Park City, UT – Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort hopes to awaken the snow gods and summons the winter weather with its fourth annual “Thriller” Snow Dance this Saturday, Oct. 27. Throw on your best zombie attire, Michael Jackson duds or winter outfit and help shake the skies to ensure another season of snowfall with … Continue reading Park City Repeats Thriller Dance to Summon Snow Gods
Lausanne, Switzerland – A host of new faces will join the leading skiers and snowboarders from last season as the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face (FWT) goes into its first season as a globally unified series this winter. The new tour will combine top riders and most champions of last winter’s Swatch … Continue reading 2013 Freeride World Tour Qualified Athletes Confirmed
Salt Lake City, UT – Is there a better way to get pumped for the new winter ahead than with photos of snow from the past week? No, we didn’t think so, either. [nggallery id=33]
Truckee, CA – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded Northstar California Resort with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the Zephyr Lodge, the new on-mountain restaurant that opened on the mountain in December 2011. Since opening, the Zephyr Lodge has provided resort guests with a new on-mountain fast casual dining … Continue reading Northstar’s New Zephyr Lodge Granted LEED Certification
Park City, UT – FIS World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall leads a talented group of 13 athletes named to the 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a final pre-season training camp at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s (USSA) Center of Excellence in Park City, where the … Continue reading 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Named
Killington, VT – Skiing and dairy farms are both inextricably linked to Vermont, so it should not be entirely surprising that the state’s Killington Resort will power its K-1 Express Gondola during the 2012-13 season with electricity generated directly from cows on Vermont dairy farms. The initiative was made possible through Killington’s enrollment in Green Mountain Power’s … Continue reading Cow Manure to Power Vermont Ski Lift
Carmel, NY – When the leaves start to turn, skiers’ minds turn to winter powder. But autumn is also the time to get their bodies prepped for winter so they won’t have to nurse an injury that could have been avoided. According to The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), falls account for 75 to … Continue reading Strenghten Your Knees for Ski Season
