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Skiing & Snowboarding

On the hill: Superb ski days in spite of snowpack
ASPEN — It was a long time coming this season, but I finally feel like I've settled into a comfortable pattern of splitting time equally among alpine, cross-country and alpine touring boards.
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02/08/2012 5:03am
On the trail: Down and out
ASPEN — On Saturday, for the first time in my life, I needed an evacuation. The embarrassment doesn't end there.
  02/06/2012 6:01am
From warm islands to cold highlands
ASPEN — Some people can't stay away from white, powdered mountains and the excitement and joy of skiing.

Steve Fisher is one of those individuals.
  02/02/2012 4:28am
Lori Augustine: The starting gate
The anticipation of the race season has quickly entered my body. My own expectations are still uncertain. I want to finish. I want to place. I want to win! In truth, I want to be a better skier and have big fun.
  02/02/2012 4:13am
On the trail: Spring Gulch solitude
CARBONDALE — It was with some trepidation that I tossed my cross-country ski gear in the car Sunday and headed to Spring Gulch outside Carbondale.
  01/31/2012 4:58am
On the hill: Duck and cover
ASPEN — Here's the scene in The Aspen Times newsroom at about 3 p.m. Tuesday:

Boom! Boom!
  01/25/2012 4:00am
State's snowpack remains ripe for avalanches
BOULDER, Colo. — The snowpack is so unstable in the Aspen area and throughout the Colorado mountains right now that backcountry travelers can trigger avalanches from flat terrain, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
  01/24/2012 5:37am
On the trail: Finally, a ski tour
MISSOURI HEIGHTS — Maybe an inch or two of new snow encrusted my midvalley driveway Sunday morning, but I had promised the dog a walk through whatever snow there was on Basalt Mountain, so we headed up Missouri Heights to the winter closure gate.
  01/24/2012 5:23am
On the hill: That's more like it
SNOWMASS — All is well again in Never Never Land.
  01/23/2012 5:26am
Not enough snow for Town to Town Tour
ASPEN — The Town to Town Tour, a cross-country ski tour from Aspen to Basalt, has been canceled for the second time in two years because of lack of snow, leaving the future of the event in doubt.
  01/19/2012 4:36am
On the hill: Powder days are here again
ASPEN — What's that old saying … absence makes the heart grow fonder? Well, it's true.
  01/18/2012 3:45am
Aspen avalanche seminar set
ASPEN — Avalanche danger has not been a huge issue in the Aspen area so far this winter, but the situation can change rapidly.
  01/13/2012 4:28am
Aspen-area avalanche risk moderate; snow conditions variable
ASPEN — On Wednesday, when a trace to 2 inches of snow was reported in Aspen, Brian McCall, of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, was most concerned with the variable snowpack in this below-average-snowfall winter.
  01/13/2012 4:27am
It's free, it's nordic at Aspen extravaganza
ASPEN — If you're interested in learning to cross-country ski, brush up on your technique or try the latest in nordic gear, make tracks to the Aspen Cross Country Center on Sunday.
  01/12/2012 4:28am
On the trail: Eight inches equals a needed nordic fix
ASPEN — Eight inches in the morning snow report is 8 inches. On the mountains, it was 8 inches of welcome cover on what I imagine were some pretty sketchy existing conditions. At the Aspen golf course, it was the difference between skiing and not.
  01/09/2012 4:00am
Aspen Valley Ski Club ready for 75th season
ASPEN — Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club anticipates celebrating its 75th season with a record-breaking number of kids in its recreational and competitive programs.
  01/06/2012 4:04am
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