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5 Lost Texan Children Saved From 12,352′ Colorado Mountain Following Challenging 25-Hour Rescue Mission

The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Division’s volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) team, with the assistance of state and local partners, successfully rescued six hikers—including five juveniles—from Greenhorn Mountain, Colorado, on Sunday, June 1, following a challenging 25-hour search in steep and heavily wooded terrain. All hikers were found safe and, though exhausted, were uninjured. One SAR team member […]
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Skiers Take on Copper Mountain, CO, Over 9% ‘Resort Surcharge’ in Class Action Lawsuit

Copper Mountain Tucker Mountain

If you’ve bought food at a ski resort recently and thought, “This should be illegal,” you’re not alone. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Copper Mountain, Colorado, and the resort operator, POWDR, by Gary Chaney and other Copper Mountain visitors for allegedly engaging in deceptive pricing practices. The lawsuit claims that not including the resort surcharge of 9% […]
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Colorado Parks & Wildlife Officials Kill Wolf After Numerous Livestock Attacks in Pitkin County, CO

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials killed a gray wolf in Pitkin County on Thursday evening, May 29, after confirming a series of livestock attacks that met the state’s threshold for “chronic depredation.”  The wolf, known as 2405, belonged to the Copper Creek Pack and was killed and removed on May 29 following four separate attacks between May 17 and […]
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The Rich History of Extreme Skiing in Crested Butte, CO

Shane McConkey sending a cliff in the US Extreme Skiing Championships at Crested Butte in 1997. Photo Credit: Flip McCririck

Colorado’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) was the early centerpiece for extreme skiing. Before extreme in-bounds terrain became mainstream across the resort ski industry, a day on the slopes meant clipping into skinny 200+ cm skis and proceeding to rip groomers. Now, many skiers head straight for the bowls, cliffs, chutes, or whatever extreme terrain the resort offers to get […]
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Arapahoe Basin, CO, Releases Master Development Plan, Revealing Ambitious Long-Term Vision

Arapahoe Basin is one of the highest-elevation ski resorts in North America, has one of the longest ski seasons on the continent, and is one of the most challenging ski resorts in the country. A-Basin’s high-alpine environment is incredibly diverse, ranging from easy lower mountain cruisers and the wide-open intermediate terrain of the upper mountain and Montezuma Bowl, to the […]
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