Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow will host The Nature Valley NASTAR Eastern Championships Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. This event brings recreational racers together for an entire weekend of racing, live music, parties and fun. Participants compete against their peers in a modified GS race on Saturday, and with their family or … Continue reading Okemo to host NASTAR Eastern Championships
West Dover, VT – A 120-million-gallon water storage pond for snowmaking and a new 36,000-square-foot base lodge for skier services are two of the projects Mount Snow will fund through EB-5, a federal government immigrant investor program. The projects, newly approved under the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center, total $52 million in investments. The West Lake … Continue reading Mount Snow Turns to Foreign Investors to Fund Expansion
Aspen, CO – At age 32, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler announced that this week’s Winter X Games being held in her hometown of Aspen will be her last. “It definitely makes me sad,” Bleiler said on Thursday, announcing that she’ll leave her 17-year professional snowboarding career behind. “I’ve grown up through the X Games, and it’s … Continue reading Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler Announces Retirement
Washington, DC – There’s still a week left in January, he sixth national “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month” (LSSM), and leading ski area lodges and hotels have introduced discounted accommodations to this program with savings of up to 50 percent. Ski areas and resorts in over 30 states celebrate LSSM with special offers to … Continue reading Lodging Packages Support Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month Specials Nationwide
Snowmass, CO – A lawsuit was filed in a Federal court in Denver on Friday over a collision between two snowboarders at Snowmass last winter. German national Lothar Krachen alleges that he was snowboarding in Snowmass’ Alpine Springs area on the resort’s intermediate level Naked Lady run on March 5, 2013 when Richard Price, of … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Over Snowmass Snowboard Collision
Park City, UT – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) on Tuesday announced the nomination of nine moguls and aerials athletes to the U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team. The team will be led by reigning Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney and Olympians Patrick Deneen, Heather McPhie, Emily Cook and Ashley Caldwell. The athletes were nominated … Continue reading U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team Announced
Aspen, CO – Event promoter ESPN and Aspen Skiing Company have reached an agreement in principle that will keep the Winter X Games in Aspen/Snowmass, Colo. through 2019. After a comprehensive bidding process, ESPN chose to continue its long-term relationship with Aspen Skiing Company, already the longest-tenured X Games host city. Now in its 13th … Continue reading Winter X Games to Remain in Aspen Through 2019
