June Lake, CA – On days when crowds or Sierra weather make Mammoth Mountain frustrating or unpleasant, nearby June Mountain ski area has long been a respite where lift lines are short and powder lines are long. That has also meant, however, that in its 25 years of ownership of June Mountain, Mammoth has annually … Continue reading Mammoth to Shutter June Mountain Ski Area →

Park City, UT – Skiers visiting Utah’s Deer Valley Resort next winter will find $8 million worth of improvements, including a new high-speed quad chairlift, the resort’s twelfth detachable lift. [caption id=”attachment_22503″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Workers are busy at Deer Valley this summer replacing the Utah ski resort's Deer Crest chairlift with a high-speed detachable model. … Continue reading Deer Valley Installing New High Speed Quad →

Bend, OR – As much of the U.S. swelters this week under stifling summer heat, one Oregon resort today announced plans to reopen for summertime skiing and riding. Mt. Bachelor has announced that it will open for skiing and snowboarding Friday, June 29 through Sunday, July 1, with intermediate and advanced terrain available off the … Continue reading Mount Bachelor Will Reopen for Summer Skiing →

Newbury, NH – 2011-12 was a warm and dry winter throughout the northeastern U.S., so it should come as no surprise that skier visits to New Hampshire resorts plunged 20 percent this past season over strong numbers posted in 2010-11. What is surprising, however, is the decision by the operator of three of the state’s … Continue reading Peak Resorts Pulls Out of Ski NH as State Skier Visits Plunge →

Denver, CO – Building on the trends first noted in late April, on-the-books summertime occupancy  is up 16.2 percent for the month of June at a sample of ski resort destinations across Colorado, Utah, California and Oregon, according to figures released yesterday by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP). The data, sampled as of May 31, … Continue reading Summer Business Looking Good at Ski Resorts in Western U.S. →

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand -After delaying its scheduled opening on June 15, Snow Park NZ will open for its 10th anniversary ski and snowboard season this Monday, June 25. (file photo: Snow Park NZ) Snow Park … Continue Reading ››

New Hartford, CT – A Connecticut appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Ski Sundown in New Hartford is not legally liable for a critical injury to a teen using its slopes. James Malaguit, of Brewster, N.Y. and at the time age 15, was … Continue Reading ››