Dubai, UAE – Daron Rahlves, the reigning X Games ski cross champion, has won the fabled Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuehel, Austria, as well as the World Championship super G. But, while doing ski clinics for U.S. Ski Team and personal sponsor Spyder at an indoor ski facility in Dubai recently, he had to answer a question … Continue reading “What’s It Like to Ski Outdoors?”
Ligonier, PA – The lifts will be turning and the slopes buzzing again this winter at Laurel Mountain ski area located on the Westmoreland and Somerset County border in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, thanks to an agreement between Seven Springs Resort and Somerset Trust Company.
Lynchburg, VA – A portion of Liberty University’s 5,000-acre mountain range will be receiving a makeover in the coming months with the construction of a year-round ski slope to be known as the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Center.
Salt Lake City, UT – Along with impressive snow totals, the 2007-08 winter season brought Utah’s ski and snowboard industry its fifth consecutive record-breaking year. The state totaled 4,258,900 skier days during the 2007-08 season.
Alta, UT – Utah’s Alta Ski Area is currently studying the possibility of erecting a ski lift up Flagstaff Mountain on the north side of Little Cottonwood Road, across the street from the existing lift-served ski terrain.
Denver, CO – Vail Resorts, operator of four popular Colorado ski and snowboard resorts, announced Wednesday that it will not renew its membership in Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA), the state’s ski marketing group, citing “philosophical differences” with other members over the future direction of the organization. “For 45 years, Colorado Ski Country has been … Continue reading Vail Resorts Quits Colorado Ski Country
Dubai, UAE – Dubai’s iconic indoor skiing and snowboarding destination, Ski Dubai, notched up an historic milestone on Sunday when it greeted its two millionth visitor in style.