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  "path": "/2026/04/15/colorado-ski-mountaineering-skimo/",
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  "textContent": "In 2007, on the eve of the Heathen Challenge ski mountaineering race, it snowed a foot. The next day, 14 competitors lined up at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs for the 11-mile race. When the leaders got to the top of the Heathen ski run they found the head of ski patrol there with […]",
  "title": "Colorado forged American ski mountaineering. The state’s athletes continue to shape skimo’s global future."
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