Les Deux Alpes, France – A Briton vacationing in France with family members was killed last Thursday when he skied into a rock in the resort town of Les Deux Alpes.nJohn Atkinson, 63, from Wiltshire in the U.K., was skiing with his two adult children on a groomed intermediate run when he crashed into the … Continue reading British Skier Killed in French Ski Accident
Whistler (BC), Canada – A 20-year-old Windsor, Calif. man was found dead Christmas Day on Blackcomb Mountain.nThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) indicate that Cooper Plaxco was snowboarding on Friday afternoon on Blackcomb Mountain before failed to rendezvous with family members around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Crystal Chair. He was found around 10 … Continue reading California Snowboarder Found Dead at Blackcomb
Casper, WY – A 5-year-old girl and a 22-year-old man are dead and the girl’s mother injured following a skier collision at Hogadon Ski Area in Wyoming on Christmas Eve. Authorities with the Natrona County sheriff’s department indicate that the girl, Elise Johnson, was stopped on the slopes as her mother, 31-year-old Kelli Johnson, was … Continue reading Two Dead Following Christmas Eve Ski Collision in Wyoming
Carrabassett Valley, ME – High winds derailed the lift cable on Sugarloaf’s Spillway East chairlift on Tuesday, sending a number of holiday skiers and riders plummeting to the ground. Sugarloaf officials indicate that a total of six injured lift riders were treated and transported from the mountain to area hospitals following the incident, which occurred … Continue reading Ski Lift Derails at Sugarloaf
Crystal Mountain, WA – Engineers from the ski lift company Doppelmayr on Tuesday discovered that the haul cable of Crystal Mountain’s new Mt. Rainier Gondola, set to open for the first time yesterday, had stretched over three feet in the preceding 24 hours, far more than normal tolerances. Ski area officials now indicate that the … Continue reading Cable Problems Delay Opening of Crystal Mountain’s New Mt. Rainier Gondola
Richmond, VT – Vermont residents and visitors now have another option for hitting the ski slopes after dark.nUp until now, only Bolton Valley, Stowe and several community run ski slopes offered night skiing in the state. Now Cochran’s, a family run ski area along Route 2 east of Burlington, has installed 29 lights to allow … Continue reading Cochran’s Adds Night Skiing
Donnelly, Idaho – In the same week that lifts began spinning for the first time since March 2009 at Idaho’s bankrupt Tamarack Resort, principal owner J.P. Boespflug announced on Wednesday that the resort now has reached an agreement with a buyer.nBoespflug indicated that his company has accepted a $40 million bid to purchase Tamarack from … Continue reading Tamarack Owners Select Buyer