Snow Sports

Hesperus Ski Area calling it a season

It was a beacon of winter, the Hesperus Ski Area. Travel down U.S. Highway 160 any time after dark and you couldn’t miss the lighted slope with its evening hours of late. ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fenninger recovers for gold

Shiffrin takes 8th in her first 2015 world champoinships race

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

World Championships

VAIL – A look at the women’s giant slalom race Thursday: 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GIANT SLALOM MEDALISTS Gold, Tessa Worley, France. Silver, Tina Maze, Slovenia. Bronze...

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Shiffrin set for slalom

American ready to defend title on home course

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chapman Hill weathers concessions

The struggle to keep Chapman Hill Ski Area open continues despite Mother Nature’s onslaught of above-normal temperatures, but the skiable terrain and operating hours have been cut back. ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Norwegian great rooting for Maze to tie his world mark

BEAVER CREEK – Lasse Kjus is eager to show he can still race, even if he has to rent his skis and boots to do so. The Norwegian great is competing again at the world championships...

DATE: Feb 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

For love of the team

VAIL Sometime soon, Austrian skier Eva-Maria Brem wants to see the team event included in the Olympics as a medal competition. Of course she does. Her country is always...

DATE: Feb 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Vonn breaks into tears after Alpine combined at worlds

BEAVER CREEK – Lindsey Vonn smiled and waved to the hometown crowd after finishing a run that didn’t count. Out of view, she broke into tears. All the pent-up pressure from being ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Maze is golden – and 3-for-3 in medals

BEAVER CREEK – Tina Maze pulled off an impressive feat on the soft snow – a round-house flip in ski boots. Her racing wasn’t too bad, either. Maze captured gold in the Alpine comb...

DATE: Feb 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

This can still be successful worlds for Americans

It didn’t necessarily feel like the first day of a world skiing championship. But it did sound like it. The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships casually kicked off last ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Czech Republic skier injured in violent crash

BEAVER CREEK – Ondrej Bank of the Czech Republic suffered a concussion, bruised leg and cuts on his face after he crashed near the finish during the downhill portion of the Alpine combined S...

DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Austria’s Hirscher rallies to win men’s Alpine combined; U.S.’s Ligety 3rd

BEAVER CREEK – The snow conditions were a little bit of a sticky subject for everyone other than Marcel Hirscher and Ted Ligety. Sticky, because the sun and soaring temperatures t...

DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

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