Sandpoint, ID – Officials at Idaho’s Schweitzer Mountain Resort are reporting a successful holiday season, despite less than average snowfall. The two-week holiday period, which begins before Christmas and runs through the new year, showed a two-percent increase in skier visits and a six-percent increase in revenue when compared to last year’s holiday period. [caption … Continue reading Schweitzer Reports Strong Holiday Season Despite Little Snow→
Cortez, CO -Osprey Packs, Inc. is expanding its Kode series of backcountry ski packs for fall/winter 2014 with two additions: the Kode ABS Compatible Series and Kode Race. “Backcountry skiing and racing continue to grow in popularity. This season’s additions to Kode address the needs of backcountry adventurers in two very different and important ways,” … Continue reading Osprey Launches Avalanche Airbag Packs→
Panorama (BC), Canada – Panorama Mountain Village Inc. today announced that the ski resort in the B.C. Interior is installing a new state-of-the-art Doppelmayr Eco-Drive quad chairlift, which will be ready for the first day of the 2014-15 ski season. Construction will begin in April on the new fixed-grip quad, Panorama’s sixth, which will service … Continue reading Panorama to Spend $3 Million on New Quad, Expanded Snowmaking→
Waitsfield, VT – Sugarbush’s Mt. Ellen turns 50 years old this winter, and the Vermont ski and snowboard resort will be hosting a multi-day celebration from Thursday, through Sunday this week. Previously named Glen Ellen, the mountain has numerous events paying homage to the mountain traditions of old. The fun kicks off tomorrow with a … Continue reading Sugarbush’s Mt. Ellen Celebrates 50 Years→
Vail, CO – The 24-year-old grandson of Vail Mountain founder Pete Siebert died on Tuesday in an avalanche just outside of the ski resort boundary. Tony Siebert, who resided both in Boulder and in Vail, was in the East Vail Chutes, a popular sidecountry area located a short hike from Vail Mountain’s Mongolia Bowl T-bar, … Continue reading Ski Resort Founder’s Grandson Dies in Vail Avalanche→
Avon, CO – Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort has announced that it intends to replace the ski area’s existing Centennial Express Lift (Chair 6) with a new high-speed, state-of-the-art combination gondola and chairlift. The new lift will increase uphill capacity by 35 percent through the use of alternating gondola cabins and six-person chairs. The new lift … Continue reading Beaver Creek to Build New Hybrid Gondola→
Whitefish, MT – The German family of an exchange student has sued Montana’s Whitefish Mountain Resort over a tree well accident that killed their son. Niclas Waeschle was 16 at the time of the Dec. 29, 2010 incident. He was skiing alone at near the resort’s T-Bar 2 when
