Carrabassett Valley, ME – With temperatures dipping down into the low 20s overnight, and a heavy frost covering surfaces at higher elevations, Sugarloaf took the opportunity to conduct an early season test of its snowmaking system this morning, lighting up 10 snow guns on the northwestern Maine ski and snowboard resort’s upper mountain Tote Road trail. While … Continue reading Sugarloaf Starts Making Snow
Mercersburg, PA – Whitetail Mountain officials are counting on a snowier ski season this winter, to the tune of $2.5 million. Whitetail’s new Techno Alpin snow guns … Continue Reading ››
Tuxedo, NY – Planning to ski Tuxedo Ridge this winter? Think again. James Mezzetti, owner of the diminutive 400 vertical-foot ski hill just north of New York City, cited “circumstances outside of our control” related to an option on the property to build the Sterling Forest Resort Casino in announcing that Tuxedo Ridge won’t operate … Continue reading No Skiing This Winter at Tuxedo Ridge
Central Hainesville (NB), Canada – Ski Wentworth has sold Crabbe Mountain ski area near Fredericton to a group of local investors comprised of local business leaders and avid skiers. Nova Scotia-based Ski Wentworth put Crabbe Mountain on the block this past spring. The sale price of Crabbe Mountain was not disclosed.
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts announced earlier this week that Susan Decker has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Decker, who served as both president and chief financial officer at Yahoo! Inc., currently serves on several boards of directors, including Berkshire Hathaway; Intel Corporation, where she is lead director; and Costco Wholesale. … Continue reading Former Yahoo! Exec Named to Vail Resorts Board of Directors
Eldora, CO – The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday approved plans to expand Eldora Mountain ski area just west of Boulder, but only within the existing resort boundaries — at least for now. Thursday’s decision follows nearly three years of planning, environmental analysis and public input on a proposal from Eldora that included upgrading lifts, expanding … Continue reading Forest Service Approves Limited Expansion at Eldora
Franconia, NH – On the same day that the United States Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) floated the idea of an East Coast return for the World Cup at Killington, they also announced that the former Mittersill ski area in New Hampshire, now part of Cannon Mountain, will be a newly designated USSA Training Site. The … Continue reading USSA Adds Training Site at Mittersill
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