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The Best Secret Ski Towns of North America According To National Geographic By: UnofficialNet | December 31, 2018 Images from Brundage Mountain In the past, National Geographic has put out Best Ski Towns in the World lists that have all been fairly spot on. Now they are dropping the Best Secret Ski Towns of North America. The 10 locations that made the […]
Climate Change Is Killing Alpine Skiing as We Know It Lower-altitude resorts may be left almost bare by the end of the century. By Catherine Bosley and Boris Groendahl January 15, 2020 At the northern edge of the Alps, ski runs near the foot of Germany’s highest mountain snake down the greenish-brown slopes in narrow […]
Lawsuit challenges Lake Tahoe ski resort’s new parking fees By Associated Press Wed, Jan 1, 2020 (11:58 a.m.) CRYSTAL BAY — Two season pass holders at a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort have filed a lawsuit against the resort’s owner over new parking fees they say were unjustly imposed. Officials at Northstar California Resort near Truckee, California, […]
Tree Martinis at Ski Valley For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes. The legend of the Martini Tree begins in the winter of 1958-1959 at Ski Valley, a resort and school located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just north of the city of Taos, New Mexico. During a […]
New York Ski Resort To Reopen After 8 Years By: Francis Xavier December 17, 2019 Excellent news for all you western New York skiers and snowboarders, Cockaigne Ski Resort in Cherry Creek is set to reopen for the first time since it closed in 2011. Cleveland.com reports the resort will feature 13-15 trails and slopes, three lifts, plus a brand new […]
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat November-December 2019 The Outdoor Business Climate Partnership Advocates in DC. In late October the Outdoor Business Climate partnership, a collaborative effort to address climate change between SIA, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) met on Capitol Hill to spend time with lawmakers, pressing them […]
JACKSON HOLE SIT SKIER DROPS CORBET’S COULOIR by BARCLAY IDSAL DECEMBER 17, 2019 Dropping! When it comes to going beyond what most would consider possible, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has been paving the way since its inception in 1963. This past year at the annual Kings and Queens of Corbets competition, sit-skier Trevor Kennison kept that tradition […]
World Championship Event Aimed at Revitalizing Pro Skiing By The Associated Press Dec. 11, 2019 SANTA FE, N.M. — Efforts to revitalize traditional professional alpine ski racing are culminating in a network-televised world championship event planned for April 2020 at Taos Ski Valley in northern New Mexico , organizers said Wednesday. World Pro Ski Tour CEO […]
Colorado Ski Resort Owner Surrenders Property To Avoid Foreclosure By: Matt Lorelli December 13, 2019 Vail Daily is reporting that Granby Ranch owner Marise Cipriani has surrendered the real estate portion of the area to the holding company’s lender. The decision comes after Cipriani was expected to pay $3 million in road repairs at Granby Ranch. […]
MEIER FAMILY BECOMES SOLE OWNER OF GREEK PEAK AND TOGGENBURG SAM Magazine—Virgil, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2019—John and Christine Meier have become the sole owners of Greek Peak Mountain Resort and Toggenburg Mountain in central New York. They acquired business partner Marc Stemerman’s 50 percent interest in the operations this November. The terms of the buyout […]
The Resurgence of Rear-Entry Boots Robert Hansen December 12, 2019 The Atomic Savor 100 20 years since Salomon scrapped the project, rear-entry boots are making a comeback. Ski boot manufacturers are looking for ways to keep people skiing longer. A recent poll conducted by SIA has shown that alpine skiers from 45-65 have increased in number. Similarly, skiers […]
