Alta, UT – Warm, dry weather across the Intermountain West has taken its toll, as Alta Ski Area announced today that they will postpone Thursday’s scheduled opening day until storms drop more snow on Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. n”Our optimism for a November 15th opening hasn’t been supported by Mother Nature,” Alta spokesperson Connie Marshall conceded … Continue reading Alta Postpones Ski Season Opening
W. Dover, VT – The first chairlift ride was still an hour away Saturday when four snowboarders positioned themselves at the front of the Grand Summit Express lift line. By midday, hundreds of skiers and riders had come to Mount Snow for its earliest opening day in ten years. n An unidentified snowboarder leaps atop … Continue reading Mount Snow Opens With Only Top-to-Bottom Skiing in New England
Park City, UT – The U.S. Ski Team took another big step to support the newest Olympic sport, naming its first ski cross head coach. Tyler Shepherd, who competed for the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team when ski cross was introduced at the World Championships in 2005, has been named U.S. ski cross head coach. nThe … Continue reading USSA Names First U.S. Ski Cross Coach
Reiteralm, Austria – As a massive snowstorm continued for a fourth straight day, dumping nearly another meter of snow in the previous 24 hours, unheralded Swiss Marc Gini posted his first World Cup victory Sunday to win the slalom in Reiteralm in 1:53.49, 28 hundredths of a second ahead of 2003 World Slalom Champion Kalle … Continue reading Swiss Skier Wins World Cup Slalom as Austrian Storm Rages On
Golden (BC), Canada – I really remember just a few snapshots from the collision… a sharp voice shouting from behind me… something big moving from left to right in front of me…and my friend Greg’s hands protecting his face as he watched the spectacle from the passenger seat. It seemed as though we’d tagged the … Continue reading Kicking Horse: Skiing Adventure in the Canadian Rockies