Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports will sponsor 250 young Vermonters with discounted ski or ride lessons during Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month in January. “Vermonters love to be physically active all year, and our state is known far beyond its borders as a destination for snow sports,” said … Continue reading Vermont Governor’s Council Sponsors 250 Discounted Beginner Ski Packages→
Zagreb, Croatia – Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated the New Year in style on Sunday, winning her second straight Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom in Zagreb and laying claim for the second time to the Snow Queen Trophy. Shiffrin won in dominating style, leading the first run by .80 and expanding that lead in the second … Continue reading Shiffrin Again Crowned Snow Queen→
Soelden, Austria – The U.S. Ski Team has confirmed that two of its promising development-level ski racers were killed today in an avalanche in Soelden. The two — Ronnie Berlack, 20, of Franconia, N.H. and Burke Mountain, Vt., and Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah — were among a group of six U.S. athletes freeskiing at the Austrian resort … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Mourns Loss of Two Prospects in Austrian Avalanche→
Monarch, CO – The Chaffee Count Sheriff’s Office is reporting that over the past two weeks they have received two separate calls of attempted sexual assault at Colorado’s Monarch Mountain Ski Area. In both cases the suspect rode the lift with the victims before following them down a ski run to a point where he then forced them into the trees and … Continue reading Police Seek Suspect in Sexual Assault Attempts at Colorado Ski Area→
Park City, UT – The Vermont teenager stood atop 150 tons of steel, 130 feet above the stadium floor last month in Istanbul, Turkey, contemplating her third and final jump. She had just crashed on her frontside 720 so this was it. A continent away in Beijing, China’s Bird’s Nest stadium, two of her classmates had … Continue reading Teens Mix Studies with Athletics→
Mt. Hood, OR – The Oregon stop of the 2015 Burton Mountain Festival, an eight-venue, on-snow community snowboarding festival for riders of all ages, opens today at Mt. Hood Meadows in conjunction with the ski resort’s stop on the 2nd Annual Party In Your Park snowboard contest series. All events are completely free and open … Continue reading Burton Mountain Festival Starts Today at Mt. Hood Meadows→
Park City, UT – Utah’s Deer Valley Resort will once once again host the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, January 7 through January 10. Aerials and mogul competitors from around the world will challenge each other and themselves on Deer Valley’s 2002 Olympic runs. All events are free to … Continue Reading ››
