Wengen, Switzerland – Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis is hoping for his third podium finish in four years on the notoriously tough Lauberhorn course in Wengen this weekend.nOsborne Paradis, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was 56th in training Wednesday following a minor crash. But history suggests the 26-year-old is more than capable of putting everything together on race … Continue reading Canada’s Osborne-Paradis Ready to Lead Podium Charge in Wengen→
Bessemer, MI – A fire Thursday morning has destroyed the Main Lodge at Big Powderhorn ski area in Bessemer, located east of Ironwood on the Upper Peninsula.n
Wengen, Switzerland – Heber City, Utah’s Steven Nyman leans back onto tan couch inside the historic Park Hotel in Wengen. The U.S. Ski Team has been staying here for decades. Robert Redford and Gene Hackman made its rooms famous in the 1969 film Downhill Racer.n”There’s a book in the other room,” he points. “I look … Continue reading 81st Year for Storied Lauberhorn Downhill→
Park City, UT – Today was Tramdock.com’s last day. Backcountry.com’s ski-only one-deal-at-a-time (ODAT) site went dark at 7 a.m. MST, with the company’s ski deals moving to the original outdoor gear ODAT site, Steepandcheap.com.nThis decision came down just four months after Backcountry closed … Continue Reading ››
Flachau, Austria – Four-time Olympian Sarah Schleper, the only American to qualify for a second run, wheeled off course and did not finish as 15,000 fans blanketed the Hermann Maier slope for Tuesday’s night World Cup slalom ski race in Flachau. Germany’s Maria Riesch matched Finland’s Tanja Poutiainen for the win as the Audi FIS … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Women Struggle in Flachau→
Roxbury, NY – A Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce program to provide buy-one, get-one free (BOGO) lift tickets to ski or snowboard at the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in Highmount, N.Y., has the owners of one neighboring ski area crying foul.nLaszlo and Danielle Vajtay, owners of Ski Plattekill in nearby Roxbury, allege that the … Continue reading Belleayre Free Skiing Program Irks Neighboring Ski Area Owners→
