Portland, ME – With the winter season hanging on with a foot of snow draping some resorts from a weekend storm, ski resorts across Maine have announced tentative closing dates for current ski and snowboard season. n”Maine ski areas are planning to operate 100 percent of their trails up until their scheduled closing dates,” assures … Continue reading Maine Ski Areas Announce Closing Dates →

Waterville Valley, NH – When the 2007 Hartford U.S. Disabled Alpine Championships open today young ski racers from across the country will converge on the Granite State to fight for their shot at making the U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Team. n”U.S. champs are all about getting as many young racers in the gate as possible … Continue reading U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Championships Start Today →

Killington, VT – Thanks to more than five feet of snow since March 1, Vermont’s Pico Mountain will extend the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season by an extra week, resort officials have announced. n

Steamboat Springs, CO – Wyndham Vacation Ownership has begun construction to expand its WorldMark at Steamboat Springs ski and snowboard resort in Colorado by adding 142 vacation ownership units to the existing 35 units currently operating in its WorldMark, The Club portfolio. nThe additional units will be divided between the company’s FairShare Plus by Wyndham … Continue reading Wyndham Breaks Ground on Expansion at Steamboat Ski Resort →

Airolo, Switzerland – Fifteen-year-old Chloé Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal won the gold medal in women’s dual moguls skiing on Monday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships in Switzerland. In the men’s contest, American Jimmy Discoe (Ridgway, CO/Telluride Ski&Snowboard Club), who finished fourth Sunday in moguls, stepped onto the podium Monday with silver in dual … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Gold for Canada, Silver and Bronze for U.S. in Dual Moguls →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – For the first time in history, three members of the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team have been named Rookie of the Year by the International Ski Federation (FIS), taking three out of four possible awards. Claiming the Crystal Cup trophies are Scotty Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) for men’s aerials, Jay Bowman-Kirigin … Continue reading U.S. Freestyle Ski Team Nearly Sweeps Rookie Honors →

Whistler (BC), Canada – The 2007 Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships, the pinnacle of ski racing in Canada, will get underway today with men’s and women’s slalom races. nThe Race Organizing Committee and the Competition Jury originally announced scheduling changes Sunday due to weather conditions. The slalom races were originally planned for March 28th. Women’s … … Continue reading Canadian Ski Racing Championships Start Today with Slalom →