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A worker removes the finish gate after the race has been cancelled due to the weather, at the Womens Giant Slalom race of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season

In 1979 in southwest Colorado, a local collaboration was born to break the doldrums of a long, harsh winter. As a written history recalls it: “A great lament was heard

New this season, the ski area is now under the ownership of Pottawattamie County and its conservation department.

Traditional resorts can be expensive and unsuitable for shorter breaks. Swapping them for less popular destinations could be the answer for a budget ski break.

The summertime powder hound will take any sign of hope. For example: mushrooms.

Proceeds of the sale will help fuel the Wolf Pack Ski Teams return to NCAA Division 1 status.

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Olympic giant slalom champion Marco Odermatt dominated the first run of the season-opening men's World Cup race Sunday. The Swiss skier had a near-flawless run on the steep glacier in the Austrian Alps to build a lead of more than four-tenths of a second over second-place Lucas Braathen of Norway.

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — If FIS President Johan Eliasch needed a reminder of the long road ahead to his desired centralization of Alpine skiing’s media rights, he got it on Friday. Less than three hours before Eliasch was going to speak at the FIS Forum Alpinum about his organization’s marketing rights management, the Austrian Ski Federation announced a two-year TV and streaming deal with NBC.

Two men’s World Cup downhill races next weekend that start in Switzerland and finish in Italy were called off Saturday due to a lack of snow on the final 300 meters of the course following an unseasonably warm fall.

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Rain and snowfall wiped out the first women’s race of the Alpine skiing’s World Cup season Saturday and made the men's event for the next day doubtful. Wet snow on the Austrian glacier affected the visibility on the softened course and made a safe race impossible.