Salt Lake City, UT – With few exceptions, winter made a late debut to most of the western U.S. this ski season. It took until the third week of January, but thanks to substantial snowfall many regions in the West are now back on track and eager to welcome guests. Ski resorts in Utah picked … Continue reading Better Late Than Never: Winter Arrives at Ski Resorts in the Western U.S.
Bozeman, MT – Separate power outages on Sunday caused two ski resorts to suspend operations in the western U.S. The Ridge at Bridger Bowl (file photo: FTO/Marc Guido)
Vail, CO – A sketchy snow pack killed two skiers in Colorado over the weekend in separate in-bounds avalanches. At Vail Mountain, a 13-year-old boy was killed when he was buried in a slide on closed in-bounds terrain. Taft Conlin of Eagle, Colo., died on Sunday when he was swept away by the avalanche on … Continue reading Colorado Avalanches Claim Two Lives
Denver, CO – Colorado Ski Country USA’s (CSCUSA) 22 member ski resorts on Friday reported a decrease in skier visitation for the beginning of the 2011-12 ski and snowboard season. Skier visits at CSCUSA resorts were off by 10.65 percent during the first period of the ski season, defined as opening day of the season … Continue reading Colorado Skier Visits Drop on Poor Early Season Snow
(photo: Copper Mountain) Copper Mountain, CO – A 51-year-old skier died on Friday night after falling head first on a snow-covered tree stump while skiing the previous weekend at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Donald Hinckley was pronounced dead just before … Continue Reading ››
Whiteface Mountain (file photo: FTO/Marc Guido) Wilmington, NY – A 25-year-old Long Island man died on Friday after losing control and striking trees while skiing with family at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington. According to … Continue Reading ››
Tupper Lake, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) on Friday voted nearly unanimously to approve a 6,200 ski resort development at Big Tupper, near Tupper Lake. By a vote of 10 to 1 the agency approved the proposal by Preserve Associates to rebuild the ski resort with replacements for the ski area’s existing lifts … Continue reading Adirondack Park Agency Approves Ski Resort Development at Big Tupper
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