Today in Stoke

Spring snow brings extended ski season

By Colin Bane Wed., Apr. 17 2013 at 12:32 PM
Categories: Skiing, Snowboarding, Today in Stoke

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Courtesy Vail Mountain
Face shots like this one on closing day -- and more than two more feet of snow since Sunday -- inspired Vail to open up for an additional weekend.
Never mind those epic closing-day celebrations last weekend at Vail, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, and Powderhorn: All four resorts have announced they'll be spinning the chairlifts again this weekend and reopening Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, to make the most of massive dumps of late-season snow.

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- Best of Denver - Best Place to Train for the Winter Olympics: Woodward at Copper
- Best of Denver - Best Halfpipe: Vail
- Best of Denver - Best Terrain Park 2013: Breckenridge


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Closing time: An end-of-season ski and snowboard splash-down countdown

By Colin Bane Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Skiing, Snowboarding, Today in Stoke

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Photo by Tripp Fay, courtesy Copper Mountain
A competitor at Copper Mountain's Eenie Weenie Bikini Contest foreshadows the end.
The 2012-2013 ski and snowboard season begins winding down this weekend -- with the first round of closing-day parties at Ski Granby Ranch, Powderhorn and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort -- despite the fact that snow conditions are actually quite good, with more snow in the forecast. Here's a rundown of when and where to get your last licks in over the next month.

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- Competitive skiing kept Army veteran Joel Hunt from going downhill
- Level 1 Productions' Sunny wins Movie of the Year at 2013 Powder Awards


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Activism

Skiing deaths confirm old proverb: Mother Nature can be a real bitch

By Kalen Deremo Mon., Mar. 18 2013 at 7:59 AM
Categories: Activism, Freeskiing, Nature, Skiing

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C.R. Johnson in a hospital bed before he passed away in 2010.
Three times now, I've received a phone call that I never anticipated I'd get even once in my life. Two times, the call was from a friend who delivered the news; one time it was my mother. Though all three were different voices, each had a similar, haunting pitch and carried the same devastating message: Someone I knew had died while skiing, something I'd grown up doing.

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- Photos: Joe Philpott's avalanche death may have accidentally been caused by dog
- Caleb Moore dies after X-Games crash in Aspen, first casualty in event's history
- Garrett Spencer, record-setting 19th Colorado ski area death, being laid to rest


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America, C.R. Johnson, Joe Philpott, Logan Jameson, Peter Carver, Sarah Burke, Shane McConkey, Silverton
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Contests

Win day passes to Loveland Ski Area!

By Show and Tell Thu., Feb. 7 2013 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Contests, Skiing

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Via Loveland's Facebook
Update: Congratulations to andsolgo! You've won two day passes to Loveland. Check your email for details on how to claim them.

Original post: Valentine's Day is coming up next week, and if you haven't already, it's time to decide where you stand, whether to gift and how much to spend. In honor of the holiday spirit, Show and Tell has a free option for you, no anxiety required: We're giving away two free day passes to Loveland Ski Area. Continue reading for details on how to treat your partner -- or yourself. (We're not judging.)

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- Photos: Ski and snowboard creations on display at Art of Winter
- Photos: Fresh snow porn from Copper Mountain's four-inch day
- Ruby Hill Rail Yard back in action as a winter playground, lack of winter notwithstanding


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Photos: Ski and snowboard creations on display at Art of Winter

By Show and Tell Wed., Jan. 30 2013 at 11:00 AM
Categories: Art, Photos, Skiing, Snowboarding

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All photos by Christopher Morgan.
Art of Winter, Denver's annual snow-inspired art fest, kicked off in LoDo on January 25, and it will remain open to the public for three weeks of cold weather and cool art. Westword photographer Christopher Morgan captured these shots of ski and snowboard art (and enthusiasts) during the opening days of the exhibition. Continue reading for the highlights, and visit out full Art of Winter slide show for more photos.

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- Slide show: The Art of Winter
- Win tickets to Westword's Whiteout Fashion Show!
- Something Independent's Art of Winter auction closes this weekend


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Photos: Fresh snow porn from Copper Mountain's four-inch day

By Show and Tell Tue., Jan. 29 2013 at 1:00 PM
Categories: Photos, Skiing, Snowboarding

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All photos courtesy of Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain.
Oh, Colorado -- you trickster! Just when we started sneaking some summer wear into our freakishly good-weathered January days, you pulled the plug and reminded us what those jackets are for. But at least you also gave the mountains some fresh powder. Over the past 24 hours, Copper Mountain raked in four inches of white, and to celebrate the resort's official snow day, employees shared these smiley snow porn scenes with us. Keep reading for more photos of what winter in Colorado is supposed to look like.

