Skiing /tags/skiing Skiing en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT From 'mashed potatoes' to 'white suede,' this ski instructor speaks the language of snow /news/2025-03-20/from-mashed-potatoes-to-white-suede-this-ski-instructor-speaks-the-language-of-snow Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-20/from-mashed-potatoes-to-white-suede-this-ski-instructor-speaks-the-language-of-snow Alex Hager Vail Veterans Program provides freedom on the slopes for wounded soldiers /news/2025-03-16/vail-veterans-program-provides-freedom-on-the-slopes-for-wounded-soldiers Adaptive ski and snowboard programs allow military injured to cruise down the hill with ease and feel a new 'normal' Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-16/vail-veterans-program-provides-freedom-on-the-slopes-for-wounded-soldiers Tricia Swenson, Vail Daily Snowboarder dies at Winter Park Resort /news/2025-02-04/snowboarder-dies-at-winter-park-resort Following an hours-long search, a snowboarder’s body was discovered at Winter Park Resort in January. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:17:49 GMT /news/2025-02-04/snowboarder-dies-at-winter-park-resort Leigh Paterson Cuchara is tiny and has no operating ski lift. Here’s why supporters say its future is bright /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-15/cuchara-is-tiny-and-has-no-operating-ski-lift-heres-why-supporters-say-its-future-is-bright If you want to hitch a ride to the top of the ski mountain in a trailer pulled by a snowcat... there’s a place where you can do that. Cuchara Mountain Ski Park in Southern Colorado is a nonprofit resort that has no operational ski lift, but still manages to pull skiers up the mountain on weekends. Today on In The NoCo, hear why the mountain’s managers are feeling good about its future. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-15/cuchara-is-tiny-and-has-no-operating-ski-lift-heres-why-supporters-say-its-future-is-bright In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner Steamboat Springs produces many elite Nordic Combined athletes. But the women can only fly so high /news/2025-01-13/steamboat-springs-produces-many-elite-nordic-combined-athletes-but-the-women-can-only-fly-so-high Women are not allowed to compete in Nordic Combined at the Olympics, but several female athletes in Steamboat Springs are fighting for recognition in the sport they love. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-13/steamboat-springs-produces-many-elite-nordic-combined-athletes-but-the-women-can-only-fly-so-high Emma VandenEinde Ski patrollers reach deal to end strike at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort /news/2025-01-08/ski-patrollers-reach-deal-to-end-strike-at-utahs-park-city-mountain-resort Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort have reached a deal to end a strike that put a wrench in operations during the busy holiday season. A joint statement released from the ski patrollers' union and Utah's Park City Mountain Resort said a vote was scheduled Wednesday on an agreement "that addresses both parties' interests and will end the current strike." Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:05:25 GMT /news/2025-01-08/ski-patrollers-reach-deal-to-end-strike-at-utahs-park-city-mountain-resort Mead Gruver, Associated Press Lindsey Vonn off to Europe with 'butterflies of excitement' for 1st World Cup race in nearly 6 years /news/2024-12-16/lindsey-vonn-off-to-europe-with-butterflies-of-excitement-for-1st-world-cup-race-in-nearly-6-years indsey Vonn flew down the Birds of Prey course one last time as a forerunner before flying off to Switzerland. Next up will be her first World Cup race in nearly six years as the 40-year-old makes her return to ski racing. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:41:46 GMT /news/2024-12-16/lindsey-vonn-off-to-europe-with-butterflies-of-excitement-for-1st-world-cup-race-in-nearly-6-years Pat Graham, AP Sports Lindsey Vonn to make her comeback to downhill racing at age 40 this weekend /news/2024-12-06/lindsey-vonn-to-make-her-comeback-to-downhill-racing-at-age-40-this-weekend Lindsey Vonn is going to enter an official ski race for the first time in nearly six years this weekend at age 40. Vonn announced last month that she was coming out of retirement and she will race lower-level FIS downhills and super-Gs on Saturday and Sunday in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-12-06/lindsey-vonn-to-make-her-comeback-to-downhill-racing-at-age-40-this-weekend Andrew Dampf, AP Sports Writer Commentary: Last call at Arapahoe Basin /culture-identity/2024-06-21/commentary-last-call-at-arapahoe-basin »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·'s commentator Peter Moore gets a little verklempt as he notes the end of ski season and the implications of global warming. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:08:14 GMT /culture-identity/2024-06-21/commentary-last-call-at-arapahoe-basin Peter Moore With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes /news/2024-06-09/with-his-transgender-identity-public-skier-jay-riccomini-finds-success-on-and-off-the-slopes Jay Riccomini is increasingly well known in the world of slopestyle skiing. He finished third overall in last season's World Cup slopestyle standings, and is now mentioned as an Olympic hopeful in 2026. But he has also achieved a different kind of victory: publicly embracing his identity as a gay transgender man. Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:49:00 GMT /news/2024-06-09/with-his-transgender-identity-public-skier-jay-riccomini-finds-success-on-and-off-the-slopes Pat Graham, Associated Press