Sports & Recreation May 17, 2023 2:24:11 pm

Ignite Adaptive Sports breaks ground new Eldora ski school

Bill Goldstein, Ignite’s special events coordinator, was introduced to Ignite after he lost his left leg about eight years ago to a diabetic infection. While traumatic, the loss of his leg “turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me,” Goldstein said. “That’s because it put me in position to help others … and that is exactly what this building is going to do.” Lucas High/BizWest.

By Lucas High

NEDERLAND — A warm, sunny May morning might not be the ideal opportunity to shred at Eldora Mountain, but it was a perfect setting for a groundbreaking. Resort officials joined with community members and leaders from Ignite Adaptive Sports on Wednesday in Nederland to celebrate the start of construction on a new facility that will provide expanded outdoor sports opportunities for children and for skiers and boarders with disabilities.

Ignite, founded nearly five decades ago by University of Colorado students, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those with disabilities learn and participate in winter sports.

For decades, the program has operated…

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