Angel Fire, NM – New Mexico’s Angel Fire Resort today announced it will extend the ski and snowboard season an additional week, moving its scheduled closing date from March 25th to April 1st. The extension follows a number of record-breaking snowstorms, which took the mountain from an 18-inch average snow base at Christmas-time to over … Continue reading Angel Fire Extends Ski Season to April →

Canada’s Erik Guay third Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – The men’s World Cup ski racing schedule resumed Friday after the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships with the first of two downhills on the renowned Kandahar speed run. Andrej Jerman earned Slovenia’s first downhill World Cup win while Canada’s Erik Guay (Mont-Tremblant, QC) earned the bronze. Steven … Continue reading Slovenia Grabs World Cup Downhill Skiing Gold for the First Time →

Sapporo, Japan – Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Laura Valaas (Wenatchee, WA) narrowly missed qualifying for the 1.2K team freestyle sprint final heats Friday, finishing 2.7 seconds out as Finland moved on to take women’s gold on Day Two of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. U.S. men finished 15th.nIn a race less than … Continue reading Randall, Valaas Just Miss Team Sprint Finals at Nordic Ski Worlds →

Sapporo, Japan – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) had the third-fastest 7.5K time despite soft snow and moved up seven places in the race to finish 13th in the nordic combined sprint Friday at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships behind Finnish star Hannu Manninen.nManninen, the three-time defending World Cup champion – and current leader, … Continue reading Demong Third-Fastest in Combined Sprint at Nordic Ski Worlds →

Georgetown, CO – Tomorrow, Colorado’s Loveland Ski Area will host The American Cancer Society Vertical Rally. In this event, open to all skiers and snowboarders with a valid lift ticket, Participants compete as an individual or in a group for prizes and to help raise money for The American Cancer Society. Those not … Continue … Continue reading Join Loveland Ski Area in Fight Against Cancer →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – Only ten days remain before the Freestyle World Ski Championships get underway in Madonna di Campiglio, in the Trentino region of italy, from March 5th to 10th. This important event marks the end of the season for the highest level of freestyle skiing after the last World Cup event scheduled … Continue reading Countdown On to FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships →

Whitefish, MT – Wine vintages from around the world will be poured during the SNOW Bus Wine Fest held at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow night.n“Show your support for the bus by tasting new wines,” says Walter Nickerson, a local Whitefish restaurateur and member of the Big Mountain Commercial … Continue reading Winter Wine Fest to Support Big Mountain Ski Resort SNOW Bus →