Lutsen, MN – Lutsen Mountains owner Charles Skinner unveiled a $30 million expansion plan last week that includes a replacement of the resort’s iconic gondola lift. The gondola would be replaced by a new eight-passenger, $7 million model to be built by Doppelmayr. “We are thrilled to take this next step forward in fulfilling our vision … Continue reading New Gondola to Anchor Lutsen Mountains Expansion
Kuehtai in Tirol, Austria – A day after returning to the World Cup podium on Sunday with a third place in giant slalom, Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle, Colo., skied two nearly perfect runs today and never gave up first place as she stood atop the slalom podium in Austria. It was Shiffrin’s first slalom victory of … Continue reading Shiffrin Returns to Winning Ways
Hunter, NY – A 44-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. woman died on Sunday after falling from a chairlift at Hunter Mountain ski area in the Catskills. New York State Police report that Olga Filkin was had just loaded Hunter’s “D” lift, a triple chair, alone at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday and already had the safety bar lowered as her … Continue reading Woman Dies in Fall from Hunter Mountain Chairlift
Val d’Isere, France – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn positioned herself on the doorstep to history Saturday, winning her 61st career Audi FIS Ski World Cup with a .19-second victory in the Val d’Isere downhill. It left her just one win away from matching the all-time win record held by the legendary Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell. Germany’s Viktoria … Continue reading Val d’Isere Win Puts Lindsey Vonn on Threshold of Record
Wasagaming (MB), Canada – Officials are set to begin dismantling ski lifts at Mount Agassiz ski hill in Manitoba, dormant since 2000. Parks Canada has awarded Winnipeg Environmental Remediations Inc. of Winnipeg, Manitoba, an C$89,000 contract to remove a chairlift and two T-bars from the ski area, located within Riding Mountain National Park since 1961. The … Continue reading Parks Canada Awards Bid to Remove Ski Lifts at Mt. Agassiz
Los Angeles, CA – Despite finding her 82% responsible for her own injury, a California jury has awarded a 35-year-old woman $4 million for a 2012 ski accident at Mountain High Resort that left her paralyzed from the chest down. Leslie McLaughlin, a former veterinarian from Torrance, Calif., testified that on March 1, 2012 she never … Continue reading Jury Awards $4 Million to Paralyzed Woman in Case Against Mountain High
Mammoth Mountain, CA – U.S. President Barack Obama has approved a land swap that would give Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (MMSA) approximately 21 acres of Forest Service land in the area of the California resort’s Main Lodge. The exchange, for more than 1,500 acres of public and private land located in several counties, was attached to the National … Continue reading Land Swap for Mammoth Mountain Signed Into Law
