Denver, CO – Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced today that the exclusive Colorado Gold Pass will return for the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season and is now available. The transferable pass, good for unlimited skiing and riding at the organization’s 22 member ski resorts across the state, can be purchased for $2,750. The Colorado … Continue reading Colorado Ski Country USA Unveils 2009-10 Season Gold Pass
Bend, OR – Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor ski area will try an innovative sliding scale for one-day lift ticket pricing this winter, based on a combination of the amount of lift serviced terrain available and weather factors such as visibility, wind, precipitation and temperature. “Mt. Bachelor receives some of the best quality and deepest snow accumulation … Continue reading Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Tries Sliding Scale for Lift Ticket Prices
Colorado Springs, CO – The fans have weighed in. U.S. Ski Team great Picabo Street, skiing veteran Andrea Mead Lawrence and Paralympian Sarah Will all will be members of the Class of 2009 to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate, the U. S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced Tuesday. The … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Athletes Inducted to Olympic Hall of Fame
Dundalk, Ireland – Innovative Leisure Systems Ltd. (ILS Ltd.) of Dundalk and Briton Engineering Developments Ltd. of Scholes, West Yorkshire, U.K. on Tuesday announced their part in a major “flagship” development for Ireland that will include a dry ski slope. Developers promise to create more than 1,500 long term jobs when the project is fully … Continue reading Dry Ski Slope Part of Massive Recreational Complex Proposed in Ireland
Lynchburg, VA – Construction on America’s first year-’round ski slope on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg is well underway, and is expected to be completed by mid-summer.n Initial earthworks on the hillside above the campus of the institution founded by the late evangelist Jerry Falwell are complete, as is the misting system, and … Continue reading Construction on All-Season Ski Slope in Virginia Expected to Be Completed This Summer
Denver, CO – SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is renaming its 2010 SnowSports Trade Show, scheduled for January 28-31 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, to the SIA Snow Show. After 37 years of hosting their annual trade show in Las Vegas, SIA’s move to Denver will put the snow back in snow sports. … Continue reading New Venue, New Name for America’s Ski and Snowboard Trade Show
Mammoth Lakes, CA – A memorial for 1952 Olympic double gold medalist Andrea Mead Lawrence will be held at the Main Lodge of California’s Mammoth Mountain ski area from 6 to 8 p.m. this Sunday. Lawrence, one of the nation’s greatest Olympic champions, passed away in Mammoth Lakes last week at the age of 76. … Continue reading Memorial Service Set for Skiing Legend Andrea Mead Lawrence