Park City, UT – An avalanche was reported today on closed in-bounds ski terrain at Deer Valley Resort outside of Park City. A search and rescue operation was immediately launched. nAt 11:35 a.m. today, Deer Valley Ski Patrol received a report of avalanche slide activity in Daly Chutes #5 and #6 located in Empire Canyon. … Continue reading In-bounds Avalanche at Utah’s Deer Valley Ski Resort
Salt Lake City, UT – It’s a storm cycle that won’t seem to quit. With the current ski and snowboard season barely hitting its stride, some Utah ski resorts have already eclipsed the 400-inch mark in season snowfall to date. n
Copper Mountain, CO – Bring on the snow, bring on the wind, and bring on the big names… it’s evident that nothing would stand in the way of the droves of rising new talent that took full advantage of Friday’s Suzuki U.S. Freeskiing Open Slopestyle course to step up against the sport’s top guns and … Continue reading Houle and Battersby Win Slopestyle Gold at Suzuki U.S. Freeskiing Open
Punxsutawney, PA – Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his haunt on Gobbler’s Knob Friday and predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow. nCheers and jeers were plentiful among the thousands who assembled for the annual pilgrimage to Punxsutawney, as Inner Circle member Ben Hughes coaxed Phil from his hole and read his wintry … Continue reading Punxsutawney Phil Predicts More Winter Ahead
Val d’Isere, France – Winds and a storm, which blanketed the top of the course with nearly two feet of snow, forced cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill Saturday on the 1992 Olympic Bellevarde course on which the 2009 FIS Alpine World Championships will be held. There was no immediate word on rescheduling the … Continue reading Winds, Snow Scuttle Val d’Isere World Cup Downhill Ski Race
Park City, UT – World champion Nina Li of China won the women’s World Cup freestyle skiing aerials event at the Nature Valley Freestyle Challenge at Deer Valley ski resort in Utah Friday night with 199.16 points to 194.87 for World Cup leader Jacqui Cooper of Australia. Resilient Emily Cook (Belmont, MA), 11th in the … Continue reading Li Wins Nighttime Aerials as Freestyle Skiing World Cup Stops at Deer Valley
Leysin, Switzerland – Helene Olafsen (NOR) and Mario Fuchs (AUT) have won the fourth Snowboard Cross of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup 2007/2008 in Leysin on Friday. nOlafsen won the grand Final against the French rider Diane Thermoz Liaudy and also relegated Switzerland’s Tanja Frieden and Snowboard-Cross World Cup-leading Mellie Francon (also SUI) to … Continue reading Olafsen and Fuchs Win Duels at Snowboard Cross in Leysin