Telluride, CO – The Telluride Ski Resort is asking for input from full and part-time residents as well as visitors on how they would like to see the Colorado ski area progress.n”We want the public’s input, and are using this innovative approach to reach more people who are interested in the future of the ski … Continue reading Telluride Seeks Public Input on Ski Area Master Plan
Squaw Valley, CA – For one weekend this summer, The Village at Squaw Valley USA is going to become one of the funkiest places around Lake Tahoe during the 9th Annual Brews, Jazz & Funk Fest on Saturday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 15.nSome of the most recognized jazz, blues and funk favorites of this … Continue reading Village at Squaw Valley’s Brews, Jazz & Funk Fest
South Lake Tahoe, CA – The seven ski and snowboard resorts that make up the Ski Lake Tahoe marketing consortium — Alpine Meadows, Heavenly, Kirkwood, Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Northstar-at-Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Squaw Valley USA — credit a snowy winter with a 17 percent increase in skier visitation for the 2009-10 winter season.nWith some ski lifts … Continue reading Ski Lake Tahoe Resorts Report Double-Digit Gains in Visitation
Mt. Crested Butte, CO – The office of U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell last week dealt what may be a fatal blow to Crested Butte’s plans to expand skiing and snowboarding at the Colorado resort to adjacent Snodgrass Mountain. In 2009, Gunnison National Forest Supervisor Charlie Richmond determined that the Snodgrass Mountain expansion as … Continue reading Crested Butte Loses Appeal to Expand Ski Terrain
Denver, CO – What began as a sluggish summer start for mountain travel destinations across the western United States is looking increasingly like a relatively strong season, according to the latest report released Monday by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) in its monthly Mountain Marketing Briefing.nIn its sample of data from 265 property management … Continue reading Reservations at Western Ski Resorts for Summer and Beyond Inch Up
Ohakune, New Zealand – Good snow, good snowmaking conditions and a run of fine weather resulted in the seven days from Saturday, July 10 to Friday, July 17 being recorded as the busiest period in the 57-year history of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL), parent company of Whakapapa and Turoa ski areas on New Zealand’s Mt. … Continue reading Mt. Ruapehu Has Busiest Week in New Zealand Ski Resort’s 57-Year History
Eden, UT – Powder Mountain Resort Management, LLC has announced the hiring of Patrick Lundin as Marketing Manager for the ski resort near Eden, Utah.nA native of nearby Ogden, Lundin has grown up skiing and riding Powder Mountain for the past 20-plus years. Most recently, Lundin was Membership Director, Project Manager and Mountain Events/Park Manager … Continue reading Utah’s Powder Mountain Hires New Marketing Manager