Denver, CO – The 2012-13 ski and snowboard season, up 11 percent nationally in terms of skier visits, crossed the finish line with a positive outcome for mountain lodging in both western and eastern resorts, according to the latest data released by the Mountain Travel Research … Continue Reading ››

Chamonix, France – An unnamed British skier fell over 1,000 meters to his death on Saturday while trying to retreat to the Aiguille du Midi summit station in high winds. The Aiguille du Midi (file photo: Michel … Continue Reading ››

Wrightwood, CA – Get out onto the ski slopes in summer and play a round of disc golf at Southern California’s only course above 6,000 feet. Originally designed by Dave Dunnipace, owner of Innova Disc Golf, one of the country’s largest manufactures of discs, baskets, and accessories, Mountain High’s Sky High Disc Golf Course is … Continue reading Mountain High’s Disc Golf Course is Southern California’s Highest →

Scranton, PA – With the sale of Pennsylvania’s financially beleaguered Snö Mountain now finalized, its name will revert to its former moniker, Montage Mountain. (file photo: Montage Mountain) The 440-acre ski area was sold to … Continue Reading ››

Whistler (BC), Canada – A father and daughter camped on Blackcomb Glacier as part of a backcountry skiing trip died on Saturday night when what has been described as a bear-sized boulder came crashing down onto their tent. A 10-year-old female and her 49-year-old father, both of North Vancouver, were reported overdue and missing at … Continue reading Blackcomb Skiers Killed When Boulder Falls on Tent →

Union Dale, PA – Robert Frost dryly quipped that “good fences make good neighbors.” Apparently the same cannot be said for gates. A long-simmering dispute between Pennsylvania’s Elk Mountain and neighboring Village of the Four Seasons (VOFS) boiled over in December of 2011 when, purportedly in response to Elk’s closing of a gate between VOFS … Continue reading Pennsylvania Ski Resort Loses Lawsuit Over Water →