Tag: Skiing Colorado
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Visits to Colorado’s ski resorts fell 20% below average this year, new data shows
Visits to Colorado’s ski resorts during an abysmally-dry winter were down nearly 24% compared to last year, according to new preliminary data from a statewide trade association. The state saw about 10.5 million ski visitors during the 2025/2026 season, the Colorado Ski Country USA announced Thursday. It’s down from 13.8 million visitors in the previous…
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Amtrak expands Winter Park ‘ski train’ amid surging demand for mountain rail
Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is launching holiday runs starting Dec. 19, plus is expanding to four days a week beginning Jan. 8 to meet booming demand for travel through Colorado’s mountain corridor. With 57 round-trips planned through late March, the rail line hopes to ease congestion on U.S. Highway 40 over Berthoud Pass…
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Whiteout: Powder up down south, an urban skiing tale and the 10th Mountain Division
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My 6-year-old son and I are going to Loveland Valley Friday — the same place my dad took me back in 1985 when I was six — with intentions of passing the enjoyment of skiing on to him. He’s debated between skiing and snowboarding, but has landed on the two plank motif, claiming it is looks…
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Whiteout: The heart of ski season, Marry Me & Ski, plus more sun on the slopes
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SNOW REPORT: What is it with Steamboat in winter 2022-23? Monday’s storm totals ranged from three to six inches at most northern and central Colorado resorts, but Steamboat received a touch more for first chair with eight inches reported at the summit. And then the resort received another seven inches up top during the day…
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Whiteout: Sun and fun at Colorado resorts this weekend, plus cat-skiing on the Continental Divide
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SNOW REPORT: The never-ending cycle of storminess in January Colorado’s mountains experienced is taking a break from the action going into the first weekend of February. A skier jumps in fresh snow Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 at Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort in Summit County, Colorado. Arapahoe Basin reported seven new inches of snow over a…
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Whiteout: New weekend-powder for northern resorts, plus ski FREE Sunday at Howelsen Hill
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SNOW REPORT: Friday and Saturday are storm days in Colorado. Northern resorts like Howelsen Hill, Bluebird Backcountry and Steamboat look to reap the benefits with snow accumulation totals between 8 to 22 inches, Park Range peaks could see 36 inches, by Sunday first chair. Saturday has a high likelihood of being a powder day up…
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Whiteout: You get powder, you get powder, everybody gets powder
Sunday’s snowstorm was a prelude, an apéritif, of the storm that entered Colorado Tuesday night and Wednesday. Monday riders in western and southern Colorado resorts celebrated with between 4 to 10 inches of fresh powder to surf through — Wolf Creek tallied 24″ between Sunday and Monday, and another 12″ for Tuesday morning. More was…