North Vancouver (BC), Canada – A 36-year-old man fell and slid 300 meters to his death while backcountry skiing in Mt. Seymour Provincial Park near Vancouver over the weekend.nThe unidentified victim, said by police to be a resident of the Vancouver area, was descending First Pump Peak when he fell to his death. A companion … Continue reading Skier Falls, Dies at Mt. Seymour
Snoqualmie Pass, WA – A private rescue group on Saturday found the body of a 40-year-old Seattle woman missing since last Tuesday while backcountry skiing on Red Mountain above Snoqualmie Pass.nThe King County Sheriff’s Office reports that members of BARK — Backcountry Avalanche Rescue K9s — found the body of Monika Johnson around 1 p.m. … Continue reading Body of Missing Snoqualmie Skier Found
Park City, UT – It was a stellar ending to a storybook World Championships for the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team, which picked up another four medals in the Dual Mogul held Saturday night at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, including World Championship titles for Alex Bilodeau and the retiring Jenn Heil. American Hannah Kearney … Continue reading Heil, Bilodeau Wrap Up Successful Freestyle World Champs for Canada with Dual Moguls Gold
Calgary (AB), Canada – The 5Star Burton Canadian Open wrapped up Saturday at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta with men’s and women’s slopestyle finals. American snowboarders, Sam Hulbert and Jamie Anderson walked away victorious and took home a sizable portion of the $50,000 USD prize purse and 850 Swatch TTR … Continue … Continue reading Jaime Anderson Reclaims TTR World Snowboard Tour Lead with Slopestyle Win
Park City, UT – Canada’s Rosalind Groenewoud, of Calgary, Alberta, and Mike Riddle of Squamish, British Columbia, were crowned ski halfpipe at Saturday’s FIS Freestyle World Championships held at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. Keltie Hansen, of Edmonton, Alberta, picked up a bronze for Canada in the women’s category behind American Jen Hudak, of … Continue reading Canadians Earn Three Medals in Worlds Ski Halfpipe
Crans-Montana, Switzerland – Italy’s Elena Curtoni closed the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships Saturday in Crans-Montana with a win in the super G race. Abby Ghent, of Edwards, Colo., led the U.S. in 20th while Team Canada placed two in the top 20.nCurtoni stole the show, claiming gold with a time of 1:28.23 edging … … Continue reading Alpine Junior World Championships Wrap Up in Switzerland
Hinterstoder, Austria – Five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller was third in Saturday’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G for his second straight speed podium. Austrians Hannes Reichelt and Benjamin Raich went 1-2.nMiller, of Franconia, N.H., was second in the Kitzbuehel downhill then took a planned break from the World Cup tour before returning to … Continue reading Bronze for Bode Miller in Hinterstoder Super G