Frazier Lake, MT – The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center is reporting that a slide in the Bridger Range near Frazier Lake carried and partially buried a backcountry skier on Sunday afternoon, breaking his leg.nUnaware of an earlier avalanche triggered by a separate party on a nearby east-facing slope, the unidentified 32-year-old man was among … Continue reading Backcountry Skier Breaks Leg in Montana Avalanche
Woodstock, VT – The Vermont Ski Museum will stage the Vermont Antique Ski Race, a fundraiser for the Museum, on Sun., Feb. 13 at the Suicide Six ski area in Woodstock.nThis is your chance to dust off those old wood skis, your VR17s, or your Rossi Stratos and compete against some of Vermont’s finest in … Continue reading Vermont Ski Museum Staging Antique Ski Race at Suicide Six
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand – Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ) Chief Executive Ross Palmer announced today that after leading New Zealand’s governing organization for skiing and snowboarding through a period of rapid growth and change, including the completion of a complex integration process, he is moving on to pursue new career opportunities.nSnow Sports New Zealand … Continue reading CEO of Snow Sports New Zealand Stepping Down
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – On the eve of the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso took a few practice laps down the icy Kandahar speed track. It wasn’t easy.n”It will take a champion to win this race,” said U.S. Ski Team Head Coach Alex Hoedlmoser. The two-week chase … Continue reading U.S. Faces Challenging Worlds Super G
Updated: 6:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 Originally Published: 5:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 Nederland, CO – A 35-year-old Boulder, Colo. man struck a tree and was killed Sunday afternoon while snowboarding in a closed area at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland.nScott Richard Goodale was snowboarding with four friends when the incident occurred, according … Continue reading Snowboarder Dies After Hitting Tree at Eldora
Colden, NY – A 60-year-old skier slumped into a Kissing Bridge ski resort chairlift near Buffalo, N.Y., before falling and dying on Friday afternoon.nWitnesses described John Fuchs, a longtime Kissing Bridge skier from Wales, N.Y., suffering an apparent medical condition before falling approximately 25 feet from the chairlift. Kissing Bridge ski patrol transferred Fuchs to … Continue reading Skier Dies After Fall from Kissing Bridge Chairlift
Yongpyong, South Korea – LG Snowboard FIS World Cup officials canceled a snowboardcross event scheduled for this in Korea after athletes and coaches voiced safety concerns. A date for the possible rescheduling of the race has not yet been determined.nConcerns that the course was too steep and too turny were voiced at an emergency meeting … Continue reading World Cup Snowboard Cross Canceled in Korea Over Safety Concerns