Will The Euro-Style All-Inclusive Ski Vacation Finally Catch On In North America?

PHOTO: CLUB MED QUEBEC Will The Euro-Style All-Inclusive Ski Vacation Finally Catch On In North America? Skiers on this side of the pond have proven resistant to Club Med’s all-inclusive ski vacation concept, but the tide might be changing. AUGUST 9, 2021 SAMANTHA BERMAN If you’re like most Americans, you don’t associate the all-inclusive vacation […]

Extell Eyes Partnership With Deer Valley For Mayflower Resort

Extell Eyes Partnership With Deer Valley For Mayflower Resort By BEN LASSETER August 6, 2021 The developer of the Mayflower Mountain Resort said it could have skiers on the slopes in less than two years.  Whether those slopes access Deer Valley Resort remains to be seen. Extell Utah, the developer of the Mayflower Mountain Resort, hopes […]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blade

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blade Inline skating is making a comeback, and with the help of a new app, it can help make you a better skier. AUGUST 26, 2019 JON JAY When I found out the brand Rollerblade is launching a new program that utilizes inline skating for pre-season […]

Toggenburg Mountain ski resort sold, will close after nearly 70 years

Toggenburg Mountain ski resort sold, will close after nearly 70 years By Rick Moriarty August 3, 2021 Fabius, N.Y. — The owner of Song and Labrador mountains has purchased the Toggenburg Mountain ski resort in Fabius and plans to close it. Peter Harris, president of Intermountain Management (also known as SkiCNY.com), owner and operator of Song […]

US Ski & Snowboard Unveils Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan

US Ski & Snowboard Unveils Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan SnowBrains | July 16, 2021 | U.S. Ski & Snowboard yesterday announced the organization’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan. Related: Rob Katz, Vail Resorts CEO Addresses Current Racial Unrest | Admits Personal Failings in Addressing ‘Overwhelmingly White’ Sport The objective of the three-year action plan is […]

IOC approves ski mountaineering for 2026 Winter Games

IOC approves ski mountaineering for 2026 Winter Games Reuters July 20, 2021 TOKYO, July 20 (Reuters) – The sport of ski mountaineering has been included in the programme for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy’s Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo following approval by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. The sport, which combines ascents and descents […]

Indy Pass Adds 4 More Mountains

Snow Valley • Ski Marmot Basin • Titus Mountain • Montage Mountain The Indy Pass packs 72 independent resorts onto one pass for just $279 Indy Pass’s first SoCal resort rises to nearly 8000 feet above the Los Angeles Basin in the San Bernardino Mountains. Snow Valley Mountain Resort, in Running Springs California, features 13 lifts including Southern […]

America’s Hidden Mega Ski Pass: 3 Days Each at 48 Mountains, Plus a Season Pass, for $299

America’s Hidden Mega Ski Pass: 3 Days Each at 48 Mountains, Plus a Season Pass, for $299 Ski Cooper assembles the strongest coast-to-coast reciprocal lift ticket plan in U.S. skiing Stuart Winchester The map is beautiful. Simple and clear, it lays out Ski Cooper’s nationwide regiment of partners. Buy the mountain’s $299 ($249 for renewing passholders) […]

NSCF Newsbeat July 2021

National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat July  2021   A New Bill Would Keep Ski Resort Profits Local.  The Ski Area Fee Retention Account  “SHRED” Act has been introduced to congress. More. KKTV News via Intopia|Destimetrics More. Powell Tribune via Google Alerts Colorado Ski Resort Operators Turbo-charged Technology Last Season, and Many of the Upgrades Are […]

Airlines May Have to Refund Fliers for Delayed Bags

Airlines May Have to Refund Fliers for Delayed Bags A new DOT rule proposes airlines refund fliers for delayed bags, and other services they fail to deliver on. BY JESSICA PUCKETT July 13, 2021 It’s a frustration that many frequent fliers know—that sinking feeling when your flight safely arrives at its destination, but your checked bag […]

7 of the Scariest Runs in North America

Corbet’s Couloir – Jackson Hole. Credit: Eric Seymour/JHMR photo 7 of the Scariest Runs in North America Robin Azer | July 8, 202 By definition, ‘scary’ is all in the eye of the beholder. Out on the ski slopes, steepness and scary are often partners in crime. How steep is steep? Generally speaking, beginner runs have a […]

SNOWBOARD Revamps under new Partnership between Axis Media LLC & Storm Mountain Media

  SNOWBOARD Revamps under new Partnership between Axis Media LLC & Storm Mountain Media Original founding members join with crew of industry veterans to usher in new voice in snowboarding Denver, CO—July 1, 2021—SNOWBOARD, the industry’s premium independent media brand for more than 17 years, has reunited with original founding members to relaunch SNOWBOARD and bring its […]

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