Wellsville, PA – A Cardboard Derby is a crazy competition where teams of up to five participants create cardboard vehicles and ride them down a ski resort’s ski or snow tubing runs. The vehicles are constructed of cardboard, glue, paint and tape. Roundtop Mountain Resort, located in Wellsville between Harrisburg and York, will host their … Continue reading Pennsylvania Ski Resorts Staging Cardboard Derbies
Editor’s Note: This is a weekly column written by Meteorologist Joel Gratz that will take you “behind the scenes” of the typical weather forecast. Joel is the founder of ColoradoPowderForecast.com, where you can sign up for his email alerts. Boulder, CO – Sometimes I feel like I’m in the CIA, sweating the stuff that … … Continue reading Sitting On the Edge
Kitzbuehel, Austria – Canada’s Erik Guay tested his troublesome back during a training run Wednesday and hopes to make his return to the World Cup ski racing circuit at the famed Kitzbuehel course in Austria this weekend.nGuay, of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, skipped last week’s races in Wengen, Switzerland, with a recurrence of lower back pain. But … Continue reading Canada’s Guay Hopes to Return to World Cup at Kitzbuehel
Denver, CO – Lodging occupancy at more than a dozen major western ski and snowboard destinations was up 8.9 percent in December 2010 compared with the previous year, according to the most recent Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) report. This marked the fourth consecutive month for a year-over-year increase in the participating mountain resorts … … Continue reading Booking Trend Continues Upward at Western U.S. Ski Resorts
Denver, CO – Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced on Wednesday that its 22 member ski and snowboard resorts reported an increase in skier visitation for the beginning of the season. Skier visits at CSCUSA resorts were up by 10 percent during the first period of the 2010-11 season, defined as opening day of the … Continue reading Skier Visits Up 10% in Colorado
Lakewood, CO – The January Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month initiative has reached its mid-way point and U.S. ski areas and resorts, particularly those in the East, are reporting strong interest in their learning programs. Governors in Pennsylvania, Vermont, New York, Maine, West Virginia, Oregon and Utah thus far have declared January Learn to … Continue reading Organizers of Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month Report Successful First Half of Campaign
Carrabassett Valley, ME – Thanks to 10 inches of new snow Tuesday night, Sugarloaf opened its new Brackett Basin area to skiers and riders for the first time on Wednesday. Brackett Basin is the first of the Maine ski and snowboard resort’s three-phase terrain expansion onto neighboring Burnt Mountain that will make Sugarloaf the largest … Continue reading Maine’s Sugarloaf Ski Resort Opens First Phase of Expansion Terrain