Portland, ME – Skiers and Snowboarders rejoiced Thursday when they discovered a foot of new snow along the Maine coast, and nearly two feet of new snow in the mountains just in time for the Easter holiday weekend. nAt Sugarloaf/USA, Carrabassett Valley, Bill Swain, Director of Communications declared that “Twenty to 24 inches of snow … Continue reading Happy Easter: Maine Ski Areas Record Up to 3 Feet of New Snow →

Peru, VT – This weekend, Bromley Mountain will reduce lift tickets to $39 for the final weekend of skiing and snowboarding at the Vermont resort. nSaturday and Sunday Bromley will have a special $39 lift ticket for all day, all ages. For those who enjoy a good Easter Egg Hunt, show up Sunday at the … Continue reading Easter Egg Hunt on Bromley’s Final Ski Weekend →

Dover, VT – St. Louis, Mo.’s Peak Resorts announced Thursday the completion of the purchase of Mount Snow, Vermont and Attitash, N.H. ski resorts from American Skiing Company. The sale agreement, originally announced on February 16, includes all properties and assets of Mount Snow and Attitash resorts, for a purchase price of $73.5 million. … … Continue reading Sale of Mount Snow and Attitash Ski Resorts Finalized →

Tahoe City, CA – Powdr Corporation, the Park City, Utah firm that owns Alpine Meadows Ski Area, has sold the California ski and snowboard resort to JMA Ventures LLC, owners of nearby Homewood Mountain Resort. n

Park City, UT – Bud Keene, U.S. Snowboarding Head Coach for the 2006 Olympic halfpipe team, has been named a finalist for the National Coach of the Year award presented by the U.S. Olympic Committee. nKeene led U.S. Snowboarding to four halfpipe medals in Torino as Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) and Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding’s Bud Keene in Contention for Coach of the Year →

Bend, OR – Last season Lizzi Katz woke up early, put on her snowboarding clothes and headed to Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor ski area. It was a blustery day on the mountain, but nothing was going to stop her. Just one year earlier, Lizzi had found herself in bed fighting breast cancer, her two … Continue … Continue reading Riders for the Cure April 14 at Mt. Bachelor Ski Area →

Park City, UT – Nordic combined skier Bill Demong of Vermontville, N.Y. just finished the best ski season of his career, winning a silver medal at World Championships in Japan, six days later a World Cup victory and then a third-place finish at the closing international ski race of the season finishing 11th in the … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Bill Demong Completes Career Best Season →