McLean, VA – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) on Tuesday released its 2011 SIA Snow Sports Participation Report detailing snow sports participation trends, participant demographic profiles and differences between core participants and casual participants through the 2009-10 winter season. The report covers alpine skiers, telemark skiers, park and … Continue Reading ››
Queenstown, New Zealand – Following a delayed start, two more New Zealand ski areas are scheduled to open for the season Thursday morning when both Coronet Peak near Queenstown, and Lake Wanaka’s Snow Park NZ will come online. Coronet Peak will start things off with only 10 to 20cm of snow covering limited novice and … Continue reading Two More New Zealand Ski Areas Ready to Open
Banff (AB), Canada – Some of Canada’s top Nordic skiers have been using Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort in Banff as a training camp in the past two weeks. And, to coach John Jaques, the reason is simple. “It’s the snow at this time of year,” he says. Massive accumulations during Sunshine’s record … … Continue reading Nordic Skiers Training at Sunshine Village
London, UK – The Ski Club of Great Britain has donated over 200 winter jackets previously worn by Ski Club leaders to the charity Porters’ Progress UK, which runs a clothing bank for trekking porters in Nepal. [caption id=”attachment_15182″ align=”alignright” width=”199″ caption=”Mountain porters in Nepal will benefit from a jacket donation by the Ski Club … Continue reading Ski Club of Great Britain Donate Ski Jackets to Nepalese Porters
Los Alamos, NM – The rapidly expanding Las Conchas wildfire has in fact reached the Pajarito ski area in New Mexico, officials battling the blaze near Los Alamos have confirmed. In a noon press conference held today in Los Alamos, Fire Chief Doug Tucker confirmed … Continue Reading ››
Santa Fe, NM – As the Las Conchas fire swells out of control and threatens Pajarito ski area near Los Alamos, N.M., the Pacheco fire above Santa Fe, burning since June 18, is still perilously close to the … Continue Reading ››
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Visitors to South Lake Tahoe can celebrate red, white and blue this Fourth of July weekend. Red tubes, blue sky and white snow, that is. Summer snow tubing at Heavenly. (photo: Heavenly Mountain Resort)
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