Stratton Mountain, VT – Vermont’s Stratton Mountain Resort will fire up the lifts on Wednesday, Nov. 23, starting off its 50th season of skiing and riding with special events and festivities to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend. Mountain officials are putting the finishing touches on two new trails and lining up the snow guns. Thanks to the … Continue reading Stratton Plans Thanksgiving Festivities for Ski Season Opening Weekend→
San Francisco, CA – If you’ve ever dreamed of having an entire ski mountain to yourself with only your closest friends, with no lift lines and nothing but open terrain, online lift ticket retailer Liftopia is making it a reality for skiers and snowboarders in the tri-state New York and New England regions. The company … Continue reading Want a Real Ski Party? Rent a Whole Resort→
Scranton, PA – Barely a week after it was learned that the local electric utility cut off power to Pennsylvania’s Snö Mountain, news outlets in the Scranton area are reporting that the ski resort’s owners have defaulted on a $5 million state loan. [caption id=”attachment_18700″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ … Continue Reading ››
Park City, UT – Following on the heels of slopestyle skiing’s inclusion in the 2014 Olympic program, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Friday announced the formation of the inaugural U.S. Freeskiing Slopestyle Pro Team. Athletes like AFP Slopestyle Tour Champion Bobby Brown, World Championship gold medalist Alex Schlopy, World Championship bronze medalist Keri … Continue reading Inaugural U.S. Slopestyle Skiing Pro Team Nominated→
Flachau, Austria – The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced this morning that the Audi FIS Ski World Cup women’s and men’s slalom competitions that were scheduled for November 12-13 at Levi, Finland, and canceled due to lack of snow, has been rescheduled to take … Continue Reading ››
Park City, UT – A pro rider by day and a plumber by night, Jonathan Cheever mixes his talent like plumber’s putty by shredding park, pipe and the snowboard cross (SBX) course. While all of his major results have come from SBX, he’s known for some of the biggest airs in the pipe and credits … Continue reading Athlete Spotlight: Jonathan Cheever→
Banff (AB), Canada – In 2004, Josh Dueck was a freestyle ski coach who loved being in the mountains so much that he had the word “freedom” tattooed on his chest. When the then 23-year-old misjudged the speed of a jump at the Silver Star ski resort in British Columbia while helping prepare a course … Continue reading Banff Film Fest Premiere Highlights Challenges Faced By Adaptive Skier→
