Mt. Crested Butte, CO – It’s time to get funky this spring at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR), as it hosts the annual Ski Town Breakdown on Saturday, March 18. Now in its seventh season, this year’s show brings in Colorado jamgrass revolutionaries with Crested Butte roots, Leftover Salmon. The concert is free for all to … Continue reading Leftover Salmon to Headline Crested Butte’s Ski Town Breakdown
Sun Valley, ID – The Blaine County Coroner has confirmed that a 34-year-old snowboarder died in a tree well at Sun Valley Resort on Saturday. Derek Klein, 34, of Meridian, Idaho was found unresponsive at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday near Sun Valley’s Can-Can ski run. Sun Valley Ski Patrol responded to the scene. CPR was administered as … Continue reading Sun Valley Snowboarder Dies in Tree Well
Ludlow, VT – Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort will light up the night sky and a specially constructed rail garden on its Bull Run this Saturday for the Light the Night Rail Jam presented by Amp Energy Drink. $5,000 in cash and prizes will go to the best skiers and riders in this jam-format competition. The Bull Run trail, located … Continue reading Okemo Light The Night Rail Jam This Saturday
Sugar Mountain, NC – The Tennessee family of a teenage snowboarder who jumped 30 feet to avoid spending the night on a stopped Sugar Mountain chairlift has sued the North Carolina resort. Temperatures were in the teens with wind chills in the single digits on February 14, 2016 when Sugar Mountain’s GW Lift stopped for the evening with … Continue reading Family of Teen Stranded on Chairlift Sues Sugar Mountain
Karachaevo-Cherkesskaya Republic, Russia – Shevchenko Kirill’s helmet cam has proven that obstacles encountered while snowboarding in Russia aren’t limited to the usual assortment of rocks, trees and terrain park features. Kirill’s action camera was rolling recently at the Arkhyz ski resort in the North Caucasus Mountains when he collided with an obstacle of an entirely different kind. … Continue reading WATCH: Hazards of Snowboarding in Russia Include Rocks, Trees…and Sheep
Whistler (BC), Canada – A New Zealand man has died after falling in a sidecountry area of Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia. The victim has been identified as Kieran McDonogh, of Rotorua, New Zealand, who was on a two-week trip to western Canada. McDonogh was found on Friday by a member of the public on … Continue reading New Zealand Snowboarder Found Dead on Whistler’s Back Side
Hakuba, Japan – A Colorado man missing from a ski day at Happo-one ski area in Japan is presumed dead from an avalanche. After a week of probing avalanche debris, rescuers have ended their search for Mathew Healy, an army veteran serving as a civilian physician’s assistant at the U.S. military base in Okinawa and from Littleton, … Continue reading Colorado Man Missing in Japan Presumed Dead in Avalanche
