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 ...

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 ...

Turn out at Chapman Hill Ski Area has been strong this year, but staff members feel like they are “living on borrowed time” in regard to the two-decades-old rope tows used to take skiers part way up ...

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 ...

Oh, for the days when newbie skiers had to endure the cruel initiation ritual of riding the rope tow Riding a rope, or ski tow, was once one of the cardinal rites of passage when learning to ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–A new tow rope on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park is complete, according to the Erie County Department of Parks and Recreation. The department says it will provide ...

RICHMOND, Vt. (WCAX) - There was anticipation in the frosty air of Richmond Friday as one special skier was living out a lifelong dream. “I’m so excited to have the rope tow first run and I was going ...

When skiing caught on in America during the 1930s the sport resembled a hike with skis. Rather than execute beautiful powder turns, skiers aimed to cruise the countryside. Only a few skilled skiers ...

On Thursday, October 9, 2025, the sport of skiing will surface in the broader cultural consciousness when the inventors of the PL1, a portable rope tow system, appear on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. Similar to ...