Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Lake Louise Mountain Resort has announced that November 2006 was one of the best season starts in the past 38 years. Since October 25th, the mountain has received over 200 cm of accumulated snowfall, as measured at the treeline. n The Resort opened on November 11th with over 3,250 vertical … Continue reading Lake Louise Officials Pleased with Ski Season Start →

Girdwood, AK – Salt Lake City-based Cirque Property L.C. has acquired the Hotel Alyeska (formerly known as the Alyeska Prince Hotel), the largest year-round resort in Alaska, Alyeska Ski Resort, plus the management contract for Anchorage Golf Course and all other real estate holdings associated with the Alyeska Resort from Seibu Alaska, Inc. The purchase … Continue reading Alyeska Ski & Summer Resort Sold →

Wilmington, NY – Following several false starts, New York State’s Whiteface Mountain Ski Center will again make a go of it tomorrow. n “We will re-open Whiteface on Tuesday,” says Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) spokesman Sandy Caligiore. “Snowmaking resumed early Saturday morning and continues 24/7 as temperatures are now favorable. The weather forecast is … Continue reading Whiteface Reopens Ski Season Tomorrow →

Penticton (BC), Canada – Former World Cup aerials skiing champion Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (Boise, ID) and teammate Ryan St. Onge (Steamboat Springs, CO) will compete in the opening World Cup aerials meets of the season Dec. 9-10 in China. n After a final preseason training camp at Apex ski resort outside Penticton, U.S. Head Coach … Continue reading Peterson, St. Onge Head to China for World Cup Skiing’s Aerials Opener →

Lillehammer, Norway – The U.S. Ski Team’s Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) had the fourth-fastest 7.5K Sunday to overcome shaky jumping in the fog and move up to 14th place in a World Cup nordic combined sprint. Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) turned-in the sixth-fastest time and moved up 18 places to 26th. n Austrian Christoph … Continue reading Demong, Spillane Burn Sprint Course in Norway →

Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) conquered wind, snow and tricky visibility at Lake Louise once again Sunday, collecting her third World Cup top-2 finish in 48 hours as she was second to Austrian great Renate Goetschl in the first women’s super G of the young ski racing season. n Goetschl was … Continue reading Kildow Grabs Third Straight World Cup Ski Racing Podium →

Avon, CO – Jimmy Cochran (Keene, NH) out-fought a tough second World Cup slalom course Sunday to hold onto 22nd place in the Rauch Men’s Slalom which ended the VISA Birds of Prey ski races at Beaver Creek. Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), second in the first run, got thrown out early in the final … Continue reading World Cup Slalom Course Devours U.S. Ski Racers →