![Chadleigh Hudgeons, left, looks downhill while listening to pointers from her coach, Henry Woods, right, during the Hinsdale Ski Team's weekly Monday practice at the Lake City Ski Hill on Feb. 24, 2025. Woods has been head coach for 35 years, in part because the sport had such a positive impact on him growing up. 鈥淚 realized how ski racing inspired me to be healthier than many of the kids I grew up with in kind of a bad neighborhood in Denver,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 hope to impart that [opportunity] to the local kids..." (Photo by Jacob Spetzler/Special to The Denver Post)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TDP-Z-HinsdaleSkiTeam-2025-js-4.jpg?w=132 "Hinsdale Ski Team")
Skiing “like it used to be鈥�: How Hinsdale Ski Team uses small, municipal-owned hills to keep skiing affordable
In rural corners of Colorado's mountains, local skiers find affordable turns on small hills owned by local municipalities.
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