Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn extended her winning streak in Cortina on Friday, topping the field in a World Cup women’s super G.nVonn finished more than four tenths ahead of Friday’s second place racer, Sweden’s Anja Paerson, on Cortina’s Tofane course. Anna Fenninger of Austria completed Friday’s super G podium in … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Wins Third Straight World Cup Ski Race in Cortina
Mt. Hood, OR – Oregon’s Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort celebrates National Ski Area Safety Week this Saturday with a Safety Fair to coincide with National Ski Area Safety Awareness Week, designated by the National Ski Areas Assocation for Jan. 15-23. The event promotes and encourages responsible practices and etiquette designed to make skiers and … Continue reading Mt. Hood Meadows’ Saturday Safety Fair Celebrates National Ski Area Safety Week
Kitzbuehel, Austria – World Cup overall leader Ivica Kostelic of Croatia earned the first speed victory of his career with his fifth World Cup win in January, further extending his lead on the ski racing circuit. Americans Bode Miller and Ted Ligety finished 10th and 22nd, respectively.nKostelic, traditionally considered a slalom specialist, strengthened his position … Continue reading Kostelic Earns First World Cup Speed Victory in Hahnenkamm Super G
Wellsville, PA – A Cardboard Derby is a crazy competition where teams of up to five participants create cardboard vehicles and ride them down a ski resort’s ski or snow tubing runs. The vehicles are constructed of cardboard, glue, paint and tape. Roundtop Mountain Resort, located in Wellsville between Harrisburg and York, will host their … Continue reading Pennsylvania Ski Resorts Staging Cardboard Derbies
Kitzbuehel, Austria – Canada’s Erik Guay tested his troublesome back during a training run Wednesday and hopes to make his return to the World Cup ski racing circuit at the famed Kitzbuehel course in Austria this weekend.nGuay, of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, skipped last week’s races in Wengen, Switzerland, with a recurrence of lower back pain. But … Continue reading Canada’s Guay Hopes to Return to World Cup at Kitzbuehel
Denver, CO – Lodging occupancy at more than a dozen major western ski and snowboard destinations was up 8.9 percent in December 2010 compared with the previous year, according to the most recent Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) report. This marked the fourth consecutive month for a year-over-year increase in the participating mountain resorts … … Continue reading Booking Trend Continues Upward at Western U.S. Ski Resorts
Denver, CO – Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced on Wednesday that its 22 member ski and snowboard resorts reported an increase in skier visitation for the beginning of the season. Skier visits at CSCUSA resorts were up by 10 percent during the first period of the 2010-11 season, defined as opening day of the … Continue reading Skier Visits Up 10% in Colorado