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Hitting the slopes in tiny Lake City for a retro experience

Remote Hinsdale County is not a ski destination like Aspen or Telluride. Lake City, the county’s only incorporated town, touts its ski hill as what skiing was like before the rise of mega ski resorts. For KVNF, Laura Palmisano reports from opening day.

 Cora Kaminiski about to use the disc lift at the Lake City Ski Hill
Laura Palmisano
Cora Kaminiski about to use the disc lift at the Lake City Ski Hill

 Jeb Brako with his daughter at the Lake City Ski Hill
Laura Palmisano
Jeb Brako with his daughter at the Lake City Ski Hill

 Hinsdale County Ski Team Coach Henry Woods at the Lake City Ski Hill
Laura Palmisano
Hinsdale County Ski Team Coach Henry Woods at the Lake City Ski Hill

 The line to use the ski lift at the Lake City Ski Hill
Laura Palmisano
The line to use the ski lift at the Lake City Ski Hill

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Laura joined KVNF in 2014. She was the news director for two years and now works as a freelance reporter covering Colorado's Western Slope. Before moving to Colorado, Laura worked as a reporter for Arizona Public Media, a public radio and television station in Tucson. She's also worked at public radio station KJZZ and public television station KAET Arizona PBS in Phoenix. Her work has aired on NPR, the BBC, Marketplace, Harvest Public Media, and on stations across the Rocky Mountain Community Radio network. Laura is an award-winning journalist with work recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Broadcasters Association, and RTDNA. In 2015, she was a fellow for the Institute for Justice & Journalism. Her fellowship project, a three-part series on the Karen refugee community in Delta, Colorado, received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Laura also has experience as a radio host, producer, writer, production assistant, videographer, and video editor. She graduated summa cum laude from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.