Middlefield, CT – Middlefield’s Powder Ridge Ski Area, closed since 2006, may have a new lease on life thanks to utilities improvements approved Wednesday by the Connecticut State Bond Commission.nThe body decided Wednesday to fund $500,000 in utilities improvements necessary to ensure the viability of the ski area. Earlier in the week Middlefield town officials … Continue reading Connecticut State Bond Commission Approves Expenditure that Could Revive Powder Ridge Ski Area →

Pagosa Springs, CO – A 35-year-old Tucson man died while snowboarding at Colorado’s Wolf Creek ski area on Saturday when he plunged off a 40-foot cliff.nChristian Rea was snowboarding with friends in Wolf Creek’s Waterfall area on Saturday when they encountered the cliff. One of Rea’s friends tried unsuccessfully to warn him to go around … Continue reading Snowboarder Dies in 40-Foot Plunge →

Alta, UT – Utah’s Alta Ski Area is showing its support for those in need via a food drive on New Year’s Eve.nThe facts are staggering. One in 10 Utahns, and one in eight Utah children live in poverty. More than 134,000 Utahns receive food stamps, and 63,000 eat dinner at a soup kitchen. One … Continue reading Utah Food Bank and Alta Ski Area Team Up for the Holidays →

Snowbird, UT – Wasatch Powderbird Guides, a heli-skiing and snowboarding operation based at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Utah, opened its 2010-2011 season on Dec. 15 to record pre-season reservations and over 200 inches of accumulated snow this season to date.nPowderbird offers a high-end travel and adventure service, and consumer confidence is closely related … Continue reading Wasatch Powderbirds Opens with Record Bookings, Record Snow →

White Pass, WA – Skiers and riders have been anxious to explore White Pass ski area’s new Paradise Basin expansion, perhaps too anxious.nA total of 14 people have ventured out of bounds and become lost in the first 10 days since the opening of the ski area’s new terrain this season. Three have required ski … Continue reading 14 Skiers Stranded at White Pass →

Avon, CO – Road rage took to the ski slopes of Colorado last week after a 41-year-old Georgia man was charged with misdemeanor child abuse for punching a teenage girl at Beaver Creek ski resort in Avon.nAccording to the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Scott Filler of Decatur, Ga., punched the unidentified 14-year-old in the face … Continue reading Georgia Man Charged with Child Abuse After Punching 14-Year-Old Skier at Beaver Creek →

Denver, CO – For the third consecutive month, actual lodging occupancy was up among participating western ski resort communities. November 2010 was up 14.4 percent from last November at the 265 property management companies in 15 mountain destination communities sampled by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP), representing 24,000 rooms across Colorado, Utah, California, … … Continue reading Bookings at Western U.S. Ski Resorts Show Promise →