Updated: 2:20 p.m. MDT Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 Originally published 9:00 a.m. MDT Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 Taylors Falls, MN – Always a contender for first to open in the Midwest, Minnesota’s Wild Mountain ski area opened today for skiing and snowboarding, once again the first resort in the region to do so. But nearby … Continue reading Minnesota, Wisconsin Ski Areas Open
Denver, CO – Taking a break from her World Cup training regimen, Lindsey Vonn, the decorated alpine ski champion, spoke to more than 450 kids Thursday at Devinny Elementary School near Denver about her ski career, including her success in the 2010 Olympic Games and her three consecutive World Cup Titles. Vonn was the first … Continue reading Vonn Visits Denver Schoolkids
Whistler (BC), Canada – News reports surfacing this afternoon indicate that investor skittishness is forcing Fortress Investments to lower its share prices for Whistler Blackcomb’s initial public offering.nIntrawest LLC, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based ski resort holding company owned by New York-based Fortress, formed Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. to complete the IPO. According to Reuters, the … Continue reading Whistler Blackcomb Rolling Back Price of IPO Shares
Pagosa Springs, CO – At Colorado’s Wolf Creek to the growing list of ski areas across the western U.S. and Canada that will have its lifts spinning this weekend.nWolf Creek Ski Area this afternoon confirmed that the mountain will open for the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season this Saturday. The Treasure, Bonanza and Nova lifts … Continue reading Wolf Creek Ski Area Launches Season Saturday
Donner Summit, CA – The upgrades to Boreal’s snowmaking system have paid off. Even with less than ideal snowmaking conditions for much of this fall, the California ski and snowboard resort is ready to get their first skiers and riders of the season on snow.nBoreal will start the weekend on Friday with one lift, … … Continue reading Ski Season Starts Tomorrow at Boreal
Georgetown, CO – Colorado’s Loveland Ski Area has been covered with 33 inches of new snow since opening day last week and will be opening new terrain for the weekend.nLoveland opened Nix Nox yesterday and Spillway opened this morning for the first turns of the season. Chair 6 will open for the season tomorrow, … … Continue reading New Snow Prompts Loveland Ski Area to Open Chair 6 Tomorrow
Vail, CO – Ski racing fans are invited to get up close with America’s Olympic stars when the 2011 U.S. Alpine Ski Team is presented on Saturday, Nov. 6 during a public celebration in Vail, home of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.nVancouver medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.), Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.), Andrew Weibrecht … Continue reading Meet America’s Alpine Skiing Olympians Nov. 6 in Vail