McLean, VA – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and Leisure Trends Group have released retail numbers for November 2012, collected from the point of sale systems of more than 1,200 ski and snowboard retailers. November 2012 was another difficult month for the snow sports marketplace with double digit declines in dollars sold compared to sales in … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Retail Sales Drop Again
Wrightwood, CA – Increasing popularity has prompted officials at Mountain High to extend the southern California ski and snowboard resort’s night skiing hours to seven nights per week this month. Night skiing at Mountain High (photo: … Continue Reading ››
North Lake Tahoe, CA – Getting to North Lake Tahoe’s ski slopes just got a whole lot easier. The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association, in partnership with the Truckee/North Tahoe Transportation Management Association and Placer County, the town of Truckee and several ski resorts, recently launched the region’s first-ever, area-wide Free Ski Shuttle, serving North … Continue reading North Lake Tahoe Launches First-Ever Free Ski Shuttle
Montpelier, VT – The heart of winter beats strong in January and with up to 50 inches of snow blanketing the state’s slopes, Vermont ski resorts are celebrating the season to the fullest. A bounty of events and family fun celebrations dot the monthly calendar, as well as steals and deals on lift tickets and … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resorts Celebrate MLK Weekend with Events and Deals
Midway, UT – Torin Koos, of Wenatchee, Wash. and the Bridger Ski Foundation, and APU Nordic’s Sadie Bjornsen, from Winthrop, Wash., were winners Sunday on day three of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Soldier Hollow under overcast skies with temperatures in the 20s in Midway, Utah.
Val di Fiemme, Italy – Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen combined to place two Americans in the top 15 as the seven-stage Tour de Ski came to a close on the staggering climb up the Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme on Sunday. Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk needed all of her two minute-plus lead as she … Continue reading Randall, Stephen Top 15 in Tour
Schonach, Germany – Bryan Fletcher, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., jumped to 11th and led the U.S. Ski Team in 22nd overall at a FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Schonach on Sunday. France’s Jason Lamy Chappuis won by 1.9 seconds over Japan’s Akito Watabe.
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