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Members of the Keystone Resort mountain safety team watch as skiers and riders descend Dercum Mountain on Nov. 6. Vail Resorts was among the ski industry groups that opposed the Ski Area Safety Plans and Accident Reporting bill, which failed to make it out of committee Thursday.
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EAGLE A bill that would require Colorado ski areas to share safety strategies as well as statistics revealing injuries and fatalities didn’t make it out of a committee vote Thursday in Denver after hours of emotional testimony.
More than 20 supporters of the bill representing a mix of family members who have lost loved ones to skiing accidents, injured skiers, consumer safety advocates, physicians and academic experts testified in support of Senate Bill 184
A lift operator watches as skiers unload a chairlift on Nov. 6 at Keystone Resort. A federal ban on international work visas this ski season shrunk the labor pool for ski areas that rely on international workers to fill seasonal jobs, but the suspension has now expired.
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H2-B and J-1 visas have long been used by local ski areas to hire international employees seasonally. These visas were suspended in June under the Trump administration in an effort to limit immigration and improve job prospects for Americans. Now, the Biden administration has let the suspension expire, potentially adding to the county’s labor pool in the coming months.
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Team Summit skicross up-and-comer Walker Robinson made an undefeated statement this season on the Rocky Mountain circuit.
The 14-year-old won each competition he entered, earning him a national championship in a year when the annual USA Snowboard and Freeski Association didn’t host an event in response to COVID-19. His winning streak culminated with a skicross victory last weekend at Copper Mountain Resort while racing against some of the nation’s best competitors his age from the Rocky Mountain region, Maine and California.
“Walker is a competitor who wants to win,” Team Summit skicross head coach Leah Emaus said. “He gets in the gate, and he definitely is thinking, ‘How do I win this race? What do I have to do? What is my start going to be? How am I going to take the first turn?’”
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Summit High School senior Gray Wasson runs down the Roberts Tunnel trail in Dillon with his dog, Bentley, on April 2. Wasson ran 5 kilometers Friday as part of the Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization s fundraiser throughout the month of April to raise money for the 2021 graduating class.
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In her family’s home, Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization Vice President Alaina Brenner refers to this stretch of schooling as “the empty year.”
Brenner, the parent of a 2021 senior, has seen how the lack of normalcy in response to the novel coronavirus acutely affects soon-to-be graduates. For seniors like her child, that extends beyond the two days of in-person education seniors are able to attend.