Newry, ME – Sunday River Ski Resort is hosting its annual Tin Mountain Round Up this Saturday and Sunday. Skiers and snowboarders who arrive with three or more items of non-perishable food to benefit the local Andover Food Bank annual drive will receive $10 off the normal price of a lift ticket. [caption id=”attachment_18883″ align=”alignright” … Continue reading Food Drive This Weekend at Maine’s Sunday River Ski Resort
Snowbird, UT – It has been confirmed that the 38-year-old man who died in an avalanche at Utah’s Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort on Sunday was professional skier Jamie Pierre. Pierre, a Utah resident and a Minnesota native, was snowboarding when he triggered an avalanche just after 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon in what’s known locally … Continue reading Jamie Pierre Dies in Snowbird Avalanche
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Heavenly Mountain Resort officials have announced that the South Lake Tahoe ski resort’s new on-mountain Tamarack Lodge received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Tamarack Lodge is the first LEED-certified, on-mountain building at Lake Tahoe. It will serve as the blueprint for … Continue reading Heavenly’s New Tamarack Lodge Receives LEED Certification
Burr Ridge, IL – Officials with the Gatorade Free Flow Tour have announced the complete schedule for series for the 2012 winter season. In its third year, the Tour offers up-and-coming amateur freeski athletes 21 and under the chance to earn a pre-qualified spot in next season’s 2012-13 Winter Dew Tour. Leading off with slope … Continue reading Gatorade Freeflow Tour Announces 2012 Freeski Schedule
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Snow conditions are looking “quite positive” two weeks before the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup is due to get underway, it was announced Saturday. Helmuth Schmalzl, International Ski Federation (FIS) race director for the men’s speed events and chief of race Darrell MacLachlan were among those who took part in … Continue reading Snow Conditions Look Positive for Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup
Whitefish, MT – The 3rd Annual Whitefish Mountain Films (WMF) will be held tonight in northwestern Montana. After exceeding capacity at Crush Wine Bar last year, WMF has moved to The O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, where amateur and professional mountain films will be screened. This year professional athletes Jamey Parks, Julian Carr, and Chris Rubens … Continue reading Third Annual Whitefish Mountain Films Grows
Lutsen, MN – Lutsen ski resort, on Minnesota’s upper peninsula, has gained a variance from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to draw snowmaking water from a nearby stream even though the drought-plagued stream has dropped below minimum flow levels. DNR … Continue Reading ››
