San Juan Capistrano, CA – Nielsen Sports Group has named Kenji Haroutunian as the new show director for the biannual Outdoor Retailer (OR) trade shows held in Salt Lake City, where he will manage strategic planning, staff, sales, marketing and budgeting for the outdoor industry events. nHaroutunian will work closely with the Outdoor Industry Association … Continue reading New Show Director for Outdoor Retailer →

Salt Lake City, UT – Overstock.com, Inc. has completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary OTravel.com, Inc. to Castles Travel, Inc., an affiliate of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, and Castles Media Company LLC, for $17.0 million, including cash of $11.0 million. Formerly known as Ski West, Inc., OTravel is a Park City, Utah-based on-line travel … Continue reading Overstock.com Sells Ski Travel Division →

Calgary, Canada – Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) named a record 55 ski racers to the 2007/08 Canadian Team Thursday, adding 19 dynamic young athletes to the team that last season amassed the country’s best ever performance on the World Cup ski racing circuit. nWith the 2010 Olympic Winter Games less than three years away, Alpine … Continue reading Record 55 Ski Racers Named to Canadian Alpine Ski Team Training Groups →

Bella Coola (BC), Canada – Helicopter skiing and snowboarding firm Bella Coola Heli Sports has announced the purchase of a new heliskiing operation that will add a half million acres of diverse heliskiing terrain to their already vast 1.5 million-acre tenure in British Columbia. nAfter conducting three weeks of exploratory heliskiing in Pantheon’s mountains this … Continue reading Bella Coola Heli Sports Acquires Pantheon Heli-Skiing →

Georgetown, CO – Now that the calendar says May, Colorado is down to its final three open ski and snowboard resorts – Arapahoe Basin, Echo Mountain Park, and Loveland Ski Area – but it seems like the snow just isn’t letting up. Last week’s upslope storm dropped more than a foot of snow, creating some … Continue reading Three Colorado Ski Resorts Still Open →

Bolton, VT – Now that partners Larry Williams and Doug Nedde have acquired Bob Fries’ remaining financial interest in Bolton Valley, the northern Vermont ski and snowboard resort is now 100 percent locally owned. nFries, the resort’s outgoing President, said, “Having bought Bolton Valley in 2002, I have taken pride in my role as owner … Continue reading Bolton Valley Ski Resort Partners Buy Out Fries →

Pinkham Notch, NH – Wildcat Mountain ski area, high in Pinkham Notch across N.H. route 16 from Mt. Washington’s spring skiing mecca, Tuckerman Ravine, will re-open this weekend for skiing and snowboarding. Lift tickets are priced at $29 per person. nWildcat has received six feet of new snow in the month of … Continue Reading … Continue reading Skiing This Weekend at Wildcat Mountain →