upsets Mikaela Shiffrin to win World Cup opener

‘Mr. GS only’: Ted Ligety to reduce World Cup load

Mikaela Shiffrin voted skier of the year by journalists

Mikaela Shiffrin embracing pressure after record-setting ski season

‘WINTERLAND’ from Teton Gravity Research coming to Durango

Purgatory Resort starts making snow; opening date announced

Ski federation signs onto UN climate change initiative

Olympic skiing champion Marcel Hirscher retires

Bode Miller changes scenery, heads to Montana mountains

Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher to reveal future live on TV

Lindsey Vonn still going at top speed in retirement

Winter’s snowfall makes for summer skiing in Southwest Colorado

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