Copper Mountain, CO – Copper’s High Alpine Project: The 12’s is a planned multi-year enhancement of the Colorado ski and snowboard resort’s high alpine skiing and riding, including expanded terrain, improved lift access and additional cat skiing operations. The 12’s gets its name from the three peaks with elevations in excess of 12,000 feet encompassed … Continue reading Forest Service Approves Copper Mountain’s Alpine Expansion Plans →

Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts is giving its customers a chance to win one of the company’s Epic Pass season pass products for life. To win, however, you’ll need to rack up those frequent flier miles — or maybe burn through them. The Epic Pass now includes skiing and snowboarding privileges 26 mountains in four … Continue reading Ski Free for Life →

Danbury, NH – Ragged Mountain Resort and the New Hampshire EB-5 Regional Center jointly announced on Tuesday that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services granted the first two I-526 investor approvals for the New Hampshire ski and snowboard resort’s improvement and expansion project. The United States EB-5 program allows foreign investors who are granted … Continue reading U.S. Government Approves Foreign Investment in N.H.’s Ragged Mountain →

Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand – Horizons Regional Council, the Department of Conservation and Ruapehu District Council have been made aware of a diesel spill from a tank at the base of the Ruapehu Alpine Lifts’ (RAL) Turoa ski area in New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park. An unknown quantity of diesel fuel has leached into the … Continue reading Diesel Spills at Turoa →

Whistler (BC), Canada – It may only be October 2nd but it sure feels like winter already at Whistler Blackcomb. (photo: Whistler Blackcomb) To celebrate an abundance of early season snow that has already fallen in the alpine, the ski resort in British … Continue Reading ››

Olympic Valley, CA – Squaw Valley’s major businesses and property management companies have teamed up in support of Green Bucks, the region’s new dollar donation program designed to harness the passion of visitors and residents in order to help care for the Lake Tahoe region’s extraordinary environment. Following the ski resort’s commitment to contribute $1 … Continue reading Squaw Valley Businesses Team Up to Support Tahoe Watersheds →

Traverse City, MI – Entrepreneur Eneliko Sean “Liko” Smith , creator of THE BLOCK, the world’s first snowboarder hotels, has purchased the Sugar Loaf Resort in Michigan. The resort, located in Traverse City, has been shuttered for over a decade. Smith and partners have purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes all … Continue reading Sugar Loaf to Reopen Following Sale →