Craftsbury, VT – A member of Dartmouth’s cross-country ski team collapsed and died on Saturday while competing in Vermont. Dartmouth president Philip Hanlon has confirmed that Torin Tucker, a native of Sun Valley, Idaho, collapsed and died while racing at the annual Winter Carnival in Craftsbury in northeastern Vermont. An exact cause of death has … Continue reading Dartmouth Ski Racer Collapses and Dies in Competition
Homewood, CA – Owners of Lake Tahoe’s Homewood Mountain Resort plan to break ground this spring on a scaled-down expansion to the ski resort that led to a lawsuit filed by a pair of environmental organizations. Friends of the West Shore and the Tahoe Area Sierra Club indicate that they reached a settlement last week … Continue reading Environmentalists Settle Lawsuit Over Homewood Ski Resort Expansion
Eden, UT – An unnamed consortium of local and private investors has purchased Wolf Mountain ski area in the Ogden Valley for an undisclosed sum from America First Credit Union. The investors will rename the resort “Skyline Mountain Base” beginning next winter. In the meantime, operating hours will be extended, including night skiing on Sundays. … Continue reading Utah’s Wolf Mountain Gets New Owners, New Name
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow will host The Nature Valley NASTAR Eastern Championships Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. This event brings recreational racers together for an entire weekend of racing, live music, parties and fun. Participants compete against their peers in a modified GS race on Saturday, and with their family or … Continue reading Okemo to host NASTAR Eastern Championships
West Dover, VT – A 120-million-gallon water storage pond for snowmaking and a new 36,000-square-foot base lodge for skier services are two of the projects Mount Snow will fund through EB-5, a federal government immigrant investor program. The projects, newly approved under the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center, total $52 million in investments. The West Lake … Continue reading Mount Snow Turns to Foreign Investors to Fund Expansion
Aspen, CO – At age 32, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler announced that this week’s Winter X Games being held in her hometown of Aspen will be her last. “It definitely makes me sad,” Bleiler said on Thursday, announcing that she’ll leave her 17-year professional snowboarding career behind. “I’ve grown up through the X Games, and it’s … Continue reading Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler Announces Retirement
Washington, DC – There’s still a week left in January, he sixth national “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month” (LSSM), and leading ski area lodges and hotels have introduced discounted accommodations to this program with savings of up to 50 percent. Ski areas and resorts in over 30 states celebrate LSSM with special offers to … Continue reading Lodging Packages Support Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month Specials Nationwide
