Team Summit skier goes back-to-back at Junior Worlds winning big air and slopestyle
Local freeski phenom Lainey Steen has done it again. Just three days after winning her first-ever Junior Worlds title for women’s ski slopestyle, the 14-year-old won a second title today at ski Big Air in Calgary. Just like her slopestyle victory, there was no question in the judges’ minds. Lainey scored a combined 154.50 on two of three runs, including the highest score […]
Team Summit skier Lainey Steen crowned slopestyle champ at Jr. Worlds
It was the run of her life, and it came at the exact right time. Team Summit freeskier Lainey Steen, 14, won gold at Junior World Championships in Calgary on Feb. 28. She was flawless on the slopestyle course en route to her first junior worlds title. Lainey went from third place at qualifiers to […]
You get new snowmobile parking, rangers get new digs at Vail Pass
One of the busiest backcountry gateways in the state, Vail Pass, has finally opened its new parking lot for private trailers. Starting today snowmobile and other motorized users are parking at the new paved lot near the recently finished – and long-delayed – Vail Pass rest area. “It should be easier to park a big truck and trailer in there versus working your […]
Vail slashes $400 off the Epic Pass to attract young never-evers next season
Vail Resorts really wants a new breed of skiers – Gen Zers. Earlier today the company announced a 20% discount on 2026-2027 Epic Passes, but only for skiers and riders between 13 and 30 years old. A full Epic for that age group will cost $869 and the Epic Local Pass will cost $649, even […]
I-70 watch: Busiest day in 5 months caps off the busiest month of ski season
Seventy cars every minute. That’s about how many vehicles drove I-70 through Summit County in the 5 o’clock hour on Friday, Feb. 27, during the busiest day since late September of last year. When the day was done the CDOT traffic meter at the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels tallied nearly 47,000 vehicles, kicking off the busiest three days of ski season. Traffic hit 44,906 on Saturday and 44,669 on Sunday for a […]
Lean February barely bumps Summit snowfall past 100 inches this season
Take it from the folks at Denver Water, the owner of Dillon Reservoir: Nothing short of record-breaking snowfall this spring will save the High Country from a record-breaking dry spell. The photo is from today heading into Breckenridge on Highway 9. Denver Water also says the odds of that happening are “unlikely.” That’s an understatement. Snowpack is four to five […]