Snowboarding – The Durango Herald

A decision about skiing or snowboarding for one top athlete

Ledecka chooses Alpine over snowboard worlds

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic medalist snowboarder has lymphoma

MONTREAL â€“ Olympic medalist snowboarder Max Parrot of Canada has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Canada Snowboard said Thursday the cancer was diagnosed Dec. 21 after a bi...

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Skier-snowboarder Ledecka finding more success after golds

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy – The skier-snowboarder who stunned just about everyone by winning the Olympic super-G in February is finding her groove again. Ester Ledecka led the s...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chapman Hill opens this weekend along with splitboard demo

Splitboarding demo headlines opening day for local ski hill

DATE: Dec 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Purgatory opens to one of best snowpacks ever, manager says

The mountain north of Durango is open from peak to base

DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Teton Gravity Research delivers ‘Far Out’ film stop in Durango

Elite winter athletes push the limits even further

DATE: Oct 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Livingston: Forest closure, 416 Fire hit hard, but we can be inspired

I’m sad. Our San Juan National Forest is closed because of the 416 Fire, the Burro Fire and extreme drought. Our local trails, reservoirs and BLM land, all closed. The access points to my fa...

DATE: Jun 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fire damages lodge at Idaho’s famed Sun Valley ski resort

KETCHUM, Idaho – A raging fire at a base lodge at Idaho’s famed Sun Valley Resort ski area heavily damaged the building just days after the ski season ended, officials said Thursday. ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Outdoors