A guide to backcountry Colorado yurts
When you get away from the chair lifts, resort towns and highways, the Rocky Mountains in winter are quiet and stunning. And cold. Very, very cold. Only the hardiest skiers, …
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Ken Block’s Absurd 650-HP Tank Track Raptor Can Be Yours
If you’re going to be tailgating during a backcountry deep pow snowboard shesh, you want Ken Block’s RaptorTRAX there providing support. This is the machine you use to drive snowboarders …
The winter Olympic sports season is here
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. It’s the first day of …
Colorado ski-area snow stakes are celebrities in their own right
Ski area snow stakes used to have one simple purpose: Usually tucked away in secret locations, they were the measuring tools that ski patrollers checked first thing every morning so …
5 best Colorado ski resorts for snowboarders, ranked by a transplant
I thought I knew how to snowboard until I moved to Colorado. Growing up in the suburbs of New Orleans, La., I had a leg up on my fellow Southerners, …
Telluride postpones opening due to meager snow; other areas limits acreage
Five more Colorado ski areas will open this week with limited terrain, but one is postponing its opening by a week or two “due to recent and forecasted warm weather.” …
Colorado ski resort opening dates for 2023-24 season
Opening day for Colorado ski season is drawing near. Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland are making snow, hoping to open soon, and this weekend’s cold front and snowfall could help …
How to get cheap ski gear in Colorado for the 2023-24 season
Ski season is almost here. The countdown has begun to see whether Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Keystone or Wolf Creek will become the first Colorado ski area to open. It’s usually …
These Are The Worst Conditions You’ve Ever Driven Through
Years ago I was riding home from a Triumph motorcycle rally in Western Canada and was taking a secondary road that was far from everything but usually much prettier than …
Ski Resorts Are Giving Up on Snow
It’s late August, and Italy is in the middle of its third record-setting heat wave of the summer, but at the bottom of the slopes in Fai della Paganella, a …