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Don’t Believe the Hype: Youth Snowboarding is Thriving March 6, 2018 / Morgan Tilton If you recently questioned the deterioration of snowboarding’s popularity, rest assured: The sport’s decline is debunked by evidence of a growth spurt. Last season, the number of youth snowboarders increased by 6 percent compared to the year prior, according to the 2017 “Participation […]
Meet the mentors behind Revelstoke’s exploding female ski touring community WORDS ■ Cassidy Randall // PHOTOS ■ Agathe Bernard I’ve lived in my share of mountain towns across the Western U.S. and I’ve always struggled to find consistent female ski touring partners. And seeing an all-female party in the backcountry? That’s like spotting a unicorn. Until I moved […]
Your Best Ski Vacation: Should You Choose Ikon or Epic Pass? Larry Olmsted , CONTRIBUTOR Yesterday I wrote about the impending debut of the newest multi-resort ski pass shaking up the winter sports industry, the Ikon Pass. Aimed squarely at competing with Vail Resorts’ very popular Epic Pass, the Ikon product is being introduced on March 6 […]
CMO Erik Forsell on How Alterra Mountain Company Came to Be and What’s Next Leveraging the scale of 12 resorts, Alterra looks to improve the mountain experience. February 22, 2018 By Kailee Bradstreet Resort consolidation has been a hot topic the past few years, as more independent mountains become part of larger companies. These types of […]
Ikon Pass announces two pass options, pricing and access details February 22, 2018 by Donny O’Neill Alterra Mountain Company, the recently named joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company that has been acquiring ski destinations across North America since last summer, has announced pricing details for its Ikon Pass. The Ikon Base Pass will cost $599 and […]
Snowboarder Jeremy Jones Frames Combating Climate Change as Saving Snow Jobs “Our mountain economies still have a fighting chance, and we will fight for them.” February 16, 2018 By Ryan Brower Professional snowboarder and founder of Protect Our Winters, Jeremy Jones wrote an op-ed for The New York Times Friday that aims to shift the focus of the climate change debate. […]
Magic Mountain combines big-mountain and giant slalom disciplines in new competition February 1, 2018 by Donny O’Neill Londonderry, Vermont’s Magic Mountain prides itself on doing things differently. The independent ski area works hard to provide a laid back, “old school” atmosphere to complement its steep, challenging terrain—which has helped it develop a cult-like following in New […]
The Profound Legacy of Warren Miller The most prolific and famous ski filmmaker of all time pioneered the connection between skiing and art January 26, 2018 By Matt Hansen Warren A. Miller, the most prolific and famous ski filmmaker of all time, died peacefully early Thursday morning at his home in Orcas Island, Washington. He was 93. […]
Telluride Ski Resort joins Vail Resorts Epic Pass in 2018-19 winter season Summit Daily staff report January 29, 2018 Vail Resorts, Inc. and Telluride Ski & Golf jointly announced today that the Telluride Ski Resort will join the Epic Pass in a long-term alliance beginning with 2018-19 winter season. Vail Resorts, Inc. and Telluride Ski […]
New Alterra Pass Will Include 23 Ski Resorts Including Squaw, Jackson, Snowbird, Aspen, Big Sky By: Barclay | January 25, 2018 Here it is folks– what we’ve all been waiting for– Alterra‘s new pass will be called the Ikon and will offer up reciprocal skiing benefits at 23 “destinations” across North America. The pass benefits will vary from […]
Unload it if you can. PHOTO: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur Mad River’s Rhythm Man For 15 years, lift operator Brian Aust has been a fixture of the fastest fixed-grip chair in North America January 16, 2018 By Sierra Davis Mad River Glen’s Single Chair has taken skiers some 2,000 feet up the face of the mountain since 1948 (refurbished […]
Catskill Thunder Gondola Debuts At Belleayre Monday, 08 January 2018 Martha Wilson Skiers and snowboarders loading Belleayre’s new 60-cabin Catskill Thunder gondola can now make it from the lower mountain’s Discovery Lodge to the summit in seven minutes. The eight-person cabin can move about 2,000 people per hour, at a maximum speed of 1,000 feet per […]
