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American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin is chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season.

This winter will be one of historic firsts for the X Games — including gender parity among men’s and women’s events and the implementation of a ticketing system for spectator corrals at the base of Buttermilk Mountain. Slopeside concerts are not on the docket.

At Copper Mountain, ski patroller Bek Karjian is using games and exercises to train her three-month-old pup to rescue people trapped in avalanches — a skill humans have not proven very good at.

El Niño conditions are expected to bring good snow to Colorado and the Southern Rockies, but conditions may not be as ideal to the north.

New research is showing that fall snowfall can be a good predictor of what the rest of the season will look like.

We hear from The Colorado Sun’s rural economic development reporter, Tracy Ross, in a discussion about ski resorts that provide housing for employees and a false correlation between increased snowpack and lower drought risk.

Several ski areas in the Mountain West have extended their seasons by a week or two as skiers and snowboarders relish in an epic powder year.

Patti Zhou is an 11-year-old snowboarder from Beijing who could be the next big thing in the halfpipe and slopestyle. She's making her Dew Tour debut in Copper Mountain, Colorado, this weekend.

Ski hills will soon be opening in the West, but it’s still uncertain which will open first. Over the last several years, the first two ski hills to open in the West have often been Arapahoe Basin and Keystone, both in northern Colorado. But last year, southern Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area pulled ahead to open first on October 16 thanks to a big snow storm.

With decreasing snowpack due to drought and climate change, the ski industry has invested millions of dollars in more efficient snowmaking systems. Some question whether the practice is a wise use of energy and water. But a Colorado water official says snowmaking accounts for less than one-tenth of 1% of the water that is diverted in the state and is considered a beneficial use because it brings in tourism.