Pats Peak Donates Over $600 to Support Melanoma Research

Henniker, NH -As part of their March Online Only Specials, SPF Days Go Sun Smart, New Hampshire’s Pats Peak ski area has donated $610 to support melanoma research. Skiers and riders were able to purchase a lift ticket online in advance to ski or ride March 19-23 for only $25. For every online ticket sold, … Continue reading Pats Peak Donates Over $600 to Support Melanoma Research

Breck Spring Fever Festival Continues this Weekend

Breckenridge, CO – Breck’s Spring Fever BudLight Concert series continues this weekend with headliners Leftover Salmon and Donavon Frankenreiter taking the Spring Fever stage Saturday and Sunday. This is the second weekend of concerts during Breckenridge Ski Resort’s month-long Spring Fever Festival.  This weekend also includes a town-wide pub-crawl and the family-friendly Ripperoo’s Mascot Olympics. Here’s … Continue reading Breck Spring Fever Festival Continues this Weekend

Athletes Confirmed for Swatch Skiers Cup 2012

Valle Nevado, Chile – The Swatch Skiers Cup, the first-ever continental team freeski event, will return to Valle Nevado September 1-9, 2012, and see 16 of the world’s best freeskiers competing in both Big Mountain and Backcountry Slopestyle to bring back home the treasured Swatch Skiers Cup trophy. The two teams of eight riders each, … Continue reading Athletes Confirmed for Swatch Skiers Cup 2012

Controversial New B.C. Ski Resort Gets Green Light

Invermere (BC), Canada – The C$1 billion plans for the long contested Jumbo Glacier ski resort in the Kootenay region west of Invermere in British Columbia have been given the go-ahead by the provincial government. Steve Thomson, the B.C. government’s minister of forests, lands and natural resource operations, signed off on the development agreement in … Continue reading Controversial New B.C. Ski Resort Gets Green Light

Avalanche Kills Heli-Skiers Near Nelson, B.C.

Nelson (BC), Canada – A pair of heli-skiers died last week when an avalanche swept down on their party in the Bonnington Mountains south of Nelson. The victims who died in Wednesday’s avalanche were identified by the RCMP as Katie Aring, 30, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ryan Keene, 29, of London, England. Both … Continue reading Avalanche Kills Heli-Skiers Near Nelson, B.C.

U.S. Alpine Ski Championships Open Wednesday in Winter Park

Winter Park, CO – Hundreds of athletes from U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association club programs from across the nation have converged on Winter Park Resort in Colorado to challenge the America’s top skiers, including Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety and Julia Mancuso for national titles at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships that … Continue reading U.S. Alpine Ski Championships Open Wednesday in Winter Park