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Skier: George Hjelte. Location: Squaw Valley, California. PHOTO: Jeff Engerbretson Get to Know Your New Ski Resort Conglomerate Alterra Mountain Company aims to bring people to ‘spectacular mountain places’—and sell a season pass to 12 ski resorts January 18, 2018 By Julie Brown The new player on the Monopoly board of the ski industry has introduced itself–their […]
Drew Petersen skis from the tallest peaks in the American West Published on January 8, 2018 by Sam Taggart Drew Petersen is a skier from the American West with adventurous spirit. Born and raised in Colorado, his 2017 was spent traveling the world, including Kyrgyzstan and Switzerland, before heading back home to set out on the next objective: ski […]
New resort management company, Alterra Mountain Co., set to rival Vail Resorts January 11, 2018 by Donny O’Neill KSL Capital Partners along with Henry Crown and Company—the joint venture that has been busy curating ski destinations across North America under its umbrella since last summer—has announced its name: Alterra Mountain Company. Alterra stems from the fusion of the […]
January 16, 2018 Building the Best Parks in the World: A Snow Park Technologies Interview Click on the title for full story. Posted from Snowboarding.com
Pirate Movie Productions Presents: As the Crow Flies Owen Ringwall | 01.12.18 Burning hot off the trail of last season’s incredible success with Union Binding Company’s, “STRONGER” Pirate Movie Productions is kicking it into high gear again this season with, “As the Crow Flies”. This season’s journey keeps the ball rolling with the high-production value portrayal of […]
Western powder this week and next by Meteorologist Joel Gratz Summary Following like snow this week in the east, the weather pattern will shift with cold air and snow favoring the western US and Canada through the end of January. Expect powder from the northwest to California to Colorado and in between, with one storm later […]
The Lonely Road Back January 12, 2018 / By Tom Kelly – Contributor It had been 10 months since Laurenne Ross lay on the snow at Sugarloaf Resort, Maine, screaming in pain. Ski racing carries risks, as Ross knows – broken pelvis, torn ACL, lacerations to her face from a safety fence, plus that fateful crash in the U.S. […]
January 15, 2018 / By SR Staff T2 Foundation Aims to ‘Send the Kids to Davos’ This year’s World Junior Championships are slated to be held in Davos, Switzerland, and the T2 Foundation, a Park City-based nonprofit, is aiming to raise $40,000 to send the entire U.S. team there to compete. The fundraiser, which seeks small donations from […]
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat January 2018 KSL/Henry Crown Joint Venture Has a Name: Alterra Mountain Company. The joint venture of affiliates of KSL Capital Partners (Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows) and Henry Crown and Company (Aspen Skiing Company) that curated 12 mountain resorts across North America last year can now be referred to as […]
PHOTO: Christy Pelland The Importance of Youth Snow Safety Education Kids are going into the backcountry; these are the people making sure they go prepared January 04, 2018 By Jack Foersterling Every year, our sport progresses as new ski and binding technologies emerge to enable us to go bigger and faster, while new lifts bring us to […]
The 33-Year-Old Skier Who Became the Mayor of Truckee As the Mayor of Truckee, California, Morgan Goodwin put the ski town on track toward 100 percent renewable energy January 04, 2018 By Trevor Husted Ski towns are on the front lines of climate change, and 2017 was a year for local mountain municipalities to take action and […]
Powder for all of the west by Meteorologist Joel Gratz Summary In early January, the most snow and cold air have been in the east, but that will switch during the second week of January when all of the west sees powder between January 8-12th. The weather pattern will likely be dry across the country for […]
