Lakewood, CO – On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10 a.m. in your local time zone, something special is scheduled to happen. Something unique. Something that has never been done (okay, maybe once or twice). Ski and snowboard areas in the U.S. will be offering a beginner lesson for either ski or snowboard in an effort to set the … Continue reading Industry Groups Gun for Guinness Record for Largest Ski Lesson
Brownsville, VT – The ski lifts on Mt. Ascutney, high on a monadnock above Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley, have been silent since the winter of 2010-11, 64 years after the ski area first opened. But despite a series of obstacles, including the sale of its lifts and a base lodge blaze that destroyed … Continue … Continue reading Mt. Ascutney May Be On a Path to Return to Vermont Ski Scene
Burbank, CA – The cable television network Bravo will debut a new reality series set in the Canadian ski resort of Whistler Blackcomb on Nov. 2. The premise of the new program, Après Ski, is an exclusive concierge service in Whistler recently launched by Joey Gibbons, a Canadian hospitality mogul who has recruited a team to help him … Continue reading Bravo to Air New Reality TV Series Set in Whistler
Reno, NV – Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe spent this summer relocating and renaming its Ponderosa chairlift and adding four new beginner trails to the mountain, with an eye toward earlier openings in the beginning of the ski and snowboard season. The new positioning of the newly named “Wizard” lift will expand and enhance the resort’s beginner skiing and snowboarding experience … Continue reading Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Bets $1.2 Million on Earlier Openings
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah ski and snowboard industry closed the 2014-15 winter season last May with a total of 3,946,762 skier days, down 4.9 percent from the previous season’s 4,148,573. Last winter’s number also represents a 2.2 percent decrease from Utah’s five-year average of 4,037,349. Nationally, skier days were down from 56.5 million to … Continue reading Utah Skier Visits Drop 4.9 Percent During 2014-15
Banff (AB), Canada – The “Big 3” ski resorts within Canada’s Banff National Park – Mt. Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise – are gearing up for winter 2015-16 with a host of new lifts, new offerings and celebrations in store. Mt. Norquay Turns 90 The oldest ski resort in the Canadian Rockies has been … Continue reading What’s New This Winter in Banff and Lake Louise
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort will celebrate the changing of the seasons in southern Vermont with its annual Fall into Winter Festival on Saturday, October 10. The ski resort’s Jackson Gore area, in all of its fall foliage glory, will be the setting for enjoying live music, food and family activities. Okemo’s culinary … Continue Reading … Continue reading Okemo Celebrates Fall into Winter Oct. 10
