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Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson grabs record fourth US Open slopestyle title

Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson grabs record fourth US Open slopestyle title

Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson scored her women’s record fourth slopestyle title Friday in snowy conditions on Vail Mountain, and Mark McMorris led a Canadian charge that included three of…

Burton US Open kicks off with gold medalist Anderson taking top slopestyle spot

Burton US Open kicks off with gold medalist Anderson taking top slopestyle spot

South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson proved why she’s an Olympic gold medalist Wednesday as the the 32nd annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI kicked off with men’s…

Plenty of Olympic gold medalists at US Open Snowboarding Championships, but no Shaun White

Plenty of Olympic gold medalists at US Open Snowboarding Championships, but no Shaun White

More than 50 Olympians from this month’s 2014 Sochi Games will descend on Vail next week for the annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships, including current and past gold medalists…

Colorado skiers, snowboarders claim gold, silver, bronze at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Colorado skiers, snowboarders claim gold, silver, bronze at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Nineteen Coloradans competed in skiing and snowboarding for the United States at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and three of those Centennial State athletes will be coming home with Olympic…

Ted Ligety finally captures Olympic giant slalom gold

Ted Ligety finally captures Olympic giant slalom gold

This is the one he wanted – the gold medal that mattered most to Ted Ligety. And the Park City ski-racing superstar delivered in the clutch Wednesday, winning the giant…

Colorado’s dynamic trio of halfpipe freeskiers comes up short as Wise wins first gold medal

Colorado’s dynamic trio of halfpipe freeskiers comes up short as Wise wins first gold medal

Colorado’s dynamic trio of halfpipe freeskiers had a tough time in terrible weather at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park Tuesday as halfpipe skiing made its Olympic debut. Ski & Snowboard…

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth in rainy GS for her Olympic debut

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth in rainy GS for her Olympic debut

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth Tuesday in her first-ever Olympic appearance in a rainy women’s giant slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games. Heavy rain pelted the 18-year-old world champion during…

Americans back on track after super-G silver, bronze for Weibrecht, Miller

Americans back on track after super-G silver, bronze for Weibrecht, Miller

And just like that the U.S. Ski Team’s alpine squad is on track to have one of its most successful Winter Olympics in history. Lake Placid’s Andrew Weibrecht, already a…

At halfway mark, U.S. alpine skiers suffer Sochi disappointment with just one medal

At halfway mark, U.S. alpine skiers suffer Sochi disappointment with just one medal

Halfway through the alpine events of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics the U.S. Ski Team has been a disappointment with just one medal (Julia Mancuso’s bronze in super combined) through…

Powerful winter storm plows into Vail, Beaver Creek

Powerful winter storm plows into Vail, Beaver Creek

A powerful winter storm moved into Colorado late Wednesday, producing steady snow at both Vail and Beaver Creek and depositing 5 inches of new snow at both ski areas as…