Girdwood, AK – Following a successful 2012-13 ski season, officials at Alyeska Resort embarked upon the replacement of the Alaska ski area’s existing Chair 6 with a new high-speed detachable quad. Construction and installation of the chairlift by Doppelmayr USA Inc. is expected to be completed by the end of October at an estimated cost … Continue reading Construction is On Schedule to Replace Alyeska’s Chair 6
Bear Valley, CA – After officials with the Stanislaus National Forest approved the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Bear Valley’s master expansion plan, the California ski area’s owners set out to find a buyer for the resort. Resort officials this week … Continue Reading ››
Montpelier, VT – Students flock to numerous colleges and universities across the Green Mountain state for higher education, but also for outdoor adventures and to meet like-minded people. Ski resorts in Vermont understand the tight budgets of students, so they offer special deals on college passes to help them start or continue their life long … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resorts Offer Back-to-School Savings
Salt Lake City, UT – With the passing of Labor Day summer’s now over, and a fall hike in the mountains is a terrific way to prepare for the upcoming ski season, both physically and mentally. The transition into autumn, however, brings with it an increase in weather fronts accompanied by both precipitation and a … Continue reading With the Cloud Layering System from Sierra Designs, There’s No Reason to Leave Weather Protection at Home
Newry, ME – For those skiers and snowboarders who like to venture off trail and into the woods, drop into a superpipe, hit some rails or even jumps, Maine’s Sunday River Resort has announced the addition of T72, a 15-acre terrain park trail, and five new gladed areas for the 2013-14 winter season. This new … Continue reading Sunday River Expands by 75 Acres
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
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
