Middlefield, CT – The seemingly never-ending saga to reopen Connecticut’s Powder Ridge ski area is closer to an end now that the town of Middlefield has signed an agreement to transfer the property to a local business operator. By a vote of 2 to 1 the town’s Board of Selectmen agreed earlier this month to … Continue reading Connecticut Town Signs Deal to Reopen Ski Area
Wilmington, NY – In June, cyclists raced to the top of Whiteface Mountain’s Veterans Memorial Highway, in Wilmington, N.Y. In September, it will be the runner’s time to conquer the eight-mile climb to the summit of New York State’s fifth highest peak that also hosts the ski area with the highest vertical drop east of … Continue reading Whiteface Mountain Uphill Foot Race Set for Sept. 22
Vail, CO – After 30 years in southern Vermont, the Burton U.S. Open is pulling up stakes and heading for Vail. Burton Snowboards and Vail Mountain today jointly made the official announcement that the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships will be held in Vail, Colo. instead of at Stratton Mountain, Vt., starting in 2013. The … Continue reading Burton U.S. Open Leaves Vermont
Monarch Pass, CO – Monarch Mountain has begun the first of many improvements proposed in the Colorado ski area’s U.S. Forest Service master plan. Monarch received Forest Service acceptance of the new master plan last November, and a two-fold Base Lodge expansion and remodel is the first project of the new plan to be implemented. … Continue reading Colorado’s Monarch Ski Area Completing Biggest Capital Improvement Plan in Its History
Whitefish, MT – Whitefish Mountain Resort has announced the opening of its new Aerial Adventure Park, the first in the state of Montana. The park is located at the base of the ski area in the trees just above the Base Lodge, between the Chipmunk and Huckleberry Patch ski runs, and will open to the public … Continue reading Montana’s First Aerial Adventure Park Opens at Whitefish Mountain
Olympic Valley, CA – A number of ski resorts across the U.S. will mark the annual return of the Perseid Meteor Shower next month with special events and festivities atop the mountain. In California, friends and families can camp under the stars on Monday, August 13 and watch the night sky light-up from one of … Continue reading Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower From Atop a Ski Mountain
McLean, VA – The trade group SnowSports Industries America (SIA) today released its 2012 SIA Snow Sports Participation Report detailing skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing participation trends, demographic profiles, and major differences between core and casual participants, showing that 6.9% of the total U.S. population over six years old participates in at least one snow sport … Continue reading Nearly 7% of Americans Ski, Snowboard or Snowshoe
