Lakewood, CO – A newly revised website for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (LSSM) officially launched on Tuesday with features designed to make it easy for consumers to find information on how to get involved in skiing and snowboarding. Built by nxtconcepts.com, the site at
Big Sky, MT – Montana’s Big Sky Resort is expanding its gladed tree runs by adding five new ski trails with over 20 acres of new ski and snowboard terrain that will open on Andesite Mountain for the 2011-12 winter season. Big Sky's Andesite Mountain (FTO file photo: Marc Guido)
Boise, ID – Owners of both Tamarack Ski Resort in Idaho, and Montana’s exclusive Yellowstone Club private ski resort have filed a lawsuit against Credit Suisse, contending that the giant lender engaged in predatory loan practices. In the lawsuit filed last Friday in U.S. District Court in Boise, Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth, and Alfredo … Continue reading Tamarack Ski Resort, Yellowstone Club Owners Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Credit Suisse
Squaw Valley, CA – Officials at Squaw Valley USA on Tuesday announced the details of the Lake Tahoe area ski and snowboard resort’s five-year, $50 million capital improvement plan that will add dramatic improvements to the ski area, both on and off the mountain. Plans include everything from new food and hospitality offerings to new … Continue reading Two New Ski Lifts, New Base Lodge Highlight Squaw’s $50M Improvement Plan
Waiau, New Zealand – High avalanche hazard trapped about 250 skiers at New Zealand’s Mt. Lyford ski field in Waiau overnight Tuesday. (photo: Mt. Lyford) They spent the night in Mt. Lyford’s day lodge until daybreak Wednesday, when crews began … Continue Reading ››
Salt Lake City, UT – Police in Utah are reporting that U.S. Freestyle skier Jeret “Speedy” Peterson died late Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Peterson, 29, of Boise, Idaho, called 911 before officers with the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake found his body in Lamb’s Canyon, off Interstate 80 between Salt Lake … Continue reading U.S. Freestyle Skier Jeret “Speedy” Peterson Kills Self
Whistler (BC), Canada – Chris McLeod has been named Whistler Blackcomb’s new Industry, Film and Communications Supervisor. He assumed his role at the popular British Columbia ski and snowboard resort on July 12. “We’re very excited to have Chris on the team,” says Tabetha Boot, Whistler Blackcomb’s Public Relations and Communications Manager. “We are confident … Continue reading McLeod Named New Whistler Blackcomb Industry, Film and Communications Supervisor
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