Alpine Preview: Buffs Ready For A Good, Albeit Abnormal 2021

BOULDER—The Colorado Buffaloes ski team will get its season underway later this week with alpine teams taking part in two meets from Saturday to Tuesday in Aspen and at Eldora.

And while the Buffs will be a little short-handed on the women's side for the opening set of races, coach Richard Rokos is nonetheless encouraged about his alpine teams in his final season as head coach of the Buffaloes.

"We've actually been able to train on snow a lot more than normal, maybe even double," Rokos said. "Everybody stayed over the break and we got in a lot of really good work."

One thing Rokos has done for 2021 is added depth to both teams. Each team will feature eight skiers competing for the Buffs in…