Girdwood, AK – Alyeska Resort announced last week that it was offsetting the carbon footprint of 100 percent of the energy used by its Tram by purchasing 403,200 kilowatt-hours of annual renewable energy over the next ten years. The Alaskan ski and snowboard resort purchased the carbon footprint offset through a partnership with Denali Green … Continue reading Alaska’s Alyeska Ski Resort Goes Green →

Mt. Hood, OR – Oregon’s Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort has two feet of snow on the ground in the base area and closer to three feet higher up on the mountain. An early-season storm. the third one so far this season, dumped 18 inches of snow in 18 hours on the resort over the … Continue reading Early Snowfall Has Mt. Hood Meadows Officials Contemplating Start to Ski Season →

Park City, UT – A state District Court in Denver, Colorado has denied a motion by Vail Resorts, Inc. for a preliminary injunction to prevent American Skiing Company (ASC) from selling The Canyons ski and snowboard resort in Park City to Talisker Canyons Finance Co LLC. Vail had asked the Denver District Court to hold … Continue reading Denver Court Denies Vail Resorts’ Injunction to Block Sale of Utah Ski Resort →

Park City, UT – Boosted by natural snow falling last week across Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, Park City Mountain Resort has begun to make snow as overnight temperatures drop into the 20s, in preparation for opening day on Friday, November 16th. n“Snowmaking is our top priority at the moment and our plan is to concentrate on … Continue reading Park City Ski Resort Plans Snowmaking for Season Opening →

Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand – First it was the 28th, then the 22nd. Now, it may be back to the 28th again. nRuapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) has now announced that Turoa Ski Area will open for the last weekend in October if the weather cooperates. RAL announced that both Whakapapa and Turoa would close after … Continue reading Turoa May Reopen for One More Weekend of Skiing After All →