Mackenzie (BC), Canada – A 27-year-old Alberta woman died on Friday when she suffocated in deep powder outside the boundaries of Powder King Mountain Resort near Mackenzie. (file photo: Powder King Mountain Resort) Maxine Peters, of Grande Prairie, was snowboarding … Continue Reading ››
Val Gardena, Italy – Five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller continued to build speed on the Road to Sochi with fifth in the 46th Saslong Classic downhill in Val Gardena, Italy on Saturday in a race won by Erik Guay of Canada. After falling behind in the upper gliding portion of the course, Miller found the … Continue reading Miller Continues Comeback with Steady Improvement as Canada’s Guay Wins in Val Gardena
Val d’Isere, France – In the latest twist in Lindsey Vonn’s pre-Olympic knee saga, the U.S. ski racing star skied out of Saturday’s downhill in Val d’Isere, wincing in pain from her damaged knee. Despite the setback, Vonn remained nonplussed.
Golden (BC), Canada – An avalanche claimed the life of a 29-year-old Edmonton, Alberta man on Friday afternoon in the sidecountry just outside Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden. … Continue Reading ››
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – An 11-year-old is in critical condition in a Calgary hospital after colliding with a tree at Alberta’s Lake Louise ski resort on Sunday. Lake Louise Ski Area (photo: Henry Georgi) The incident reportedly occurred … Continue Reading ››
Alta, UT – An avalanche struck in-bounds on Monday morning at Utah’s Alta Ski Area, burying three skiers. Alta spokesperson Connie Marshall confirms that at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Monday skiers triggered a slide in Spot Slot, high in Collins Gulch above the resort’s Sunspot run and the High Traverse. The debris from the avalanche … Continue reading In-Bounds Avalanche Buries Three at Alta
Eagle, CO – When Air Canada flight 1051 from Toronto lands at Eagle County Airport in Colorado this morning, it will mark the first-ever nonstop international flight to arrive in the Vail Valley. The Saturday service runs weekly through April 5, 2014 and is the second nonstop western ski gateway from Toronto, behind Denver. The … Continue reading Vail to Receive First Ever International Flight
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