North Creek, NY – While Gore Mountain Ski Center staff are working on the Burnt Mountain terrain pod to increase the southern Adirondack Mountains ski area’s overall vertical drop by an additional 200 feet by December 2008, progress is also being made to create a new base area Learning Center and improve snowmaking and grooming … Continue reading Gore Mountain Working to Increase Ski Area’s Vertical Drop →

Los Angeles, CA – Snowboarders Gretchen Bleiler and Hannah Teter and freeskier Kristi Leskinen are among the nominees for a 2007 Teen Choice Award to be handed out live on Fox Television on August 26, alongside surfer Lisa Andersen and wakeboarder Dallas Friday for “Choice Action Sports Female.” Both Bleiler and Leskinen won top awards … Continue reading Skier, Snowboarders Nominated for Teen Choice Awards →

Government Camp, OR – Crews are hard at work this summer at Timberline Ski Area on Oregon’s Mount Hood, installing a new 6,700-foot Doppelmayr detachable quad chairlift in time for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season. nPlans for the new $5 million lift began in 2002 with the development of an Environmental Impact Statement that … Continue reading New Ski Lift Under Construction on Mt. Hood →

Chewelah, WA – Pacific Northwest real estate venture capital firm US Resort Venture, LLC will secure funding to develop a resort village at 49 Degrees North ski resort near Chewelah in eastern Washington, starting with a $45 million round to fund the initial project, the firm announced today. nThe 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort will … Continue reading Funding Secured to Develop Village at 49 Degrees North Ski Resort →

Government Camp, OR – After talking strategy and technique for eight days on the snow fields of Mt. Hood, U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Team Head Coach Ray Watkins started to see a lot of improvement, most of which transferred into the Team’s skiing. Then the athletes started relating his advice into other things, namely croquet.

Park City, UT – From on-snow training and some ocean fun in June to intense testing and roller-ski workouts — that was the transition for U.S. Ski Team cross country athletes in their latest camp where their third round of testing showed continued improvement. n”We’re ahead of where we were a year ago…and that’s what … Continue reading U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Testing Camp Details Progress →

Hancock, MA – Jiminy Peak’s 1.5 MW GE wind turbine, named Zephyr, began generating power for the western Massachusetts ski and snowboard resort at 1:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. The three, 123-foot blades are now turning and producing energy that is powering the resort, a first for the North American ski industry. In total, the turbine … Continue reading North America’s First Ski Resort Wind Turbine Begins Producing Power →