Calgary, Canada – Focused on progressing toward peak performances from potential medalists at Olympic Winter Games to be held at home this February, Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) today named 38 ski racers to the 2009-2010 Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST).nThe national ski team, introduced at a press conference held Tuesday in Calgary, is made up … Continue reading Canadian Alpine Ski Team Names 2009-10 Roster
Denver, CO – U.S. Ski Team athletes Marco Sullivan (Alpine/Squaw Valley, CA), Casey Puckett (Ski Cross/Aspen, CO) and Johnny Spillane (Nordic Combined/Steamboat Springs, CO) were honored prior to last night’s televised NFL matchup between the Denver Broncos and reigning Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.nThe 2010 Olympic hopefuls walked onto the Invesco Field turf just before … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Honored at Monday Night Football
Killington, VT – The manmade snowpack at Killington Resort has held on sufficiently through the current warm spell to allow the Vermont ski resort to reopen for skiing and riding on the Wednesday holiday this week.nKillington will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday with four trails, served by the K-1 Express … Continue reading Killington to Reopen for Veteran’s Day Skiing
Mt. Crested Butte, CO – The U.S. Forest Service has notified Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) that it is denying the Colorado ski resort the ability to enter into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process with its Snodgrass Mountain expansion proposal. The decision comes after the resort has been working with the Forest Service … Continue reading Forest Service Cancels Crested Butte’s Snodgrass Mountain Expansion Plans
Stratton Mountain, VT – On Wednesday, Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, the big day finally arrives as Stratton’s lifts chime in the official start of the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season at the southern Vermont resort. The first snowfall dropped on the summit in mid-October and the snow guns started to pepper the resort … Continue reading Stratton Prepares to Open Ski Season
Whistler (BC), Canada – Whistler Blackcomb’s latest film creation, “On the Shoulders of Giants”, will premiere at noon PST today online at www.whistlerblackcomb.com. While the film was originally designed to chronicle the construction of the British Columbia ski resort’s massive Peak 2 Peak Gondola, it progressed into something more.n“The original motive for this … Continue … Continue reading Online Film Chronicles Whistler’s Giant Peak 2 Peak Gondola
Salt Lake City, UT – Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort today will deliver to the Utah Food Bank more than 5,000 pounds of food – the equivalent of 2,500 meals – collected during the ski resort’s annual Customer Appreciation Days.nAn exact figure of non-perishable food donated will be determined at the Utah Food Bank on … Continue reading Snowbird Customer Appreciation Days Generate Over Two Tons of Food