Valdito, NM – Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort remains open and some of the resort’s most popular summer activities continue while U.S. Forest Service officials are closing the surrounding Carson National Forest due to the dry conditions and resulting fire danger throughout New Mexico. [caption id=”attachment_15206″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Summer activities will continue at New Mexico's … Continue reading New Mexico’s Sipapu Ski Area Remains Open for Summer Activities While Carson National Forest Closes→
with staff reports from First Tracks!! Online Media Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK -Even with the Southern Hemisphere’s 2011 winter season now getting underway there are a number of ski resorts still offering July skiing and snowboarding in the Northern Hemisphere, including ten in the western U.S. alone. Worldwide, the choice of open ski resorts is well … Continue reading Where to Ski or Board In July→
Los Angeles, CA – Olympic gold medalist alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and fellow gold medalist snowboarder Kelly Clark comprise an unprecedented half of the Female Athlete of the Year ballot for the 2011 ESPY Awards, which air live Wednesday, July 13 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. The ESPYs are determined entirely by … Continue … Continue reading Vonn, Clark Up for Top ESPY Honor→
McLean, VA – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) on Tuesday released its 2011 SIA Snow Sports Participation Report detailing snow sports participation trends, participant demographic profiles and differences between core participants and casual participants through the 2009-10 winter season. The report covers alpine skiers, telemark skiers, park and … Continue Reading ››
Queenstown, New Zealand – Following a delayed start, two more New Zealand ski areas are scheduled to open for the season Thursday morning when both Coronet Peak near Queenstown, and Lake Wanaka’s Snow Park NZ will come online. Coronet Peak will start things off with only 10 to 20cm of snow covering limited novice and … Continue reading Two More New Zealand Ski Areas Ready to Open→
Banff (AB), Canada – Some of Canada’s top Nordic skiers have been using Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort in Banff as a training camp in the past two weeks. And, to coach John Jaques, the reason is simple. “It’s the snow at this time of year,” he says. Massive accumulations during Sunshine’s record … … Continue reading Nordic Skiers Training at Sunshine Village→
London, UK – The Ski Club of Great Britain has donated over 200 winter jackets previously worn by Ski Club leaders to the charity Porters’ Progress UK, which runs a clothing bank for trekking porters in Nepal. [caption id=”attachment_15182″ align=”alignright” width=”199″ caption=”Mountain porters in Nepal will benefit from a jacket donation by the Ski Club … Continue reading Ski Club of Great Britain Donate Ski Jackets to Nepalese Porters→
