Queenstown, New Zealand – Good snow, great ski area support and over-the-moon enthusiasm from athletes, who hadn’t skied since spring, helped make the U.S. alpine women’s ski team training camp at Coronet Peak “outstanding,” according to U.S. Head Coach Patrick Riml. n The long layoff from on-snow training helped boost the excitement level, as did … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Women Train in New Zealand →

Bridgton, ME – Maine’s Shawnee Peak ski and snowboard area will undertake improvements to two of beginner ski lifts in time for the 2006-07 winter season. One of the upgrades may allow for a future enhancement to the ski area’s primary chairlifts as well. n Maine’s Shawnee Peak ski and snowboard area will upgrade two … Continue reading Ski Lift Improvements for Shawnee Peak →

Durango, CO – This winter, backcountry snowboarding aficionados have another option for accessing untouched powder fields with the introduction of the Divide, Venture Snowboards’ new backcountry splitboard. The Venture is scheduled to hit the snowboard shop shelves this fall as a late release. n “We’ve had a ton of requests for splitboards in the last … Continue reading New Backcountry Splitboard from Venture Snowboards →

Lakewood, CO – In a meeting held over the weekend in Lakewood, the National Ski Patrol Board of Directors voted unanimously to name Mark Dorsey executive director of the NSP. Dorsey has been acting as interim executive director for the past eight months. n Jim DeWeerd, NSP National Board Chairman, said in a statement to … Continue reading New Director for National Ski Patrol →

Carrabassett Valley, ME – Sugarloafers will converge on the resort for the annual rite of autumn for the Maine ski and snowboard resort’s Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 7-9. This year’s event features the annual Carrabassett Valley Academy ski sale in addition to the Sugarloaf Home Show and The Upcountry Artists Art Show. n Saturday activities … Continue reading Sugarloaf Homecoming Oct. 7-9 Features Ski Sale →