Newry, ME – In an unannounced move, Maine’s Sunday River Resort opened for skiing and snowboarding today, the first Eastern North American ski resort to come online for the 2009-10 winter season. The ski area is offering free skiing and riding through 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. Sunday River received three inches of natural snow yesterday, … Continue reading Sunday River Opens for Skiing and Snowboarding Today
Shames (BC), Canada – For a mere CAN $1.5 million, northern British Columbia’s Shames Mountain ski area could be yours. The ski area within the Coast Mountains of northwestern British Columbia, approximately 35 kilometers west of Terrace and 137 kilometers east of Prince Rupert, has one of the most reliable snowpacks in North America, with … Continue reading B.C.’s Shames Mountain Ski Area Up for Sale
Lynchburg, VA – A year-round outdoor ski slope constructed of the synthetic Snowflex surface is now open on Candlers Mountain above Lynchburg at Liberty University, a school founded by the late evangelist, Jerry Falwell. The Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, the first synthetic ski slope in the U.S., originally opened a week ago during a private … Continue reading Year-Round Ski Slope Now Open in Virginia
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
