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Lost Sports of the Winter Olympics: Speed skiers burning snow and skin By Jack Bantock, CNN January 20, 2022 (CNN)At the now infamous Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in December, eventual race and championship winner Max Verstappen set the fastest lap with an average speed of 220.8 kilometers per hour (about 137.2 mph). Granted, brakes and turns will […]
US men get short end of stick as Olympic qualification concludes By Edie Thys Morgan January 18th, 2022 With the conclusion of the Olympic qualification period on Sunday, the reallocation process kicked into gear, bringing us closer to the final quota numbers awarded to each nation. As explained in an earlier piece by Ski Racing Media, the process […]
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Nominates Cross Country Team Roster For Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today its nominations for the U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team to represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 from February 4-19, 2022. Nominations are to be confirmed by the United States Olympic & […]
LOCAL LODGE OWNERS TO ACQUIRE WHITE PINE SKI RESORT SAM Magazine—Pinedale, Wyo., January 19, 2022—The owners of Lakeside Lodge in Pinedale, Wyo., Audrey and Kyle Odermann, have entered into a contract to purchase all assets of nearby White Pine Ski Resort from majority owners Robyn and Alan Blackburn, pending issuance of a new U.S. Forest […]
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Nominates Alpine Team Roster For Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 By U.S. Ski & Snowboard January, 21 2022 U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today its nominations for the U.S. Olympic Alpine Team that will represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Nominations are to be confirmed by the […]
PETTIGREW OUT AT STEVENS PASS, FORTUNE NAMED INTERIM GM SAM Magazine—Leavenworth, Wash., Jan. 12, 2022—The ongoing operational and guest experience challenges at Vail Resorts-owned Stevens Pass, Wash., appear to have necessitated a change in leadership.Tom Fortune Tom Fortune, general manager of Heavenly, Calif., also owned by Vail Resorts, shared a message as the “new interim general […]
11 Moments That Redefined U.S. Skiing in 2021 Skiing proves resilient as investment ramps up, the outdoors boom, and the resort-and-pass shuffle resumes Stuart Winchester Welcome to The Storm Skiing Journal’s 2021 year-in-review of skiing in U.S. America*. As with last year’s edition (which focused exclusively on the Northeast), this list is not meant to be definitive or exhaustive, […]
Support the SNOW Sports Museum with a Donation This December will certainly go down as one to remember. Mother Nature gave us a windfall of snow to cover the mountains with a nourishing blanket that will help our ecosystem recover from a rough summer, and provide a solid base for skiing, boarding, and striding all […]
Americans Will Soon Be Able to Renew Passports Online Those difficult-to-get appointments will soon be a thing of the past. BY RACHEL CHANG December 16, 2021 The process of renewing a U.S. passport is frustratingly complicated—there’s currently an eight- to 11-week processing time, and you have to pull together tons of forms and possibly snag an in-person appointment to make […]
Vermont Adaptive facility at Mount Ellen to open December 20 VASS construction at Sugarbush Resort’s Mount Ellen in Fayston, Vermont. By Greta Close, contributing author Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports’ (VASS) new Mount Ellen facility will open with Mount Ellen, December 20 with a press opening slated for December 17. After three years […]
2022 ANNUAL MEETING – September 08-11, 2022 National Ski Federation Annual Summit
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat November 2021 POWDR to Offer Express Lift Access Upgrade. POWDR is launching Fast Tracks, a daily ticket or season pass upgrade option for express lift access via dedicated lanes at four of its resorts: Copper Mountain, Colo., Killington, Vt., Mt. Bachelor. Ore., and Snowbird, Utah. Fast Track passes will start […]
