A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed shortly after schools let out, this was the only ...

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at some of the artifacts and stories contained in ...

Police are seeking information about a brand-new rope-tow that was severed about halfway up the mountain at Chapman Hill ski area in Durango. The incident occurred sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 7 ...

A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed shortly after schools let out, this was the only ...

Editor’s Note: Summit’s Historic Yesterdays by local author Mary Ellen Gilliland is featuring old-time ski stories this winter. Today’s excerpt comes from her historical book, “Breckenridge, 150 Years ...

A HALF-DOZEN children were waiting to hang onto a rope tow that would pull them up Mount Prospect, a small ski hill in Lancaster, N.H. I watched them scoot along before I, too, grabbed onto the rope, ...

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality. In an ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Big Sky Resort has installed a new portable lift, providing skiers and riders an easier option ...

Here's what you do when you have a ski slope in your yard. After a foot of snow, like the storm that hit the Herishko family farm earlier in February, brothers Tom and Mark get home from their day ...