Tag: Whiteout
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With 6-12″ of snow possible, November ends snowy in Colorado, carries storminess into December
After a rather dry November in Colorado’s high country, Loveland Ski Area recorded 25″ of snow for the month currently, December’s forecast looks more promising as more storms line up over the next week. Snow returns Friday to close out the month on a snowy note, with the northern mountains benefiting the most. As December…
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Heavy snowfall in Colorado forecast with 20+ inches possible as December starts
Winter weather systems inbound for Colorado have been evolving more frequently during early winter 2025-26, and the forecasted Thanksgiving system and the ones lining up behind it heading into December are no exception. Prime example being the Thanksgiving storm. A change to greater snowfall in the northern and central mountains, not the southern mountains, is…
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Light snow to fall in Colorado before Thanksgiving, then heavy snow inbound as December starts
Winter returned to Colorado’s high country over the weekend, especially in the southern and central mountains. The state’s snowpack is slowly rebounding as well, with the median average moved above 33%. Thanksgiving week forecast shows more snow through the holiday weekend, but a larger and heavier snow event is possible over the first couple of…
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Mikaela Shiffrin amasses 2 new records with slalom win at Gurgl
U.S. Ski Team racer Mikaela Shiffrin and Italian but-racing-for-Albania Lara Colturi went 1-2 again in the opening run and second run of the second women’s World Cup slalom of the Olympic season Sunday in Gurgl, Austria. The feat replicated the result from last week’s race in Levi, Finland where Shiffrin won her 102 career World Cup…
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World Cup skiing invades Copper Mountain, US team’s top athletes, personalities ready for four-day race
Here’s a look at 2 men, 2 women skiers to watch at this year’s event Alpine ski racers like River Radamus, Lauren Macuga, Lindsey Vonn and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde were on the slopes of Copper Mountain Resort in Summit County on Wednesday training for the upcoming Stifel Copper Cup next week. All of them were…
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PHOTOS: Copper Cup ski race training at Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain Resort in Summit County, Colorado is hosting the 2025 Stifel Copper Cup, one of only two stops in the United States (both in Colorado) during the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup this season. Several nation’s men’s and women’s teams, including top skiers on the U.S. Ski Team, participated in multiple training days…
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Additional 6-10″ of snow for Colorado as ‘risk of heavy snow’ forecast for week’s end
Winter conditions and the risk of heavy snow return to Colorado’s high country late week, with the southern mountains benefiting the most from the incoming storm. A round of snow from Wednesday to Friday night should fill in more gaps on grassy slopes and atop more man-made snow at Colorado’s ski areas and resorts, plus…
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11-18″ of snow for Colorado by week’s end as winter returns in a big way
Winter has returned to Colorado’s high country and a good amount of snow is coming with it; upwards of 18 inches by week’s end. The November drought is over after 15 days of little to no snow, plus recharging the snowpack once again from an abysmal 14% of median average. More snow is forecast heading…
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Colorado ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin dominates 1st World Cup slalom for career win 102, wins 9th reindeer
LEVI, Finland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin opened the Olympic slalom season in convincing style Saturday by dominating a World Cup race in Finnish Lapland for her record-extending 102nd career win. As per tradition, Shiffrin also took home her ninth reindeer by winning the Levi World Cup slalom and extends her lead over Slovakian skier Petra…
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Winter returns snow to Colorado within next 3 days for first possible powder skiing day Monday
Snow finally returns to Colorado’s high country within the next three days, then into next week as a series of storm systems empty their fluffy flakes from Steamboat to Silverton. Vail and Eldora both open Friday bringing the total operating Colorado ski areas to seven. More snow is forecast throughout next week and leading up…