Calgary (AB), Canada – World Cup winner, Olympian and 15-time Canadian champion Britt Janyk announced her retirement from competitive ski racing on Tuesday. The bubbly 30-year-old, from Whistler, British Columbia, has brought an end to her 15-year career with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, during which time she established herself as a consistent force on … Continue reading Canadian Alpine Ski Team Veteran Britt Janyk Retires from World Cup→
Stockton, CA – Bud Klein, the founder, patriarch and visionary behind California’s Kirkwood ski resort, lost his battle with cancer on May 5 in Stockton, Calif. He was 83. A number one draft pick for the Red Sox upon his graduation from Stanford in 1950, Klein forewent a baseball career to instead return home to … Continue reading Kirkwood Ski Resort Founder Dies→
Saranac Lake, NY – This small Adirondack Mountain community gathered Saturday afternoon to present their hometown hero Billy Demong of neighboring Vermontville with a bronze plaque immortalizing the Olympic and World Champion as the first inductee into Saranac Lake’s Walk of Fame. “In a village with so much history and so many people having gone … Continue reading Upstate N.Y. Town Honors Nordic Combined Skiing Olympic Medalist→
Aspen, CO – Aspenite Nick DeVore, winner of the 2008 Telemark Freeskiing World Championship and ski film star, broke his femur in an avalanche that left him partially buried in the backcountry near Aspen last Friday.nDeVore was skiing with friends in the M&M Chutes last Friday when the 600-foot wet slide broke loose from a … Continue reading Telemark Skiing Champion Nick DeVore Breaks Leg in Aspen Avalanche→
Lone Pine, CA – The bodies of ski mountaineer Kip Garre and his girlfriend, Allison Kreutzen, were recovered Saturday from the Split Couloir in the eastern Sierra Nevada’s Inyo County, where the pair perished in an avalanche. Garre, 38, and Kreutzen, 41, were reported missing by concerned family members on Tuesday when they failed to … Continue reading Ski Mountaineer Kip Garre, Girlfriend Die in Tahoe Avalanche→
Atlin (BC), Canada – A heli-ski guide died in an accident Sunday on the Swanson Glacier near Atlin when snow collapsed beneath him.nTwo guides from Klondike Heliskiing were leading a group of four skiers on the glacier and stopped to take photos when the snow gave way, dropping the victim into a 35 meter deep … Continue reading B.C. Heli-Ski Guide Dies in Crevasse Fall→
Zell am See, Austria – An unidentified 48-year-old man died Tuesday while trying to retrieve a runaway ski in the Pinzgau region of Salzburg in Austria.nAccording to police, the man was ski touring on the 3,338-meter Hohen Riffl, part of the Großglockner Mountains, when the incident occurred. One of his bindings released about 50m below … Continue reading Austrian Skier Dies After Fall While Retrieving Ski→
