Soelden, Austria – The U.S. Ski Team has confirmed that two of its promising development-level ski racers were killed today in an avalanche in Soelden. The two — Ronnie Berlack, 20, of Franconia, N.H. and Burke Mountain, Vt., and Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah — were among a group of six U.S. athletes freeskiing at the Austrian resort … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Mourns Loss of Two Prospects in Austrian Avalanche
Monarch, CO – The Chaffee Count Sheriff’s Office is reporting that over the past two weeks they have received two separate calls of attempted sexual assault at Colorado’s Monarch Mountain Ski Area. In both cases the suspect rode the lift with the victims before following them down a ski run to a point where he then forced them into the trees and … Continue reading Police Seek Suspect in Sexual Assault Attempts at Colorado Ski Area
Park City, UT – The Vermont teenager stood atop 150 tons of steel, 130 feet above the stadium floor last month in Istanbul, Turkey, contemplating her third and final jump. She had just crashed on her frontside 720 so this was it. A continent away in Beijing, China’s Bird’s Nest stadium, two of her classmates had … Continue reading Teens Mix Studies with Athletics
Mt. Hood, OR – The Oregon stop of the 2015 Burton Mountain Festival, an eight-venue, on-snow community snowboarding festival for riders of all ages, opens today at Mt. Hood Meadows in conjunction with the ski resort’s stop on the 2nd Annual Party In Your Park snowboard contest series. All events are completely free and open … Continue reading Burton Mountain Festival Starts Today at Mt. Hood Meadows
Park City, UT – Utah’s Deer Valley Resort will once once again host the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, January 7 through January 10. Aerials and mogul competitors from around the world will challenge each other and themselves on Deer Valley’s 2002 Olympic runs. All events are free to … Continue Reading ››
Big Sky, MT – Walls of snow, a dazzling array of lights and lasers, bartenders in parkas, and one raging DJ creates Big Sky Resort’s famous Snobar on January 17 and 24. Après-ski fun for this 21-and-over venue begins around 5 p.m. and lasts until 9 p.m. next to the Swifty 2.0 terrain park, above the loading station … Continue reading Night Club at Big Sky Completely Built from Snow
Portland, OR – A Portland area snowboarder has sued the parents of a 17-year-old who she claims was riding recklessly when the pair were involved in a collision on the slopes of Mt. Hood Meadow ski area in 2013. According to the complaint filed this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, 32-year-old Mara Friedland was … Continue reading One Oregon Snowboarder Sues Parents of Another for Nearly $1 Million
