Wind, location and a little bit of bad luck blanketed the most populous region in the country with wildfire haze. But this isn’t just a story about the Big Smoke.
Looking cool is just the tip of the iceberg for Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. ski team when they debut new race suits at the world championships. Even more, they want everyone thinking about climate change.
Drought creeps into the San Luis Valley, ruining best-laid farm practices. No clover grows in the meadow cultivated for cattle. In early summer, there wasn’t enough rain to grow forage.
