Mont-Tremblant (QC), Canada – Two-time Olympian Brigitte Acton of Mont-Tremblant is retiring from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, team officials announced this week.nActon, who made her national team debut in 2003, was GMC Canadian slalom champion that same year and a medalist in super G in 2003 and giant slalom in 2005 at the FIS … Continue reading Acton Retiring from Canadian Ski Team
Snowbird, UT – Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort President Bob Bonar has named Mark Erekson the Utah resort’s new Director of Group Sales.nWith more than 35 years of service in the sales, marketing, management and destination travel industry, Erekson will oversee the Group Sales team responsible for booking meetings and conventions in the Snowbird Conference … Continue reading Mark Erekson Named Snowbird Director of Group Sales
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain School’s (OMS) Wendy Neal has been head of the ski and snowboard academy since its inception at the winter of 1991-92. She has been affiliated with Okemo Mountain Resort for more than 20 years. Neal recently tendered her resignation to the OMS board of directors but plans to stay on … Continue reading Head of Okemo Mountain School Resigns
Aspen, CO – A member of the University of Colorado’s top-ranked alpine ski team died Saturday in a freak climbing accident near Aspen, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office has reported.nSpencer James Nelson, 20, of Winter Park, Colo., was downclimbing the Maroon Bells in a group that included his father when he was struck in the … Continue reading Top Collegiate Ski Racer Dies in Climbing Accident
Methven, New Zealand – It’s been a deadly ski season for skiing on New Zealand’s South Island this winter, as the fifth death this season occurred Thursday in a Dunedin, New Zealand hospital.nThe unnamed male 80-year-old Japanese citizen fell on Tuesday while training in Coronet Peak ski area’s Rocky Gully race arena. He hooked a … Continue reading Season’s Fifth Ski Death on New Zealand’s South Island
Killington, VT – Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners, LLC President and General Manager Chris Nyberg announced on Wednesday that Dave Beckwith has been named Director of Snow Sports for Killington Resort and Pico Mountain ski areas.n“Dave has a wealth of managerial experience from both within and outside of the snow sports industry and a proven track … Continue reading Beckwith Named Director of Snow Sports at Killington, Pico
Christchurch, New Zealand – A young snowboarder is in intensive care in a Christchurch hospital after suffering serious head injuries in a freak snowboarding accident Wednesday at Mt. Hutt ski area near Methven, New Zealand.nThe boy, whose name and age were not released, was snowboarding with his father and brothers when he tumbled off an … Continue reading Mt. Hutt Snowboarder Hospitalized with Serious Head Injuries