Lake Wanaka, New Zealand – Snow Park New Zealand opened its Triple Line at noon today, featuring a combination of 35-foot, 40-foot and 60-foot foot jumps and more than 30 other features in and around its slopestyle course in preparation for upcoming international slopestyle events. Snow Park NZ is the first Southern Lakes ski area … Continue reading Snow Park NZ Opens Triple Line Slopestyle Course
Killington, VT – Vermont’s Killington Resort will be the host of the second stop of the 2011-12 Winter Dew Tour, the largest snow sports event in the East, following Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado and leading into the Dew Tour Championships at Snowbasin Resort in Utah. The four-day event will showcase the world’s top freeski … Continue reading Winter Dew Tour to Return to Killington
Denver, CO – In the most recent data compiled by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP), analysts found that despite current economic uncertainties, lodging occupancy in mountain destinations in the western U.S. continues in an upward arc toward pre-recession levels, while nightly room and lodging rates remain essentially flat. MTRiP’s data is derived from a … Continue reading Summer Occupancy Remains Strong at Ski Resorts
Snowbird, UT – Thousands of people affected by cancer will be honored at the 15th annual Survivors at the Summit and Celebration of Life Ceremony at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resorton August 6. Presented by Cancer Wellness House, the celebration will include a pancake breakfast followed by a hike to Hidden Peak to observe tribute … Continue reading Cancer Survivors to Celebrate Life with Ceremony Atop Snowbird
Squaw Valley, CA – The third annual Wanderlust Festival returns to the Sierra peaks of Squaw Valley USA in Lake Tahoe, Calif., July 28 through 31. This four-day yoga and music experience is a place to relax, unwind, bend, dance, revel, and contemplate. Squaw Valley USA's Wanderlust Festival (photo: Tinywater)
Donner Summit, CA – California’s Boreal Mountain Resort is expanding its niche in the world of youth action sports with the opening of Woodward Tahoe, a youth action sports freeride and freeski instructional center and camp program. Woodward, which has operated an indoor ski and snowboard training camp at Copper Mountain in Colorado since 2009, … Continue reading Woodward Moves West to Bring Indoor Freeride Ski, Snowboard Training to Tahoe
Peru, VT – Bill Cairns, Bromley Mountain’s recently named General Manager, has wasted little time in shaping the Vermont ski mountain’s management team more to his liking. “I’ve been with Bromley for 30 years, 25 of those years as Director of Mountain Operations,” says Cairns. “Believe me, I know this mountain and know the depth … Continue reading New Staff Appointments at Bromley
