Concord, NH – New Hampshire state lawmakers on Wednesday passed a state budget that funds Cannon Mountain Ski Area through 2013, and in so doing removed a Senate proposal to lease the state-owned resort in Franconia Notch to a private operator. Negotiators from both the state House and Senate agreed that the matter should be … Continue reading New Hampshire Lawmakers Back Off Proposal to Lease Cannon Mountain Ski Area
Dalvík, Iceland – Powder Lines, a backcountry guiding tour business founded by a Utah professional snowboarder with type 1 diabetes, Sean Busby, recently completed an expedition through the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve on Iceland’s northernmost peninsula and one of the most rugged and remote areas on the Atlantic island. The expedition included countless ascents and descents … Continue reading Type 1 Diabetic Snowboarder Explores Iceland’s Remote Mountain Ranges
North Woodstock, NH – New Hampshire’s alpine and cross country ski areas enjoyed a successful 2010-11 winter season, hosting more than 2.6 million skier, snowboarder, and snowtubing visits, according to numbers released today by Ski New Hampshire. Alpine ski areas recorded a total of 2,355,100 alpine skier and snowboarder visits, up 5.6% from the winter … Continue reading 2010-11 a Successful Ski Season for New Hampshire Resorts
Park City, UT – It’s been taking a while for this past ski season’s deep snowpack to melt from the slopes of Deer Valley Resort, but enough has now disappeared to allow the Utah ski area’s lift-served mountain biking, hiking and scenic ride summer operations to begin this Friday, June 17. [caption id=”attachment_14863″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ … Continue reading Lift-Served Mountain Biking, Hiking and Scenic Chairlift Rides Open Friday at Deer Valley
Truckee, CA – Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort’s mountain bike park and lift served hiking trails are scheduled to open for the summer season this Friday, June 17 beginning with the lower mountain, serviced by the Big Springs Express Gondola. For the park’s opening weekend, riders will have access to six beginner, intermediate and advanced biking trails including … Continue reading Northstar Bike & Hike Park to Open This Friday
Warren, VT – The Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) announced Wednesday at its annual meeting at Sugarbush Resort that the state’s ski resorts recorded 4,365,906 visits for the 2010-11 season, marking Vermont’s best year since 2004-05 and ranking Vermont as the third-largest ski state in the country, behind only Colorado and California. In what was … Continue reading Skier Visits Place Vermont Third in the U.S.
Banff (AB), Canada – A few weeks after floating the possibility of providing skiing and snowboarding operations on Canada Day, July 1st, Sunshine Village ski area officials abandoned the idea in a decision announced on Tuesday. [caption id=”attachment_14851″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Despite plenty of snow still on the ground as of June 14, the date of … Continue reading No July Skiing This Year at Sunshine Village