Queenstown, New Zealand – Days after Coronet Peak officials announced that the New Zealand resort would reopen for an extended ski season, they’re throwing in the towel again. n“I guess our International Day just wasn’t meant to happen at Coronet Peak this year,” Coronet Peak Ski Area manager Hamish McCrostie said today as he declared … Continue reading Coronet Peak Ski Season Closed…Again →

Park City, UT – A helicopter contracted by The Canyons flew in lift towers today for the Park City-area ski and snowboard resort’s new Timberline chairlift. n A helicopter flies lift towers for a new ski lift at The Canyons Resort in Utah on Thursday. (photo: The Canyons) The new Timberline fixed-grip quad chair is … Continue reading The Canyons Flies In Towers for New Ski Lift →

by Patrick Torsell Waitsfield, VT – Thirty years ago, freestyle skiing meant moguls, ballet, trees, and big mountain skiing. The term has become skewed of late, largely referring to skiing in terrain parks. This season, Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort plans to revive the old definition of freestyle skiing at its Mt. Ellen area, here the The … Continue reading Sugarbush to Focus on Mogul Skiing at Mt. Ellen →

Rutland, VT – Richard Torrey, 57, owner of Killington’s popular Basin Ski Shop, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Rutland to three years in prison and five years probation for possession of child pornography. nU.S. District Court Judge Judge J. Garvan Murtha also sentenced Torrey to undergo sex offender treatment while incarcerated. He … Continue reading Killington Ski Shop Owner Sentenced in Child Porn Case →

Vancouver, Canada – Top Canadian ski jumper Zoya Lynch has become the 10th plaintiff in a lawsuit filed last May in the British Columbia Supreme Court seeking that women ski jumpers have the same Olympic opportunities as male ski jumpers, according to spokesperson and Women’s Ski Jumping-USA President Deedee Corradini. n“We are very pleased to … Continue reading Canadian Ski Jumper Joins Lawsuit Against Olympic Organizing Committee →

Ketchum, ID – The Sun Valley/Ketchum CVB and the Sun Valley Resort have partnered once again to offer transferrable ski passes to local employers. nThe Transferrable Ski Pass Program has proven to be a valuable employee benefit for businesses. New for the 2008-09 ski and snowboard season is a 20-day transferrable pass available for $1,000. … Continue reading Transferrable Sun Valley Ski Passes Now on Sale →

Montpelier, VT – Ski Vermont, the marketing association for the state’s ski and snowboard industry, on Wednesday began selling a limited number of its multi-day, multi-resort 3 Pass lift tickets. nThe 2008-2009 Ski Vermont 3 Pass offers three days of skiing or riding, one day each at three different Vermont resorts. Resorts do not need … Continue reading Ski Vermont Launches 3 Pass Sales →