Mt. Gariwang, South Korea – South Korea’s Olympic organizing committee has drawn the ire of environmental groups for allegedly destroying tens of thousands of trees in a sensitive 500-year-old virgin forest to create ski runs to be used the 2018 Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang. Games officials indicate that the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on Mt. Gariwang was the … Continue reading South Korea Generates Environmental Flap Over Olympic Ski Run Construction→
Montpelier, VT – Last season Vermont resorts focused on enhancing their snowmaking systems, allowing them to make more snow with less energy with the help of Efficiency Vermont. Those improvements, paired with some of the most snowfall in the continental U.S., resulted in the best season on record for the state when nearly 4.7 million skiers … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resorts Debut New Lifts and More for Winter Ahead→
Donnelly, ID – Tamarack Resort cashed in a life line in 2010, when a local homeowners’ association successfully petitioned a bankruptcy court to allow it to operate the beleaguered Idaho ski area. It’s continued limited operations ever since, without access to a key terrain pod rendered irrelevant after a lender removed the chairlift that accessed that sector. That’s … … Continue reading Idaho’s Tamarack Resort Reopens Lost Ski Terrain→
Salt Lake City, UT – Summer is on its way out the door, and that can only mean one thing: Another incredible Wasatch winter season is on its way. Utah’s 14 ski resorts, down in count by one this winter due to the new combination of Park City and The Canyons under the Vail Resorts umbrella, worked … Continue reading Utah’s Ski Resorts Upgrade for 2015-16→
Lincoln, NH – White Mountain Oktoberfest, the region’s largest celebration of German beer, food, and culture, will bring a taste of the Bavarian Alps to New Hampshire’s Loon Mountain Resort over Columbus Day Weekend, Oct. 10-11. Timed to coincide with New Hampshire’s vibrant foliage season, White Mountain Oktoberfest will give revelers an opportunity to enjoy seasonal … Continue reading Loon Mountain Resort Hosts White Mountain Oktoberfest→
Lake Placid, NY – Lake Placid’s Olympic Ski Jumping Complex will be the site of the U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on Sunday, Oct. 11. The normal hill championship will take place on the HS100 meter hill in Lake Placid as part of a full weekend of ski jumping during the annual Flaming … Continue Reading ››
