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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
VAIL RESORTS ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF ITS YOUTH ACCESS EFFORTS UNDERPINNED BY $10 MILLION CHARITABLE DONATION FROM CEO ROB KATZ 03 December 2019 BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Dec. 3, 2019— Today, as part of its Epic for Everyone platform, Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) announced a significant expansion of its current youth access efforts, with plans to launch new […]
The Powder 8 World Championship Is BACK! By: Matt Lorelli December 6, 2019 You probably already know the name Mike Wiegele. If not, to sum up his legendary business/career in a few words, he is one of the pioneers of helicopter and powder skiing. His company, Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing is celebrating their 50th season this year. To mark […]
Bark Sandwich WORDS • Leslie Anthony | PHOTOS • Mattias Fredriksson Here’s the thing: high-speed groomers are fun; dropping couloirs, rad; and bouncing down pillow lines, divine. But what I love most about skiing is being in the trees in winter. Whether it’s Japan’s beech forests, Europe’s larch, Norway’s dwarf birch, British Columbia’s giant hemlock and cedar, or […]
Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards, has died By Elizabeth Wolfe and Scottie Andrew, CNN November 21, 2019 (CNN)Jake Burton Carpenter, the snowboarding pioneer and founder of Burton Snowboards, passed away from complications related to cancer. He was 65. The company announced Carpenter’s death on Thursday in an email to employees. “He […]
Alterra to Acquire Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort This will be the company’s second ski resort in the Green Mountain State. Jon Jay November 13, 2019 Denver, Colo.-based Alterra Mountain Company announced today that it will purchase Sugarbush Resort in Vermont’s Mad River Valley, adding a 15th resort to the company’s growing resort portfolio and becoming the […]
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Nov. 7, 2019—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has released its annual Sustainable Slopes report. Nine new resorts joined the NSAA Climate Challenge this past year, raising total participation to 45 resorts. The organization awarded more than $40,000 in grants to support sustainability initiatives. NSAA also recognized four resorts and one individual […]
