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Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun More than 4,100 skiers and snowboarders were transported to emergency rooms in ambulances or helicopters across 2018, 2019 and the first part of 2020, which is about 10 patients every day of the season. Chris Arnis was with his crew, carving spring snow on his home hill. It was a good Sunday for the lifelong skier.   It was a little shy of 4 p.m., March 15, 2015, when it happened. Arnis, a ski coach in Steamboat Springs, hit some deep ruts where a speed-controlling fence had just been pulled to prepare for snow grooming that evening. He lost a ski and flew f...

Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado ERs each day Durango, Colorado Currently Fri 2% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation More than 4,100 transported across 2018, 2019 and the first part of 2020 Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 5:14 PM Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun Ski patrollers tend to an injured skier in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl on Dec. 11, 2020. Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado ERs each day Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun Ski patrollers tend to an injured skier in Vail�...

For years, Westword has reported on the dearth of information about ski accidents that's publicly available. Like winter resorts across the country, ski areas in Colorado tend to release as few details as possible about injuries and deaths on the slopes, in part because there's no legislation compelling them to do so — and the Colorado Snow Safety Act of 1979 largely absolves operators from liability should anyone get hurt or killed. Now, however, a recently formed organization called Safe Slopes Colorado is making a new push for transparency — and bolstering its call is data assembled ...