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By Chris Freud STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A 3-point shot from Battle Mountain tied Tuesday’s game between the Battle Mountain and Steamboat Springs high school boys basketball teams just as the third quarter was ending, causing a fan in the stands to remark, “We might as well have just played one quarter instead of four.”As it […]

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By Chris Freud STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A 3-point shot from Battle Mountain tied Tuesday’s game between the Battle Mountain and Steamboat Springs high school boys basketball teams just as the third quarter was ending, causing a fan in the stands to remark, “We might as well have just played one quarter instead of four.”As it […]

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By Chris Freud The AFC Championship Game on Sunday will not be Brady-Manning 17 (or XVII).The previews of the game will all focus on the two. During the game, the cameras will be on them nonstop.It’s a way to attract the casual fan, even though it’s the AFC Championship, and that is reason enough to […]

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By Chris Freud The AFC Championship Game on Sunday will not be Brady-Manning 17 (or XVII).The previews of the game will all focus on the two. During the game, the cameras will be on them nonstop.It’s a way to attract the casual fan, even though it’s the AFC Championship, and that is reason enough to […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — New snow is a good thing, but when new snow falls on old snow in the backcountry, the avalanche danger can rise right along with the snow depth.After a weekend of heavy snow, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center raised its forecast of backcountry avalanche danger to “considerable,” about midway […]

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By Melanie Wong SUMMIT COUNTY — It’s a blue sky Wednesday morning on Mayflower Gulch, a popular backcountry area near Copper Mountain, and while other backcountry users traipse past in search of powder, Scott Toepfer has dug himself a handsome 3-by-4-foot snow pit.The veteran Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecaster runs a series of

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By Lauren Glendenning ASPEN — Skiers and snowboarders often don’t see eye to eye, but one skier with a serious chip on his shoulder took things to an entirely new level Sunday at Aspen Highlands. The skier, a white man in his late 20s or early 30s, took offense to a seemingly innocuous comment by […]

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By Edward Stoner PARK CITY, Utah — Before the U.S. Ski Team stars take to Kitzbuhel’s infamous Hahnenkamm downhill this weekend, up and coming athletes from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s U16 National Training Group will compete in the Hahnenkamm Juniors Wednesday. The event features tech events on the world-renowned Gansler

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By scott miller BROOMFIELD — Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin, near the Illinois state line, expanding its collection of urban ski areas in the Midwest. Located approximately 65 miles north of Chicago, Wilmot Mountain has long been a favorite of skiers and snowboarders in one of the top […]

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By scott miller BROOMFIELD — Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday that it has acquired Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin, near the Illinois state line, expanding its collection of urban ski areas in the Midwest. Located approximately 65 miles north of Chicago, Wilmot Mountain has long been a favorite of skiers and snowboarders in one of the […]

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