Portillo, Chile – The men’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team literally closed skiing in the Southern Hemisphere last weekend as Portillo locked down their ski season on the final day of the men’s speed camp.n”Portillo is such an awesome place for us to work on speed,” said Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), who … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Men’s Speed Squad Says Adios Portillo →

Vancouver, Canada – The attorney representing 15 women ski jumpers seeking Olympic equality via an Olympic women’s ski jumping competition says that the legal position of his clients has been “misstated” by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) in its response to their appeal arguments.n“There are two fundamental constitutional concerns at issue in this appeal,” attorney … Continue reading Women Ski Jumpers Say VANOC Doesn’t Get It →

Hancock, MA – Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort’s Fall Festival will take place Columbus Day weekend, this Saturday, Sunday and Monday featuring an expanded craft fair, antiques, the Hancock Fire Department ski and snowboard sale, job fair, food and more at the ski resort in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts.nNew for this year, Artisans of … Continue reading Jiminy Peak Fall Festival This Weekend →

Landgraaf, The Netherlands – Now that the season’s first 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup contests have been held in halfpipe and snowboard cross, it’s time for the alpine snowboarders to kick off their season this Friday. For the fifth consecutive year, the head-to-head duels will be held indoors at SnowWorld Landgraaf, located close to … Continue reading Alpine Snowboarders Kick Off World Cup Season Indoors on Friday →

Salt Lake City, UT – The 2009-10 North American ski and snowboard season kicked off Wednesday at not one, but two resorts: Loveland Ski Area in Colorado, and Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort.nLoveland offered a combination of trails that descended a single route of 1,000 vertical feet to open the continent’s ski season at … Continue reading Wednesday’s Ski and Snowboard Photo Gallery →

Park City, UT – Employees of Deer Valley Resort will host the “Transylvania Tea Party” blood drive, a Halloween season tradition at the Utah ski resort, on Friday, Oct. 30. The Transylvania Tea Party Blood Drive was started six years ago by Deer Valley staffers who wanted to help local health care facilities augment their … Continue reading Deer Valley’s Annual “Transylvania Tea Party” Supports Local Blood Bank →

Peru, VT – Bromley’s two-year, $1.1 million plan to boost the Vermont ski and snowboard resort’s snowmaking capacity an additional 30 percent is completed, on time and in green fashion, for the 2009-10 winter season.nPhase One saw the addition of an arsenal of HKD sv10 tower snow guns, allowing for considerably more manmade snow at … Continue reading Making White and Going Green →