Tag Archives: Idaho
Warm Autumn Frustrates Western Skiers
Alta, UT – On what should have been Alta Ski Area’s opening weekend on Saturday, a handful of skiers burned wooden skis in a sacrificial offering to the Norse god of winter, while skiers and riders hit a homemade kicker built on a strip of man-made snow above the resort’s Wildcat base. They were all celebrating Ullr’s overdue return … Continue reading Warm Autumn Frustrates Western Skiers
Seattle Man Buys Idaho’s Silver Mountain
Kellogg, ID – In the second sale of an Idaho ski area in less than a month, Silver Mountain in Kellogg has been sold to a Seattle area man. Jen-Weld Holdings, a door and window manufacturer and owner of Silver Mountain for the past two decades, has had the resort up for sale for several years, … Continue reading Seattle Man Buys Idaho’s Silver Mountain
Tamarack Homeowners Save Ski Resort
Donnelly, ID – The Tamarack Municipal Association (TMA), the owners’ association of Tamarack Resort, will operate the Idaho ski area after acquiring the resort’s assets and averting a tax auction that had been scheduled for today. A group of homeowners established a company to purchase New TR Acquisitions Co. LLC’s (“NEWTRAC”) resort assets, which will now be operated by a … Continue reading Tamarack Homeowners Save Ski Resort
YouTube Celebrity Buys Idaho Ski Area
Inkom, ID – The “SHAYTARDS” channel on YouTube counts nearly five million subscribers, and the man behind the channel is now the proud new owner of Pebble Creek Ski Area in Inkom, near Pocatello in southeastern Idaho.
Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame Inducts Four
Park City, UT – Four skiing stars will become the newest inductees to the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame at a reception and ceremony to be held this week in Park City. Olympic alpine skiing medalist and broadcast analyst Christin Cooper, Paralympic cross-country skiing medalist Steve Cook, Group Rossignol American president Ron Steele and the late chairlift engineer Jan Leonard, co-founder … Continue reading Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame Inducts Four
More Tamarack Assets Head to the Auction Block
Donnelly, ID – Idaho’s financially beleaguered Tamarack Resort was dealt another blow this week with the news that the resort’s two remaining chairlifts and a half-finished mid-mountain lodge will be auctioned off next month. Valley County seized the lodge and the resort’s Summit and Tamarack Express chairlifts for non-payment of $270,000 in overdue property taxes. The county … Continue reading More Tamarack Assets Head to the Auction Block
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