Stowe Offering $39 St. Patrick’s Day Lift Tickets This Thursday

Stowe, VT – Stowe Mountain Resort is offering $39 lift tickets to ski or snowboard Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield and Spruce Peak this Thursday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.nPurchase a $39 one-day lift ticket at Stowe Mountain Resort’s walk-up ticket windows this Thursday, March 17. This reduced lift ticket offfer cannot be combined with any other … Continue reading Stowe Offering $39 St. Patrick’s Day Lift Tickets This Thursday

Ski Saturday Nights at Brighton for $20

Brighton, UT – Brighton Resort has announced $20 lift tickets to ski or ride the Utah ski area on Saturday nights through the remainder of the 2010-11 winter season.nThere are no coupons or other hoops to jump through to receive the special price, which is available at the resort’s walk-up ticket windows. Night tickets at … Continue reading Ski Saturday Nights at Brighton for $20

Whistler Lifties Leave Woman in Gondola Overnight

Whistler (BC), Canada – Whistler Blackcomb officials have disciplined a lift attendant after a 25-year-old passenger was left in a cabin of the Excalibur Gondola overnight earlier this month.nThe unidentified rider was aboard the lift’s upper section when it stopped between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on March 1. Without a cell phone, she spent the … Continue reading Whistler Lifties Leave Woman in Gondola Overnight

New York’s Cockaigne Ski Area Thanks Patrons with Free Skiing

Cherry Creek, NY – Cockaigne Ski Area, devastated by a base lodge fire in January, is saying “thank you” to its clientele by offering free skiing and snowboarding this weekend.nThe fire leveled the ski area’s base lodge. Free lift tickets will be handed out for night skiing and riding Friday, and day sessions both Saturday … Continue reading New York’s Cockaigne Ski Area Thanks Patrons with Free Skiing

Out of Bounds Snowboarder Located Near Vermont’s Pico Mountain

Killington, VT – A snowboarder who became lost and disoriented after leaving Pico Mountain ski area in Vermont was located Saturday night.nMatthew Reardon, 30, of Somerville, Mass., was riding in a birch forest on the west side of Pico Mountain when he found himself unable to return to the ski area. Reardon contacted authorities via … Continue reading Out of Bounds Snowboarder Located Near Vermont’s Pico Mountain

Backcountry Skier Overdue in Montana

Big Sky, MT – Authorities are searching for a backcountry skier overdue from a ski outing near Big Sky.nSearchers are concentrating their search for Bradley Gardner, 24, of Big Sky, in the area of the slides on Chippewa Ridge of Lone Peak. Gardner was reportedly skiing in the Chippewa Basin last Wednesday on an overnight … Continue reading Backcountry Skier Overdue in Montana

Aspen Skiing Co. Employee Cited for Snowboarding Collision While On Break

Snowmass, CO – Snowmass police have cited an Aspen Skiing Co. employee for reckless snowboarding Saturday after he collided with a 7-year-old skier while on break from his job as a lift attendant.nTravis Lee Luffman, 22, of Woody Creek, was in his mountain uniform when he reportedly launched off a blind roll on the Green … Continue reading Aspen Skiing Co. Employee Cited for Snowboarding Collision While On Break

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