San Francisco, CA – With the new ski season just getting underway, Liftopia, Inc. today announced the launch of the nation’s first discount online marketplace for lift tickets, www.liftopia.com. By selling lift tickets online in advance, Liftopia is able to negotiate deeply discounted prices from its resort partners, sometimes as much as … Continue Reading … Continue reading New Company Discounts Ski Area Lift Tickets Online →

Newry, ME – Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River, the two largest ski resorts in Maine, have jointly chosen to offset 100 percent of their resort operations’ electricity usage with energy generated from wind. Together the resorts are now the largest purchaser and consumer of wind power in New England.n

Bretton Woods, NH – The newly formed partnership between Elan skis and Dalbello ski boots has entered into an agreement with New Hampshire’s Bretton Woods ski resort whereby Dalbello-Elan Sports will be the official alpine ski equipment supplier to Bretton Woods. In turn the Dalbello and Elan brands will be included in several ski … … Continue reading Bretton Woods Ski Resort Partners with Dalbello-Elan Sports →

Park City, UT – Arguably the strongest preseason training and conditioning regimen has U.S. Head Coach Pete Vordenberg smiling about his cross country athletes as the World Cup ski season nears.nVordenberg, who moved up in the spring to head coach after four years as World Cup coach, and his staff set an immediate goal of … Continue reading U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team Ready for World Cup →

St. Paul, MN – New ski lifts and ski trails highlight improvements this winter at ski areas across Wisconsin, the Midwest Ski Areas Association reports.nAlpine Valley Resort – Alpine Valley Resort Has a newly remodeled Valley View Lounge, as well as a redesigned and widened Mohawk Terrain Park with more and better features. Alpine … … Continue reading Wisconsin Ski Areas Upgrade for 2006-07 →

Stuben, Austria – Rad-Air Snowboards has scheduled a Freeride Week in the Austrian Arlberg’s Stuben in an attempt to set a new Guinness world record for the number of participants in a snowboard race.n

Stowe, VT – Warm, wet weather in the Northeast has prompted Stowe to delay its scheduled Nov. 18 opening day for the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season, and is casting doubt on other New England resorts’ ability to open prior to Thanksgiving. In the meantime, heavy snowfall in the Pacific Northwest is allowing Whistler Blackcomb … Continue reading Opening Roundup: Stowe Suspends Ski Season Opening, Whistler to Open Early →