Park City, UT – The Park City and freeskiing communities are mourning the passing of Sam Jackenthal, 16, who died on Thursday from severe head injuries suffered in a skiing accident while training in Australia several weeks ago. “We are heartbroken to share that Sam passed away late last night in Australia with his immediate family at his side,” Sam’s … Continue reading Promising Park City Freeskier Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Australia→
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts announced earlier this week that Susan Decker has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Decker, who served as both president and chief financial officer at Yahoo! Inc., currently serves on several boards of directors, including Berkshire Hathaway; Intel Corporation, where she is lead director; and Costco Wholesale. … Continue reading Former Yahoo! Exec Named to Vail Resorts Board of Directors→
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN), the nation’s largest ski and snowboard resort operator, announced its fiscal year and fourth quarter results ending July 31, 2015 on Monday, with both fourth quarter revenue growth and season pass sales exceeding analysts’ expectations. “We achieved another year of record-breaking resort revenue and resort reported EBITDA,” commented Vail … Continue reading Vail Resorts Results Beat Wall Street Expectations→
Lakewood, CO – Record-breaking snowfall blanketed Northeastern U.S. cities last winter, keeping people shoveling out their driveways and clogging the region’s roads, and in the process preventing many from driving to the mountains. In the western U.S., persistent drought and warm temperatures had many skiers thinking about a round of golf instead. These are the primary … Continue reading A Look Back at the 2014-15 Ski Season→
Park City, UT – Ski-in/ski-out access via your own private run that’s part of the largest ski resort in the U.S. Twenty-two acres of private mountaintop land that includes two ice skating ponds and a waterfall. A separate guest wing so that you don’t have to deal with all of your friends who insist upon visiting all winter … Continue reading Looking to Host a Few Friends This Ski Season? Look No Further!→
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah ski and snowboard industry closed the 2014-15 winter season last May with a total of 3,946,762 skier days, down 4.9 percent from the previous season’s 4,148,573. Last winter’s number also represents a 2.2 percent decrease from Utah’s five-year average of 4,037,349. Nationally, skier days were down from 56.5 million to … Continue reading Utah Skier Visits Drop 4.9 Percent During 2014-15→
Salt Lake City, UT – Ski Utah, a membership organization representing Utah’s 14 alpine ski resorts, and Protect Our Winters (POW) today announced a partnership between the two organizations with the mission of raising awareness of climate change and uniting the winter sports community in the state of Utah. Protect Our Winters is an environmental axis of the global winter … Continue reading Ski Utah Partners with Protect Our Winters→
