Wilmington, NY – As we reported yesterday, warm and wet weather in the eastern half of North America is postponing ski resort openings and jeapordizing skiing and snowboarding over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Meanwhile, new snow is falling across the West as a slew of that region’s ski resorts are preparing to open this weekend. … Continue reading Opening Roundup: Rain Washes Out Eastern Ski Resorts, Snow Piles Up in West →

Sochi, Russia – The Russian government has begun construction of ski facilities in the Western Caucasus Mountains high above Sochi, in a bid to secure the 2014 Winter Olympic Games for the Black Sea resort. But the environmental activist organization Greenpeace has filed suit in Russia’s Supreme Court, alleging that laws were broken in approving … Continue reading Greenpeace Sues to Halt Russian Ski Resort Development →

Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand ski resorts recorded a record 1.4 million visits in 2006, the Ski Areas Association of New Zealand has announced. n New Zealand ski areas such as Coronet Peak, pictured here, enjoyed a record season in 2006.(photo: NZSki.com) A total of 1,401,140 ski area visits and 1,311 open days were … Continue reading Record Ski Season for New Zealand →

Steamboat Springs, CO – Scholarship Day, Nov. 22, marks opening day of the ski and snowboard season at Steamboat. Proceeds from opening day ticket sales each season are donated by the resort to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s Scholarship Fund. n Colorado’s Steamboat Resort will once again open the ski and snowboard season with … Continue reading Steamboat to Open Ski Season with Annual Scholarship Day →

San Francisco, CA – With the new ski season just getting underway, Liftopia, Inc. today announced the launch of the nation’s first discount online marketplace for lift tickets, www.liftopia.com. By selling lift tickets online in advance, Liftopia is able to negotiate deeply discounted prices from its resort partners, sometimes as much as 40 percent off … Continue reading New Company Discounts Ski Area Lift Tickets Online →

Newry, ME – Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River, the two largest ski resorts in Maine, have jointly chosen to offset 100 percent of their resort operations’ electricity usage with energy generated from wind. Together the resorts are now the largest purchaser and consumer of wind power in New England. n Maine’s Sugarloaf/USA has joined the state’s … Continue reading Maine Ski Resorts Purchase 100% Wind Power →

Bretton Woods, NH – The newly formed partnership between Elan skis and Dalbello ski boots has entered into an agreement with New Hampshire’s Bretton Woods ski resort whereby Dalbello-Elan Sports will be the official alpine ski equipment supplier to Bretton Woods. In turn the Dalbello and Elan brands will be included in several ski events … Continue reading Bretton Woods Ski Resort Partners with Dalbello-Elan Sports →