Vancouver (BC), Canada – Ski resort operator Intrawest on Monday announced that Hugh Smythe will retire as the company’s Senior Vice President of Intrawest Mountain Resorts on March 12. With his retirement, Smythe will step away from his day-to-day responsibilities with the company, but he will remain actively involved with Intrawest in an advisory capacity.n … Continue reading Intrawest’s Hugh Smythe Stepping Down
Steamboat Springs, CO – Kelsey Schmid-Sommer of Whitefish, Mont. and Drew Hauser of Silverthorne, Colo. were named the 2009 US National Telemark Champions as the U.S. National Championships concluded Monday in Steamboat Springs with the Walmart/Back Door Sports Dual Slalom.n On another beautiful sunny day with firm snow at Steamboat, Monday’s Dual Slalom determined both … Continue reading Schmid-Sommer, Hauser Crowned 2009 US National Telemark Skiing Champions
Inawashiro, Japan – It was a superlative start for Canada at the FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships Monday, as ski cross competitor Ashleigh McIvor of Whistler, B.C. captured the gold medal and Davey Barr of Brackendale, B.C., collected a bronze.n McIvor did the unthinkable by winning the gold medal despite being the 28th and final … Continue reading 2009 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships: Canadians Put Two on Podium in Ski Cross
Granada, Spain – A chairlift cable has snapped at the Spanish ski resort of Sierra Nevada, injuring 17 riders, the Associated Press is reporting this morning.n The news organization has quoted an Interior Ministry spokeswoman who says that the injured, all adults, were in chairs that fell several meters to the ground in the accident … Continue reading Chairlift Cable Snaps at Spanish Ski Resort
Donnelly, Idaho – A financially beleaguered Idaho ski and snowboard resort will close this week indefinitely, resort officials confirmed over the weekend.n The ski resort, 90 miles north of Boise, first opened in 2004 and was once touted as North America’s newest four-season mountain resort. Tightening capital as the resort built its amenities, however, forced … Continue reading Idaho Ski Resort to Close Indefinitely
Liberec, Czech Republic – Petter Northug of Norway finished in just under two hours to grab the last gold medal of the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships as he won the men’s 50K Sunday in Liberec. Anchorage’s James Southam led the way for the U.S. finishing 39th. “Our athletes skied as hard and as … Continue reading 2009 Nordic Ski World Championships: Norway Takes Men’s 50K
Bansko, Bulgaria – World Cup overall leader and downhill champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won her fourth consecutive super G Sunday to move within 15 points of the discipline lead behind second place finisher Fabienne Suter of Switzerland.n Vonn, who clinched her second straight downhill title Saturday, has won the last three World Cup super … Continue reading World Cup Alpine Skiing: Vonn Wins Bansko Super G