Alpine Skiing News

I'm perched in a wooden treehouse lazing on a cushy double mattress atop a white sand beach along Mexico's Riviera Maya.

Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations.

A 14-year-old Colorado Springs girl has died after an accident on an intermediate trail at Breckenridge Ski Resort.

Sunlight Mountain Resort is enjoying some nice early season snowfall, and expects to be ready for the scheduled opening day of Dec.

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. Read more: State , Business , Environment , Weather , Outdoors , Tourism , Consumer , Skiing , Ski Season , Eldora Mountain Resort , Eldora , Vail Mountain DENVER a ' More Colorado ski resorts are opening for the season.

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Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head - the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier on the World Cup circuit the past two seasons, Vonn travels full time with two physical trainers provided by Red Bull, her ski technician, and her husband - a former U.S. Ski Team ...

In letter, CEO says he refunded the $539 paid by Lauren Slaff so she could find a resort that better met her expectations DURANGO, Colorado - A company that operates a ski area on U.S. Forest Service land has yanked the season ski pass of a woman who criticized changes to its operating schedule.

Resi Stiegler is taken down the mountain on a sled after hooking a gate in giant slalom training and hurting her left leg.

Tuesday was a picturesque day at Copper Mountain, with skiers and snowboarders stopping for a break to take it all in.

The Cannon Mountain Advisory Commission toured some of the ongoing renovations at Cannon Mountain and reviewed upcoming projects on the new Mittersill slopes.

Vail Mountain is scheduled to open for the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season Friday at 9 a.m. The resort will offer skiing and riding on the Born Free trail, accessible by Born Free Express, or chair number 8, in Lionshead.

More powder is what every skier wants, but a changing climate could pose a big risk to Colorado's status as a winter sports mecca.

On its road to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the U.S. Alpine Ski Team - including racers from Vail - is making a stop at Copper Mountain this week.

Fans will have a chance to design the artwork that appears on star skier Lindsey Vonn's helmet during February's Vancouver Olympics.

David Ebner Vancouver - I ntrawest ULC has agreed to sell one of its big ski resorts, allowing the company to ease the severity of a debt load built up during the real estate boom.

" Winter Park Resort, one of Colorado's premier resort destinations less than two hours from Denver, opens Wednesday, November 18 for its 70th season with 33 acres, three chairlifts, two trails and the Sorensen Park beginner area.

Heavenly Mountain Resort will open for skiing and snowboarding on Friday, weather permitting, it said.

Searchers found the body of a missing skier at Mount Baker. The Whatcom County sheriff's office says they found the body of the 54-year-old Coquitlam, British Columbia, man Monday afternoon buried under about 18 inches of snow.

A winter storm warning is in effect for the mountains surrounding Aspen and Snowmass, where heavy snow is expected starting Thursday night.