See also:
- Ruby Hill Rail Yard back in action as a winter playground, lack of winter notwithstanding
- Level 1 Productions' Sunny wins Movie of the Year at 2013 Powder Awards
- Colorado ski-porn purveyors nominated for 18 Powder Awards


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Snowboarding

Ruby Hill Rail Yard back in action as a winter playground, lack of winter notwithstanding

By Colin Bane Wed., Jan. 23 2013 at 11:30 AM
Categories: Skiing, Snowboarding, Today in Stoke

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Colin Bane
Ruby Hill Rail Yard at Ruby Hill Park opened Monday.
Denver hasn't had enough of a snow dump this winter for a proper sledding run, much less urban snowboarding jibs, but -- thanks to last week's temperature drop and a special agreement with Denver Water to facilitate artificial snowmaking -- the Ruby Hill Rail Yard ski and snowboard terrain park officially opened on Monday. The Rail Yard will be open daily during Ruby Hill Park hours -- starting at 5 a.m., with lighted night riding available until 9 p.m. -- from now until all the snow is gone.

See also:
- Level 1 Productions' "Sunny" wins Movie of the Year at 2013 Powder Awards
- So-Gnar Snowboard Camp Tour and Shred Circuit contest highlights from Loveland
- Experts agree: Made-in-Colorado snowboards are the best


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Christy Sports, Ruby Hill, So-Gnar, Winter Park
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Colorado Film

Level 1 Productions' Sunny wins Movie of the Year at 2013 Powder Awards

By Colin Bane Fri., Jan. 18 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Colorado Film, Film and TV, Skiing, Today in Stoke

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Powder Magazine, via Facebook
Josh Berman of Level 1 Productions claimed Best Movie and Best Editing honors at the 2013 Powder Awards for Sunny.
"Wow. Lucky number 13, I guess? Kind of at a loss for words here," stumbled Denver-based filmmaker Josh Berman of Level 1 Productions, accepting the prize for Best Movie last night at the 2013 Powder Awards in Park City on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival. "To actually spend the last twelve years watching the movie producers that I grew up with being inspired by taking all the prizes, it's kind of mind-blowing to be up here."

Sunny is Berman's thirteenth film for Level 1 Productions in as many years -- but his first to win top honors at the annual Powder Awards ceremony, presented by Powder Magazine. The film, which Berman co-directed with Kyle Decker, beat out The Eighty Six, from Boulder-based Stept Productions; The Dream Factory from Teton Gravity Research; and Few Words, from Process Films. Sunny -- edited by Decker, Berman and Freedle Coty -- also won in the Best Editing category.

See also:
- Colorado ski-porn purveyors nominated for 18 Powder Awards
- Level 1 Productions, Stept, MSP clean up at 2012 IF3 International Freeski Film Festival
- Sweetgrass Productions, Level 1, Stept win big at IF3 International Freeski Film Festival

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Colorado ski-porn purveyors nominated for 18 Powder Awards

By Colin Bane Tue., Jan. 8 2013 at 7:25 AM
Categories: Colorado Film, Film and TV, Skiing, Today in Stoke

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Josh Berman's "Sunny" from Level 1 Productions is a Movie of the Year nominee at the 2013 Powder Awards.
The nominees for Powder Magazine's 2013 Powder Awards were announced last week, and Colorado film crews -- including Denver-based Level 1 Productions, Boulder-based Stept Productions, and Crested Butte-based Matchstick Productions (MSP Films) and Two Plank Productions -- are heavy in the mix in just about every category, including Movie of the Year. The awards will be presented on Thursday, January 17, opening night of the Sundance Film Festival at Park City Live in Park City, Utah, and will be webcast live at www.PowderMag.com/Powder-Awards.

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- Level 1 Productions, Stept, MSP clean up at IF3 International Freeski Film Festival
- Sender Films, Forge Motion Pictures win big at 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival
- Get the edge on winter fun with The Edge!


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Today in Stoke

Breckenridge to crown 50th anniversary Ullr Fest king and queen on Sunday

By Colin Bane Fri., Jan. 4 2013 at 9:58 AM
Categories: Festivals, Skiing, Snowboarding, Today in Stoke

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Photo courtesy GoBreck.com
In a year of big ski-town anniversaries -- including a 40th bash at Copper Mountain, 50th anniversaries at Vail and Steamboat and Eldora, the 75th anniversary celebration at Loveland, and the upcoming 100th anniversary of Steamboat Springs' Howelsen Hill -- the wildest party of all just might be this week in Breckenridge, where the town is marking the 50th anniversary of Ullr Fest. The festival, which dates back to 1963, is a downright pagan paean to Ullr (rhymes with "cooler"), the skiing, hunting, badass god of Norse mythology who has been adopted as the patron saint of winter revelry.

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- Get the edge on winter fun with The Edge!
- Experts agree: Made-in-Colorado snowboards are the best
- Folsom Custom Skis, RMU, Icelantic dominate Freeskier Top 10 "Microbrew" list


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Breckenridge, Ullr Fest
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