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SKI SCHOOL: Freestyle skiing no longer so free

The once-renegade sport of freestyle skiing is now a respected Olympic event.

Taos Ski Valley opens to snowboarders

Let the shredding begin.

MCNEIL: Here's real deal for beginners

January is Learn to Ski Month in Colorado Ski Country. Almost every resort is offering incentives for folks who have never skied or those who want to improve.

WILLIAMS: Defensive skiing lessons needed

Every ski season it seems as if at least one case crops up that underscores the need to teach kids about slope awareness.

NORDHAUS: When in avalanche terrain, trust your gut

A couple of winters ago, I was almost caught in an avalanche. It was one of the stupidest things I've ever done, but it was also one of the best lessons I've ever learned.

Ski Cooper: Small and sweet

The snowboarder wasn't going to be easily impressed. He was accustomed to the urbane, moneyed hustle and bustle of Colorado's largest ski resorts, where his family had gone for years. He and his brothers had their favorite haunts - sprawling back bowls. But on a recent Friday morning, 21- year-old Ken Stave found himself at Ski Cooper.
Austrians finish 1-2-3 in super-G at Beaver Creek

The Austrians returned to their dominating ways today, taking the top three spots in the super-G on the Birds of Prey course.
Austrian Walchhofer wins Birds of Prey downhill; American Nyman is second

Austrian Michael Walchhofer edged American Steve Nyman by five-hundredths of a second.
Miller finishes 4th at Beaver Creek

These days Bode Miller, who hasn’t won a World Cup slalom since 2005, is just happy when he finishes one. Thursday on Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey course Miller not only finished the slalom portion of the super combined event, he almost got on the podium (top 3).
5 questions for Snowmass skier and author Chris Davenport

Last winter, Snowmass resident Chris Davenport completed perhaps the most ambitious Colorado skiing endeavor ever conceived. In the span of 12 months, he skied off the top of all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks.

Svindal opens his season right where he left off

Aksel Lund Svindal's victory in the season-opening World Cup giant slalom on Sunday showed it's going to be tough to take the overall and discipline titles away from the powerfully built Norwegian.
Mended, wed, ready to fly

Vail's Lindsey Kildow Vonn heads into this weekend's season-opening World Cup ski races on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden, Austria, with a new husband, a new knee and the same burning desire to be the best ski racer in the world.
Looking for Classic finish

Street Sense has been called the perfect racehorse, a 3-year-old thoroughbred who doesn't win every race, only the really big ones.
Girl Scout cookies, and gates, power Stiegler

Resi Stiegler had a theory about why she had the fastest run of the day while winning the women's giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships.
Stable Stiegler wins slalom at alpine championships

Resi Stiegler was celebrating that she had finished a slalom when she figured out she had won it.
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