NEVER TOO OLD

Barbara Hillary, a 75-year-old Queens, N.Y., resident, has set her sights on becoming the first black woman to reach the North Pole.

She plans to begin her journey April 20 from Longyearbyen, Norway, where her group will depart for what will become a cross country ski expedition to the pole.

Hillary said she has been training by pulling a bag of sand on a sled at the beach.

She is driven to the challenge, in part, to pay tribute to black explorer Matt Henson, who many historians believe played a crucial role in the success of Robert Peary's first trip to the North Pole.

Hillary, a lung cancer survivor, hopes to raise a flag at the pole in support of lung cancer research.

CLOSING DATES

Arapahoe Basin   June 5

Aspen Highlands   April 8

Aspen Mountain   April 15

Beaver Creek   April 15

Breckenridge   April 22

Buttermilk   Sunday

Copper Mountain   April 15

Crested Butte   April 8

Durango   Sunday

Echo Mountain   May 13

Eldora   April 15

Keystone   April 15

Loveland   May 6

Monarch Mountain   April 8

Powderhorn   Closed

Ski Cooper   Sunday

Snowmass   April 15

SolVista   Sunday

Steamboat   April 14

Sunlight   April 8

Telluride   April 8

Vail   April 22

Winter Park   April 15

Wolf Creek   April 8

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

TELL US YOUR STORY

Are you going to run the Colfax Colorado Marathon? Do you have a story to tell about participating in last year's inaugural event? Share it with us. E-mail sports@Rocky MountainNews.com, attention Colleen McDaniel.

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