Salt Lake City, UT – Now in its eighth consecutive year, the Ski City Shootout is once again pairing up the top professional photographers and local pro athletes to battle it out for more than $11,000 in cash prizes and bragging rights as they attempt to capture the magic of Ski City and the Cottonwood Canyon … Continue reading Salt Lake’s 8th Annual Ski City Shootout Drops In
Durango, CO – Former U.S. Ski Team member Jack Turner, announced the official launch of the Ski Nation mobile application available now on iOS (iPhone). The app’s Android version launches next Friday, November 21. The Ski Nation mobile app features updated snow conditions provided by SnoCountry, trail reports, trail maps, photos, and resort information for more … Continue reading Olympic Champion and U.S. Team Alumni Launch Ski Nation Smartphone App
Park City, UT – Available exclusively to Utah residents, Deer Valley’s Locals Only Passes offer savings of up to 45% on Deer Valley Resort lift tickets. Deer Valley officials announced on Tuesday that there will no longer be a pre-season purchase deadline, and guests who would like to participate in Deer Valley’s Locals Only Pass program for the first … Continue reading Deer Valley Eliminates Early Purchase Restrictions for Locals Passes
Ligonier, PA – The Ligonier Township supervisors board has given its approval to plans to reopen Laurel Mountain ski area within the State Park of the same name. Closed since 2005, there’s been an agreement in place between the state of Pennsylvania and the owners of nearby Seven Springs Mountain Resort to operate Laurel Mountain, which when … Continue reading Plans Approved to Reopen Ski Area at Laurel Mountain
Breckenridge, CO – The Dew Tour Mountain Championships returns to the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colo. December 11-14. The four-day event will feature many of the world’s best international snowboard and freeski athletes, including all eight superpipe and slopestyle gold medalists from the Sochi Olympics. In addition, NBC and NBCSN will combine to present seven … Continue reading Eight Snowboard And Freeski Olympic Gold Medalists To Compete In Dew Tour Mountain Championships
Tokyo, Japan – Burton will officially kick off winter in Tokyo this Saturday by hosting the world’s largest street snowboarding contest, the 4th annual Burton Rail Days presented by MINI. Completely free and open to the public, this year’s event will once again take place at Roppongi Hills Arena in the heart of Tokyo and feature 16 of … Continue reading Burton Hosts World’s Largest Street Snowboarding Contest in Tokyo This Week
Grand Prairie, TX – Developers have proposed a $400 million indoor ski area and associated hotel, retail and entertainment facilities for Grand Prairie, just west of Dallas. The Grand Alps project is the latest of several attempts to construct such a facility in North America, although indoor ski slopes are relatively common across
