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...
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...
Denver, CO - Despite recent shifts in storm systems that brought much-needed snow to many western U.S. ski resorts, early season momentum continues to slow and actual occupancy declined 3.7 percent among participating destinations in Colorado, Utah, California and Oregon during the month of January according to the most recent data released last week...
Lech, Austria - Dutch Prince Johan Friso van Oranje remains in critical but stable condition in an Austrian hospital after he was buried on Friday by an avalanche in the resort town of Lech. Friso, 43, was found unconscious after 20 minutes of searching the avalanche debris. He is the middle son of Queen...
Middlefield, CT - The town of Middlefield's Board of Selectmen last week approved a new $1 million bid to purchase and reopen the town's shuttered Powder Ridge ski area. By a vote of two to one, the Selectmen approved a new proposal from the owners of nearby Portland, Conn.'s Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park...
Copper Mountain, CO - A 15-year-old Massachusetts teen died on Sunday after colliding with a tree at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado. According to witnesses Hannah Randolph, of Wellesley, Mass., was skiing on the expert CDL run at approximately 1:43 p.m. on Sunday when she veered off the trail and collided with a tree....
