Salt Lake City, UT – The 2009-10 North American ski and snowboard season kicked off Wednesday at not one, but two resorts: Loveland Ski Area in Colorado, and Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort.nLoveland offered a combination of trails that descended a single route of 1,000 vertical feet to open the continent’s ski season at … Continue reading Wednesday’s Ski and Snowboard Photo Gallery →

Park City, UT – Employees of Deer Valley Resort will host the “Transylvania Tea Party” blood drive, a Halloween season tradition at the Utah ski resort, on Friday, Oct. 30. The Transylvania Tea Party Blood Drive was started six years ago by Deer Valley staffers who wanted to help local health care facilities augment their … Continue reading Deer Valley’s Annual “Transylvania Tea Party” Supports Local Blood Bank →

Peru, VT – Bromley’s two-year, $1.1 million plan to boost the Vermont ski and snowboard resort’s snowmaking capacity an additional 30 percent is completed, on time and in green fashion, for the 2009-10 winter season.nPhase One saw the addition of an arsenal of HKD sv10 tower snow guns, allowing for considerably more manmade snow at … Continue reading Making White and Going Green →

Hunter, NY – For 14 years, a life-sized sculpture of local legend Rip Van Winkle has sat atop the summit of New York’s Hunter Mountain ski area, slowly materializing from local bluestone: tendrils of hair and brow, facial wrinkles, and the expression of complete and utter surprise are some of the features carved year after … Continue reading After 14 Years, Rip Van Winkle Statue Atop Hunter Mountain Nears Completion →

Highmount, NY – New York’s Belleayre Mountain Ski Center is gearing up for its 30th Annual Fall Festival this weekend. The event appeals not only to skiers and snowboarders, but to all who enjoy the local arts and crafts vendors, the spectacular fall foliage views from the deck or the Sky Ride, a variety of … Continue reading Fall Festival Returns to Belleayre Mountain →

Wrightwood, CA – Snowmaking operations began at southern California’s Mountain High ski resort Sunday night and resort operators plan to continue making snow whenever possible until open. This is the earliest Mountain High has made snow in its history and it is all due to recent advancements in snowmaking technology, as new automated fan … … Continue reading Snowmaking Begins at Mountain High →

Las Vegas, NV – A surprise contender in the race to open, the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, located only 45 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, announced Tuesday that it is opening the resort for the “winter” season on limited terrain on Wednesday, Oct. 7.nUnseasonably cold nighttime temperatures and aggressive snowmaking efforts have … Continue reading Skiing in Las Vegas Today for the Second U.S. Resort to Open →