Get Ready for Winter in Tahoe with a Snowball Fight

South Lake Tahoe, CA – With ski season right around the corner, Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort is generating some early season stoke and supporting the local community with the second annual Sierra Snowball Fight: A Dodgeball Tournament, at Steamers Bar and Grill in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 14. Sierra Resort fans and season passholders will be … Continue reading Get Ready for Winter in Tahoe with a Snowball Fight

Portland Skiers Get New Direct Flight to Tahoe

Portland, OR – Alaska Airlines is growing again in Portland, with a new nonstop flight between the Rose City and Reno/Tahoe, Nev., starting Nov. 8. The Tahoe route, last operated by Alaska Airlines in 2009, is one of two new flights for the airline out of Portland; the other heads to the decidedly non-skiing destination … Continue reading Portland Skiers Get New Direct Flight to Tahoe

More Colorado Resorts Come Online Tomorrow

Keystone, CO – Colorado’s list of open ski resorts will expand from three to five tomorrow with the addition of Keystone and Copper Mountain. Keystone will make its season debut with 65 skiable acres on Dercum Mountain, and a weekend of events and activities to animate the start of another ski season. Lifts will open … Continue reading More Colorado Resorts Come Online Tomorrow

Dean Cummings Launches 2013 Steep Life Tour in Seattle This Weekend

Seattle, WA – Legendary big mountain skier, mountain guide and Alaska heli-skiing pioneer Dean Cummings will be in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., this weekend to present his award-winning avalanche education program, Steep Life Protocols, and screen his new film “Chugach,” which documents the implementation of protocols to achieve lifelong first descents.  This is the first … Continue reading Dean Cummings Launches 2013 Steep Life Tour in Seattle This Weekend

Waterville Valley Steps In to Support Local Olympic Hero

Waterville Valley, NH – Three-time Olympian Kris Freeman is joining Waterville Valley in New Hampshire as the ski resort’s newest Nordic Racing Instructor.  After reading in the Wall Street Journal last week about Freeman’s funding being cut by The U.S. Ski Team, resort owner and general manager Chris Sununu made the immediate decision to step … Continue reading Waterville Valley Steps In to Support Local Olympic Hero

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