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Adriana Navarro

Snow A Welcome Sight For This Beloved Winter Sport

A horse and rider pull a skier at a fast pace through a course that includes gates, jumps, and rings during a Skijoring event Feb. 22, 2020, at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. Skijoring is a winter sport in which a person on skis is pulled by a horse, a dog or a motor vehicle. RICK BOWMER/AP PHOTO

The scenery around Leadville, Colorado, was an unlikely fusion of the Wild West and a Nordic winter wonderland over the past weekend as, one by one, riders on horseback barrelled down the road, skiers in tow.

Competitors tested their mettle in the 75th annual Leadville Skijoring competition, navigating a snowy obstacle course set up along the former silver mining town’s historic Harrison Avenue.

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