Colorado Ski Resorts

Few skiers can tear themselves away from the meticulously crafted corduroy long enough to discover Beaver Creek's astounding hidden gems.

SKI Magazine's content producer pops her Aspen cherry.

Jackson Lebsack wraps up the trip of a lifetime at the original Epic Pass resort.

There's a reason the two are ski resort staples.

Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, and Monarch Mountain join a growing list of Colorado hills already open for business.

Thanks to October storms, three Colorado resorts will open ahead of schedule.

Get the details on special events in January around the Centennial State.

Don’t fret quite yet—a fortnight of additional skiing awaits.

Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland, Colorado, announces they will be selling uphill alpine touring passes for the 2016/2017 season.

Owner Nora Pykkonen restructures Denver’s race hill.

USFS approves new lift, resort access to Beavers and Steep Gullies.

For Colorado day-trippers, the beautiful madness of a pow day starts with getting there.

The small ski area 45 minutes from Denver plans to switch from private to public and the season passes are oh-so cheap. By Leslie Hittmeier

Dick Bass, who co-founded Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort and was the first to climb the Seven Summits, died at age 85.

Face it, winter is still months away. But mountain biking season is in its prime, so follow your gravity-fueled folly hop a chairlift at Trestle Bike Park in Winter Park, CO.

Independent resorts are competing with the big boys by expanding terrain. But will more skiable acres translate into more powder for everyone?

While many ski towns and ski resorts are laying low, quietly waiting for another winter, plenty of others are turning the volume all the way up with all sorts of kickass music festivals this summer. These 10 are amongst the very best.

Colter Hinchliffe, Riley Soderquist, and Jordan White skied the exciting new line, Peg Leg, off Colorado's Capitol Peak on Thursday, June 4.

CAIC officials reported 260 avalanches in May and predict June could follow suit.

Skiing doesn't have to stop in the summer—check out these ski camps for that summer fix.

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Find late season pow, or at least some corn, at these resorts that haven’t closed yet.

Because you can ski Vail for a week and never repeat a line.

Find your ski pass for next season—and the best deals—here.

It’s like a mini Chamonix, only (a little bit) easier to get to.

Crested Butte’s Gothic Mountain Tour schools a newbie in the skimo game.

Slopeside live music, wacky costumes, and tons of beer? Sign us up for these spring festivals.

Copper has shaken off its hot-girl- behind-the-frumpy-glasses image, but people still blow by it to ski Breck or Vail. Their mistake.

This mountain was made for those who like to hike for big lines in patrol-controlled terrain.

Because who doesn't love a good bump session—and ditching I-70 early.

Western State Colorado University’s Alpine Ski Team has been reinstated and is thirsty for glory.

Steamboat serves up dry pow and sweet trees without any attitude. Go get some.

Test your mettle in this skimo race outside of Crested Butte, Colorado.

Breckenridge, Colorado: Huge, clean jumps, creative rails, and a 22-foot superpipe. But there's more than just a terrain park.

If you need to be convinced to go to Aspen, you should take up snowshoeing.

Though it has the honor of being Colorado’s snowiest resort, Wolf Creek remains a small-town hill with a local cult following.

Too many people drive by Denver’s closest skiing because it seems too close to be true.

The must-hit classic on every red-blooded skier’s bucket list.

Seven camps to make you a better skier.

It's what you don't know about legal marijuana that will get you into trouble on the slopes.

A married, father of three kids chose to pursue a post-SEAL career as a professional skier after a 17-year hiatus from the mountains

Hunter Mortensen’s tips for ripping the alpine and lower gladed terrain on Breckenridge's Peak 6.

Two Coloradans earned turns this summer by biking to, hiking, climbing, and skiing Longs Peak.

Doris Spencer and Kent Willoughby divulge how to keep alpine adventures alive.

Doris Spencer and Kent Willoughby divulge how to keep love and alpine adventures alive.

As Crested Butte’s ski patrol director, Bill Dowell gets first chair, makes sure people have an amazing ski day, and deals with all types of ski injuries.

Friends and family of a Colorado avalanche victim plan to create a fund for avy safety.

We spent three days testing indie skis at Loveland and kept hitting the reset button.

And the boys are all hot and bothered.

Long walks, high winds, deep snow, and whiskey-pushing 7-year-olds in Aspen

A weekend of skinny skis and unbelievably deep powder skiing.

Willis Brown and friends hit the backcountry around Aspen, Colorado to find their own type of play land.

Vail and the U.S. Forest Service destroy illegal structures at four resorts.

The younger, faster, and handsomer Grand Traverse team fielded by Skiing Magazine

Making time for long tours.

Two working schlubs attempt to conquer one of North America’s most difficult backcountry ski races.

Athletes were throwing down during the 2014 X Games. Take a look.

Connor Davis hits St. Mary’s Glacier to remember why he skis.

The 35th Annual Mountainfilm Festival takes place Friday, May 24, to Monday, May 27, in Telluride, Colorado.

We hitch a lift with KAT. Come along for the ride.

Slaying spring snow in Southwest Colorado.

An impromptu vision quest to Southwest Colorado.

A sled skiing adventure in Colorado's San Juan mountains.

Tabke talks leading the 2013 Freeride World Tour going into the stop at Kirkwood Mountain Resort

A first-time ski-mountaineering racer recaps her experience at the Winter Mountain Games.

How to make a Harlem Shake video with Aspen's #ContentCrew.

Step 1: Have friends like Flylow Gear and Powder Addiction. Step 2: Get lucky.

A celebration of the week's best dumps.

Chatting up the headliners of Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks.

Red Bull's Primed Series goes into the mind of last year's Slopestyle Champion.

Practice gets tricky.

Let these tips, gleaned from our editors and their vast network of informants, illuminate your next adventure.

A skiing legend shows us how to dig a quick snow pit and learn a lot about snowpack in a hurry.

A celebration of the last seven days of snow.

A photo recall of the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado.

A celebration of the the last week's best storms.

Atomic's National Competition Manager on what it takes to make a season of racing happen.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are rocking Denver this February.

Early season action to fuel your fantasies.

A new partnership with a coal mine could be good for the environment.