West Vancouver (BC), Canada – Tuesday’s opening at Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain ski area was the earliest ever at the resort, the first to open in British Columbia this winter. [caption id=”attachment_18787″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Happy skiers and riders brave fog and drizzle Tuesday at Cypress Mountain, the first ski resort in British Columbia to open this … Continue reading Earliest Ski Season Start Ever for Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain→
Park City, UT – The U.S. Ski Team assembled its 2012 freestyle squad yesterday to introduce them to the media and fans in an event held at Deer Valley Resort’s Silver Lake Lodge in Park City. Highlighting the team this winter are Olympic and World Champion moguls skier Hannah Kearney, who was notably absent from … Continue reading U.S. Names 2012 Freestyle Ski Team→
Salt Lake City, UT – Utah logged its second busiest ski season in history in 2010-11 with 4.22 million skier days, a mere 0.62 percent off the state record set in 2007-08. Given the current state of the economy that’s truly saying something. Industry officials are hoping to build on that momentum for the 2011-12 … Continue reading Utah’s Ready for Ski Season→
Bend, OR – Two men accused of stealing snowboards from a store near Portland, Ore. have been arrested in Bend after trying to fence them. William Scott Maret, left, and Russel Peter Woodruff (photo: Deschutes County Sheriff)
Golden, CO – The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) will host the 19th annual Backcountry Bash on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. The Bash will raise money and awareness for the Colorado mountain conservation, education, and recreation organization’s Backcountry Snowsports Initiative program, which advocates for preservation of winter backcountry areas for … Continue reading The Colorado Mountain Club to Host the 19th Annual Backcountry Bash→
Aurora, CO – Julia Mancuso, gold medal winner in giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, is traveling to the Denver area to meet fans and sign autographs. [caption id=”attachment_18757″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Julia Mancuso, left, … Continue reading Ski Racer Julia Mancuso to Sign Autographs for Fans in Denver Suburb→
Whitefish, MT – For nearly 60 years a statue of Jesus has watched skiers schuss by on Big Mountain, but that may be about to change. The statue sits on U.S. Forest Service Land leased to Whitefish Mountain Resort through a Special Use Permit. It was first erected in 1953 by members of the local … Continue reading U.S. Congressman Proposes Land Swap to Save Jesus Statue at Montana Ski Resort→
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