Snowbird, UT – The 24th Annual Steve Young Ski Classic brings an impressive group of NFL players and Olympians to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort this Saturday to ski, snowboard and raise money for the Wasatch Adaptive Sports Program.nFormer San Francisco 49er and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young headlines a group of NFL players, … Continue reading Steve Young Ski Classic Race and Fundraising Dinner this Saturday at Snowbird→
Park City, UT – Utah’s three Wasatch Back ski resorts — Park City Mountain Resort, The Canyons Resort and Deer Valley Resort — will host the second annual Wasatch Backside Lifty Invitational (WBLI) Mar. 29 through Apr. 2, 2010. The event is held “to recognize the hard work of our lift operations teams,” says Jeff … Continue reading Wasatch Lifty Invitational at Park City-area Resorts Mar. 29-Apr. 2→
Snowbird, UT – The 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour came to a close Sunday on Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort’s North Baldy venue at the Subaru Freeskiing World Championships. The crowd on hand surpassed Saturday’s semi-final by two fold; there were rows upon rows of dug out snow benches, the smell of burgers on travel … Continue reading Chickering-Ayers, Collinson Win Subaru Freeskiing World Championships at Snowbird→
Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – Manuel Osborne-Paradis, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Whistler, British Columbia’s Britt Janyk, two veteran members of Canada’s Alpine Ski Team who have each won World Cup downhills, opened the GMC Canadian Championships Monday at Nakiska Ski Area in Alberta with victories in the downhill.nOsborne-Paradis, a World Cup downhill winner in … Continue reading Osborne-Paradis, Janyk Win Canadian Downhill Ski Racing Titles→
Wilmington, NY – Olympian Tommy Ford, of Bend, Ore., took his third title Monday in the 2010 Visa U.S. Alpine Championship men’s giant slalom at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center near Lake Placid, N.Y. Warner Nickerson (Gilford, N.H.) and Chris Frank (Windham, N.Y.) joined Ford on the podium, finishing second and third, respectively.n”The last two years … Continue reading Tommy Ford Takes Third U.S. Alpine Skiing Championships Title with GS→
Olympic Valley, CA – Two-time X Games medalist C.R. Johnson, a halfpipe specialist, was killed Wednesday while skiing the Light Towers section of Squaw Valley’s Headwall. Witnesses indicate that Johnson, 26, appeared to catch an edge on some rocks and tumble several hundred feet. Ski patrol attempts to revive him at the scene were unsuccessful. … Continue reading Skiing Professional C.R. Johnson Dies at Squaw Valley→
Bozeman, MT – At approximately 11:10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a large avalanche pulled off the steep, wind loaded northeast slope of Saddle Peak adjacent to Montana’s Bridger Bowl ski area, resulting in a large fracture that went to the ground and ran close to 2,000 vertical feet down the mountain. No one was witnessed being … Continue reading Massive Avalanche Rips Through Bridger Bowl Sidecountry→
