Squaw Valley, CA – This summer, Bluesdays are back at The Village at Squaw Valley. Every Tuesday in July and August, music lovers can enjoy regional and national blues acts in a spectacular Sierra Nevada mountain setting. Blues lovers will be treated to blue plate food specials like sushi and pizza from local restaurants and … Continue reading Free Bluesday Concerts Return to Squaw
Park City, UT – With five flow trails, more than 20 miles of singletrack, multiple lifts, a European-style Enduro race and the all-new Canyons Resort Mountain Bike Academy, the expanded Canyons Bike Park opens its 2012 summer season in Park City this Thursday. Canyons Bike Park now provides trail access via Red Pine Gondola, Short … Continue reading Canyons Mountain Bike Park Opens Thursday
North Conway, NH – A ski industry icon, Herbert Schneider, known affectionately by his nickname “Zip”, died of natural causes on Sunday at Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was taken on Friday after traveling from St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, only days earlier. He was 92. At age 15, Schneider accompanied his father … Continue reading Ski Legend Herbert Schneider Dies at 92
London, UK – Monarch Airlines is adding flights to Friedrichshafen, Munich and Grenoble for the 2012-13 ski and snowboard season, marking the London-based air carrier’s first entry into the ski and snowboard travel market. The airline’s new routes will carry British skiers to resorts ranging from Les Deux Alpes in France and Zuers in Austria, … Continue reading Monarch Enters the Ski Market
Methven, New Zealand – Cold air and new snow made for a memorable ski season opening this past weekend across much of Australasia, while some other areas in the region were left wanting for snow. Near Methven, Canterbury’s Mt. Hutt ski area on New Zealand’s South Island celebrated the launch of its 2012 season on … Continue reading Strong Start to Ski Season Down Under
Ruidoso, NM – The Little Bear Fire, which has already consumed 36,000 acres of mixed conifer and Ponderosa Pine in the Lincoln National Forest near Ruidoso, has also damaged three lifts at Ski Apache. Smoke from the Little Bear fire near Ruidoso, N.M. (photo: Erica Enjady / InciWeb)
Idaho Springs, CO – Colorado’s Echo Mountain ski area is going to auction. Reopened in 2006 in the site of the former Squaw Pass ski area, Echo Mountain’s location, just 35 miles west of downtown Denver, offers north-facing mountain terrain that varies from 9,000 to 11,000 feet in elevation, although the current developed vertical drop is limited to … Continue reading Colorado’s Echo Mountain Ski Area on Auction Block
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