Salt Lake City, UT – “The days of the station wagon ski vacation are done and over with,” says Adam Barker, Marketing and Media Manager of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Today, many winter vacationers are looking to stay where they can take advantage of a number of experiences, on and off … … Continue reading Ski Salt Lake Super Pass Offers One Lift Ticket, Four Resorts
Courchevel, France – Courchevel 1850 is all about luxury, and the exclusive new boutique Hotel ‘Le Cheval Blanc’ owned by Bernard Arnault, the man behind luxury brand LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), will debut this December at the French ski and snowboard resort.n
Val Thorens, France – Expanded snowmaking tops the list of improvements this year at the French ski and snowboard resort of Val Thorens, high in the Trois Vallées as the highest ski area in Europe.n
Beijing, China – Burton and Motorola this past weekend produced the first ever “Big Air in Beijing,” a snowboard exhibition during the Beijing Pop Festival in Chaoyang Park. The two-day music and lifestyle festival event drew over 30,000 attendees and featured headlining music acts Supergrass, Placebo and Sebastian Bach as well as local Chinese artists … Continue reading Burton and Motorola Bring Snowboarding Big Air to China
Wanaka, New Zealand – 2005 Winter X Games ski slopestyle gold medalist Charles Gagnier today claimed the winning title at the Coca-Cola Cardrona Games’ slopestyle event rescheduled from Saturday due to bad weather, while New Zealand’s top freestyle skier Jossi Wells followed in second place.nMichelle Parker, who finished third at this year’s U.S. Open ski … Continue reading X-Games Gold Medalist Charles Garnier Wins Ski Slopestyle at Cardrona Games
North Creek, NY – I first visited Gore Mountain during graduate school in the mid 1980s. The southern Adirondack ski and snowboard area felt like an intermediate local hill just north of the ever-growing Capital District surrounding Albany, with lots of crowds, long lift lines, and a lack of challenging terrain. For most of the … Continue reading More at Gore: Skiing in the Southern Adirondacks
Gulmarg, India – The only international-level ski and snowboard resort in the Himalayas, Gulmarg in the India-controlled portion of Kashmir, has announced snow safety and grooming plans for its second winter of full operation.