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Coloradans craft tailor-made skis

Coloradans craft tailor-made skis

Folsom Custom Skis has a team of "ski destroyers" - big, burly pros who ski big burly lines, and splinter... 

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Snow Ride Guide

Too many skiers give short shrift to buying the right foot gear

BILL MCKEOWN

Any modern, well-tuned, shaped ski will carve a beautiful arc if tipped on edge and pressured just right....

Jeff Bergeron, owner of Boot Fixation in Breckenridge, carves the kind of turn that he says can only by done with boots that are correctly fitted.

Bergeron got late start on slopes

BILL MCKEOWN

Jeff Bergeron took up skiing in his late teens. Coming late to a sport in which the best skiers are...

The first chair lift of the year breaks through the banner at Loveland Ski Area on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.

Snow junkies get day in sun

DAVE PHILIPPS

LOVELAND PASS • Nate "Nate Dogggg" Nadler faced a conundrum Wednesday. For 13 seasons in a row,...

Quieter, cheaper experience awaits Nordic skiers

Skiing doesn't have to be all downhill. There are plenty of places for cross-country skiers and snowshoers...

Devin Lenz, front center, rode a full-suspension peg bike at the Purgatory International SkiBike Festival. Lenz builds the new style of bikes at his company, Lenz Sport, near Longmont.

Shocks and awe: Ski biking

Can designs borrowed from mountain bikes finally succeed at making slick sport cool?
By DAVE PHILIPPS

The tiny world of ski biking is divided into two camps: bobbers and peggers.The bobbers are the orthodoxy,...

Cindy Amoruso, framed by her showshoe, stopped for lunch while snowshoeing last month. It was the Wasson High School dance teacher�s first time snowshoeing.

You, too, can shoe

Get on top of the snow with easy-to-learn, versatile and inexpensive activity that provides workout and mimics summer treks through scenic backcountry
By DAVE PHILIPPS

In the Pikes Peak region, two seasons can exist at once. In early March, the crocuses are nuzzling up...

Skiers at Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico have long had double black diamond hike-to runs, such as Stauffenberg on the West Basin Ridge, to themselves.

Take the plunge

New Mexico's Taos Ski Valley, with its legendary steeps, drops its longtime ban on snowboarders
By DAVE PHILIPPS

TAOS, N.M. - "Don't Panic," famous sign at the foot of Taos Ski Valley reads.The motto, erected decades...

Snow riders in search of filmworthy slopes hiked the ridge from Chair 12 to the top of Telluride�s Black Iron Bowl, with Palmyra Peak in the background. Reaching the summit of Palmyra Peak can take more than an hour.

Hike and Ride: Skiers increasingly look for film-quality steeps

By DAVE PHILIPPS

In Telluride, life increasingly resembles the movies. On a recent bluebird day, pro skier Herb Manning...

Mike Martin of Denver launched off a cornice on Alberta Peak at Wolf Creek Ski Area.

Ski a round

Skip the crowds at state's larger resorts and hit prime powder on the Western Slope
By ANDREW WINEKE

Going to Breckenridge, or Keystone or Copper is not a 'ski trip.' That's just going skiing. Now,...

Skiers crossed over Breckenridge�s northern boundary into the backcountry. Breckenridge has applied to the U.S. Forest Service to move its boundary farther north. Critics say the expansion would disturb a remote area, encroaching on rare terrain.

Over the ropes

Breckenridge sets sights on a favorite playground of backcountry skiers, with plans for a new lift, restaurant, warming hut
By DAVE PHILIPPS

When it comes to Peak 6, a 12,582-foot mountain in Summit County's Ten Mile Range, backcountry skiers...

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