Squaw and Oakley Release Custom Lake Tahoe Sunglasses

Olympic Valley, CA – California’s Squaw Valley ski resort and Oakley have joined together to create custom Lake Tahoe Radar sunglasses. The one-of-a-kind sunglasses feature “Brilliant Blue” ice iridium lenses with a custom-etched outline of Lake Tahoe. $20 from each sunglass sale will benefit the Tahoe Fund to restore and enhance Lake Tahoe for the … Continue reading Squaw and Oakley Release Custom Lake Tahoe Sunglasses

Spring Snow Covers New Zealand Ski Areas for the Second Week in a Row

Queenstown, New Zealand – With a whole lot of new winter snow and more on the way, spring skiing in New Zealand is morphing into a phenomenon Queenstown locals have dubbed “sprinter”. Queenstown’s Coronet Peak and The Remarkables received 15 cm (six inches) of fresh, dry winter snow on Wednesday, conditions that skiers and boarders … Continue reading Spring Snow Covers New Zealand Ski Areas for the Second Week in a Row

Sweden’s Åre Ski Resort Installs Three New Chairlifts

Åre, Sweden – Workers in Åre are busy this summer, undertaking one of the popular Swedish ski resort’s biggest lift expansions ever. No fewer than three new lifts will debut at Åre by December, increasing the resort’s uphill capacity by more than 5,000 riders per hour. The new lifts are situated at strategically important bases … Continue reading Sweden’s Åre Ski Resort Installs Three New Chairlifts

Olympians and X Games Champions Launch Ski Nation

Durango, CO – A coalition of Olympic and X Games Gold Medalists and World Champions have launched a crowdfunding campaign to complete development of Ski Nation, a mobile application and independent skier network that will debut during the 2013-14 winter season in time for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. “Ski Nation is for all skiers … Continue reading Olympians and X Games Champions Launch Ski Nation