Mt. Hood, OR – Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort will open Wednesday for the 2009-10 season, operating four lifts including two high speed quads from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is one of the earliest openings for the Oregon ski and snowboard resort, now entering its 42nd season.nMt. Hood Express and Shooting Star, both … Continue reading Mt. Hood Meadows Confirms Opening Day Details
Whistler (BC), Canada – The number of Pacific Northwest ski resorts opening due to prodigious snowfall over the past week is growing by the minute, with the host site of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games joining the list this afternoon by announcing an advance opening this Saturday, 12 days ahead of schedule.nWhistler Mountain will open … Continue reading Whistler Blackcomb Will Open Ski Season 12 Days Early This Saturday
Calgary, Canada – Focused on progressing toward peak performances from potential medalists at Olympic Winter Games to be held at home this February, Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) today named 38 ski racers to the 2009-2010 Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST).nThe national ski team, introduced at a press conference held Tuesday in Calgary, is made up … Continue reading Canadian Alpine Ski Team Names 2009-10 Roster
Denver, CO – U.S. Ski Team athletes Marco Sullivan (Alpine/Squaw Valley, CA), Casey Puckett (Ski Cross/Aspen, CO) and Johnny Spillane (Nordic Combined/Steamboat Springs, CO) were honored prior to last night’s televised NFL matchup between the Denver Broncos and reigning Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.nThe 2010 Olympic hopefuls walked onto the Invesco Field turf just before … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Honored at Monday Night Football
Killington, VT – The manmade snowpack at Killington Resort has held on sufficiently through the current warm spell to allow the Vermont ski resort to reopen for skiing and riding on the Wednesday holiday this week.nKillington will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday with four trails, served by the K-1 Express … Continue reading Killington to Reopen for Veteran’s Day Skiing
Mt. Crested Butte, CO – The U.S. Forest Service has notified Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) that it is denying the Colorado ski resort the ability to enter into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process with its Snodgrass Mountain expansion proposal. The decision comes after the resort has been working with the Forest Service … Continue reading Forest Service Cancels Crested Butte’s Snodgrass Mountain Expansion Plans
Stratton Mountain, VT – On Wednesday, Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, the big day finally arrives as Stratton’s lifts chime in the official start of the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season at the southern Vermont resort. The first snowfall dropped on the summit in mid-October and the snow guns started to pepper the resort … Continue reading Stratton Prepares to Open Ski Season