Breckenridge, CO – As if a $140 lift ticket and daily fees of up to $20 to park aren’t enough, Breckenridge skiers will also be paying a 4.5% lift ticket tax beginning next year. Despite months of controversy leading up to Tuesday’s vote on ballot question 2A, voter turnout in this Colorado mountain town was rather sparse. Yet … Continue reading Breckenridge Approves Lift Ticket Tax
Aspen, CO – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has told the Associated Press that she’s “100 percent” recovered from an ankle fracture sustained while training in New Zealand this summer, and will join the women’s World Cup at its Thanksgiving stop in Aspen. Vonn had traveled to Soelden, Austria for the season opening giant slalom last … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Says She’ll Start in Aspen
Banff (AB), Canada – Both Mt. Norquay and Lake Louise will open for skiing this week, kicking off the ski season in western Canada. Mt. Norquay will open first with its Cascade lift on Thursday. Skiers and riders looking to make their first turns of the 2015-16 season can do so alongside two-time Olympian Ken Read … Continue reading Western Canada Enters Ski Season This Week
Courtenay (BC), Canada – A Park City-based company that already owns three ski resorts in the U.S. is expanding its portfolio by purchasing Mount Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island. Mount Washington Ski Resort, Ltd.’s current owners — a group of private shareholders now in their 70’s, led by George Stuart — have announced its sale to … Continue reading Utah Company Buys Mount Washington Ski Resort
Taos, NM – Rhoda Blake, co-founder of New Mexico’s Taos Ski Valley, passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 97, following a brief illness. Born Rhoda Limburg in England in 1918, she was orphaned during World War I and adopted through a London Jewish organization at the age of 3. She spent her formative years with … Continue reading Taos Ski Pioneer Rhoda Blake Dies at 97
Steamboat Springs, CO – As Bryan Fletcher battled for the lead at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships last March in Sweden, his mind kept racing back to that day as a six-year-old cancer victim in Steamboat Springs when he finally convinced mom to let him ski jump. Bryan finished fifth in Falun – another milestone … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Learning to Thrive
New York, NY – This month, Bode Miller and Bomber Ski confirmed rumors flooding the ski industry when they officially announced that Miller, the most decorated U.S. Olympic skier of all time, has switched to the Manhattan-based luxury brand and artisan ski equipment company as a part owner. Miller made the announcement jointly with Bomber Ski … … Continue reading Bode Miller Switches to Bomber Ski
