Wanaka, New Zealand – Treble Cone will be going daft for daffodils this Friday, when the ski area takes part in the Cancer Society of New Zealand’s annual Daffodil Day. n Treble Cone will be donating a percentage of every lift pass sold on the mountain on Friday to the Cancer Society. The annual fundraising … Continue reading New Zealand Ski Area Raises Funds for Cancer Research →

Thompsonville, MI – Less than a month after Vail Resorts announced the purchase of enough wind power certificates to offset energy consumption at all five of its ski and snowboard resorts, and mere days after Tim and Diane Mueller announced the same for their ski resorts in Vermont, New Hampshire and Colorado, Crystal Mountain has … Continue reading Ski Industry Gone With the Wind →

Lake Placid, NY – The summer season finale Kodak Wet and Wild Wednesday freestyle skiing exhibition takes place this Wednesday when world-class aerial skiers, snowboarders and freeskiers take to the ramps at the Kodak Sports Park in Lake Placid at 1 p.m. n Aerial skiers, mogul skiers as well as freeskiers and riders train daily … Continue reading Final Freestyle Summer Skiing Exhibit Wednesday in Lake Placid →

Park City, UT – Ashley Battersby, a Park City Mountain All-Star Team skier, announced that she has signed a deal with Tecnica/Volkl/Marker to become the marquee woman ski team rider on the Tecnica/Volkl/Marker International Team. n Park City freeride skier Ashley Battersby has been named to Volkl/Marker/Tecnica’s International ski team.(photo: Team Vontaar) “This is huge … Continue reading Battersby Joins Volkl’s International Ski Team →

Bischofshofen, Austria – U.S. nordic combined skiers took a detour in their midsummer training camp Sunday night, competing in the lone Summer Grand Prix skiing event which they’ll enter this preseason. Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) was the top American skier, finishing 33rd. n After a rainy 10K race on inline skates, the jumping that concluded … Continue reading U.S. Combined Skiing Camp Mixes Grand Prix With Training →

Collingwood, ON – The Canadian Ski Council (CSC) has awarded Gord Canning, President of Blue Mountain Resorts Limited, its 2006 Jimmie Spencer Leadership Award. n Canning has been President of Blue Mountain Resorts since 1978, and is a former recipient of the CSC’s prestigious Judith Kilbourne Founders Award for his outstanding long-term contribution to the … Continue reading Canadian Ski Industry Symposium Honors Blue Mountain President →

Newport, RI – Ski pioneer and sportsman, Alexander C. Cushing, who brought the 1960 Winter Olympics to Squaw Valley, California, died from pneumonia yesterday at his summer home in Newport. He was 92. n Alex Cushing, who founded California’s Squaw Valley ski and snowboard resort, died yesterday at the age of 92.(photo: Squaw Valley USA) … Continue reading Squaw Valley Ski Pioneer Cushing Dies at 92 →