Salt Lake City, UT – Attorneys representing Alta Ski Area on Friday filed a motion for summary judgment, asking a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by four snowboarders and a snowboard advocacy group claiming discrimination due to Alta’s ban on snowboarding. In
Salt Lake City, UT – After remaining dark for the past month, we’ve today resumed publishing news and feature content here at First Tracks!! Online. Our hiatus was unplanned. We weren’t being lazy, nor was it even because we were out skiing. It’s because we were hacked. We’re a small home-grown operation, and as such … Continue reading Diary of Dealing with a Hacker
Salt Lake City, UT – It sounds truly European in its scope: over 18,000 skiable acres, 100 lifts and more than 750 runs, all on one lift ticket. And if the operators of seven of Utah’s 14 ski resorts have their way, it will become reality sooner rather than later. The general managers of Alta, … Continue reading Utah Ski Resorts Unite Behind Interconnect Concept
Mammoth Lakes, CA – After struggling through the first half of the winter with barely enough natural snowfall to stay open, ski resorts across the Sierra Nevada are now reveling in a five-day storm that left up to five feet of fresh snow on the mountainsides. After watching skier visits decline throughout the Christmas/New Year’s … Continue reading Massive Storm Helps Resurrect California Ski Season
West Dover, VT – While most ski resorts’ terrain parks are urban-themed with metal rails, wall rides and the like, The Farm at Mount Snow’s Carinthia has gone rural with features that you see on a daily basis when driving through the Green Mountain State like a maple sugar shack, a barn, a re-purposed horse … Continue reading Mount Snow Opens Vermont Farm-Themed Terrain Park
Rosa Khutor, Russia – The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park was rocking on Monday as Canada’s Alex Bilodeau became the first freestyle gold medalist (and the first Canadian male in any event) to repeat as Olympic Champion in a brilliant performance under the lights. Mikaël Kingsbury earned silver, delivering a one-two punch for Canada. Russian’s Alexandr … Continue reading Canada Goes 1-2 in Men’s Moguls
South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – A teen who recently moved to Lake Tahoe died last week following a snowboarding accident at Heavenly Resort. Wyatt James Colvard, 18, who lived in Kings Beach on Tahoe’s north shore, was snowboarding at Heavenly before he was found unconscious shortly before noon on Tuesday within the resort’s black diamond … Continue reading Snowboarding Teen Dies at Heavenly
