Lincoln, NH – Loon Mountain will celebrate its annual Independence Weekend on Saturday, January 13 through Monday, January 15. This weekend-long celebration started over 15 years ago as a recognition of the New Hampshire ski and snowboard resort’s snowmaking team and their ability to blanket the mountain with fresh snow when Mother Nature fell … … Continue reading Popular N.H. Ski Resort to Celebrate 40th Anniversary →

Wilmington, NY – New York’s Whiteface Mountain Ski Center is hosting the first of two USASA Adirondack Series park slopestyle doubleheaders, presented by North Country Community College, this Sunday, January 7.nThe park slopestyle events gives skiers and riders a chance to show off their latest and greatest tricks as well as a chance to show … Continue reading Whiteface Hosting Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle Double-Header Sunday →

Mt. Hood, OR – The U.S. Snowboard Snowboardcross (SBX) team is training through Monday at Mt. Hood Meadows on custom courses the resort has built for the team. It will be the only high speed competitive training the team will receive before heading to the World Championships in Switzerland later this month. Head coach Peter … Continue reading U.S. Snowboard SBX Team Training at Mt. Hood Meadows →

Park City, UT – The annual X-DANCE Action Sports Film Festival showcases the year’s best action sports films, and this year, Park City Mountain Resort’s snowboarding film, CITY.PARK CITY. is among the top choices. nCITY.PARK CITY., the first-ever 16 mm snowboard movie to feature one resort (Park City Mountain Resort), has an all-star line-up including … Continue reading Park City Snowboarding Movie to Make Film Festival Debut →

Pinkham Notch, NH – Wildcat Mountain has announced plans to install a new ride that will operate year-round, a ZipRider zip-line thrill ride. nThe ZipRider is a zip-line cable ride based on the familiar concept of the back yard zip line. With the creation of the ZipRider trolley, however, Terra Nova LLC has brought … … Continue reading New Zip-Line Thrill Ride to Open This Spring at Wildcat Mountain Ski Area →

Zagreb, Croatia – Marlies Schild of Austria, winning her fourth in five World Cup slalom ski races this season in a Thursday night event, overcame a big mistake at the top of the course, but recovered and poured it on coming down the hill to win by nearly a second and a half. Her winning … Continue reading Schild Back on World Cup Skiing Winning Streak →

Sandpoint, ID – The snow gods definitely play favorites. This year, while eschewing Eastern North America and the southwestern U.S., they chose to bless the Pacific Northwest during the crucial Christmas-New Year’s holiday week, and ski and snowboard resorts such as Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint are recording above average snowfall and record-breaking revenues.nAs of … Continue reading Record Holiday Ski Week at Schweitzer →