Park City, UT – Following 14 seasons as an assistant coach with the U.S. Ski Team’s women’s speed program, Chip White was named Wednesday as Speed Head Coach and will lead a highly successful group that includes Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso. The announcement was made by Women’s Alpine Head Coach Alex Hoedlmoser, … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Names White as Women’s Speed Head Coach
Salt Lake City, UT – Three people will be inducted into Utah’s Tourism Hall of Fame during the annual Utah Tourism Conference at The Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan, Utah, next month, including longtime Ski Utah marketing director Raelene Davis.nDavis has been the director of marketing of Ski Utah for the past 25 years. She … Continue reading Ski Utah Marketing Director Raelene Davis to be Inducted into Utah’s Tourism Hall of Fame
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Ski resort operator Intrawest, whose flagship property Whistler Blackcomb was threatened with foreclosure by U.S.-based creditors during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced on Tuesday that it has refinanced its corporate debt which was due in December 2009. The company repaid its prior lenders in full and has completed a new … Continue reading Ski Resort Operator Intrawest Refinances Debt
New York, NY – Tuesday night, Olympic Nordic Combined gold medalist Billy Demong will be atop the pitcher’s mound at New York’s Citi Field, throwing out the first ball at the Mets baseball game.nRead on to find out how the historic Olympian from Vermontville, N.Y., feels about his newest sporting venture. Q: Are you a … Continue reading Demong Ready For Tonight’s First Pitch
Calgary, Canada – Two-time Olympian Shona Rubens is retiring after five seasons with Canada’s Alpine Ski Team.nRubens, 23, is a six-time GMC Canadian champion who competed in Olympic Winter Games in 2006 and again two months ago in Whistler, British Columbia. She finished 12th in the super combined at Whistler Creekside, a career best at … Continue reading Rubens Retires from Canadian Alpine Ski Team
Highmount, NY – The Triple Crown Extravaganza, consisting of a Memorial Day Weekend skiing and snowboarding Rail Jam, a Kayak Regatta and a Mountain Bike Drag Race will usher in the summer season at New York’s Belleayre Mountain Ski Center. The grand prize to the person who wins all three events is a family pack … Continue reading Memorial Day Weekend at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Includes 2nd Annual Triple Crown Splash Into Summer
Jay, VT – With eight to 15 inches of snow in the forecast this week, Vermont’s Jay Peak Resort will reopen its ski area this Thursday to allow guests to take advantage of fresh late April powder.nOriginally scheduled to reopen Saturday for one final weekend, Jay will now reopen Thursday as the storm is expected … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resort to Reopen Based on Forecast for Snow