Banff (AB), Canada - Officials at Sunshine Village ski area, within Alberta's Banff National Park, are spending their summer replacing the resort's Strawberry lift with a new high-speed quad that served temporary duty during the Olympic Games. The new chairlift is expected to be operational for Sunshine's 2010-11 ski and snowboard season.nThe Doppelmayr CTEC...
Bridgton, ME - Maine's Shawnee Peak Ski Area is replacing its existing Summit Triple chairlift this summer with a faster, bigger, more modern CTEC triple.nServicing the entire ski mountain, Shawnee Peak's New Summit Triple Chairlift will feature larger, more comfortable seats and a significantly faster ride. The old Riblet Summit Triple has been running...
Aspen, CO - Aspen Skiing Company's Silver Queen Gondola will resume service to the top of Aspen Mountain this weekend, but it won't be carrying skiers or snowboarders.nOfficials at the Colorado ski resort indicated last week that they were considering offering one last hurrah to the ski and snowboard season this weekend, with limited...
Keystone, CO - Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the beginning of summer across the U.S., but it's been a cool and snowy spring across the Rockies, and Keystone is taking advantage of the weather to mix the seasons this weekend with Summer Remix, a new event with activities ranging from Hawaiian-themed snow tubing and...
Stratton Mountain, VT - For those skiers and riders looking for a post-season fix, no fewer than five rail jam competitions will take place across ski and snowboard resorts in the Northeast this holiday weekend.nStratton Mountain and Mount Snow in Vermont are teaming up for a weekend of competition. The action starts on Saturday...
Huntington Lake, CA - Following a brief hiccup caused by a delayed U.S. Forest Service permit, new owners closed last Friday on their acquisition of northern California's Sierra Summit ski area.nSki industry veteran Tim Cohee, whose more than 30 years of experience includes a past stint on the management team of Sierra Summit in...
Broomfield, CO - Vail Resorts, Inc., operator of four popular ski resorts in Colorado and one at Lake Tahoe, has announced that projects underway this summer for the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season will total $75 to 85 million in calendar 2010, including a new chairlift and a new on-mountain restaurant.n"Now that the 2009-2010...
Denver, CO - The final numbers for destination travelers to more than a dozen western mountain resort destinations have been tallied for the 2009-10 ski season, with year-over-year occupancy for the ski season up 1.4 percent and the average nightly rate down 5.8 percent. The Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) released their final winter...
Snowbird, UT - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort confirmed today that the Utah ski area will continue to offer lift-served skiing and riding through June 20 this year.nPreviously scheduled to close Memorial Day, May 31, this announcement marks the second extension to the resort's ski season this year. If not extended further, this will...
Middlefield, CT - Connecticut's Powder Ridge ski area, shuttered since 2007, may still find skiers and snowboarders schussing its slopes again after all.nPowder Ridge, with 18 runs spread across 250 acres spanning 500 vertical feet on Beseck Mountain in Middlefield, was the state's southernmost ski area for its 47 years of operation. Following its...
