Middlebury, VT - A St. Johnsbury Academy student and ski team member from China is in a Burlington, Vt. hospital in critical condition with a head injury following a ski accident this past weekend. Chen Lin, whose age is not yet clear, was taking a training run at Middlebury when the crash occurred. Further...
Kirkwood, CA - Vail Resorts continues to snatch up ski resorts surrounding Lake Tahoe, and this time it's Kirkwood Mountain Resort 35 miles southwest of the lake. Vail Resorts, based in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colo., announced this morning that the company is purchasing the ski resort as well as the undeveloped sites...
Alta, UT - The Alta Chamber & Visitors Bureau and the community of Alta, Utah, is kicking off a first-ever week of fun in April for skiers and lodge guests called Alta in April. From April 6 - 13, 2012, Alta, Utah locals and visitors will enjoy lodging specials, après-ski events, live music, an...
Keystone, CO - Bill Bergman will be inducted to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame this October as a true pioneer of the ski industry and one of the founders of Colorado's Keystone Resort over 40 years ago. Keystone Resort’s history began in a cabin called the Alhambra, named after a nearby...
Salt Lake City, UT - Earlier this season one of skiing's greats was lost in an avalanche in the Wasatch. Jamie Pierre died last November in a tragic accident at a still-closed Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort that shocked the ski industry. He was one of skiing innovators, a friend to many skiers around...
Scuol, Switzerland - Ticket To Ride (TTR) is taking another major step to break down barriers in the world of competitive freestyle snowboarding, as the organization has announced the launch of the universal World Snowboarding Points Lists. The new points lists will include available results from all major snowboarding events including the TTR World...
Steamboat Springs, CO - Sixteen-year-old Zoe Taylor of the USA skied to first place in the World Cup Parallel Sprint race in Steamboat Springs on Friday, the first U.S. victory on the telemark skiing World Cup since Cody Thompson of Whitefish, Mont., won a Classic race in 2000. Taylor, of Atlanta, Ga., has moved...
Killington, VT - Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round disabled sports non-profit organization in the state, will host its annual Ski Challenge fundraising event on Saturday, March 10 at Pico Mountain. A retro '80s is this year's theme. People do not have to participate in the race to attend the family friendly...
North Conway, NH - New Hampshire's Cranmore Mountain ski resort in North Conway, in partnership with Pirate! Promotions will offer college students the first ever Sun N Snow Fest next month. The event will feature special deals for college students including $25 lift tickets and live music from popular Boston acts playing outdoors on...
Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, Austria - A Finnish skier died in an Austrian hospital on Sunday after being buried by an avalanche for two and a half hours. The as-yet-unnamed 29-year-old victim was skiing off-piste in Austria's central Salzburg province near Neukirchen am Grossvenediger with his brother and friend when the avalanche occurred. He was...
