Hakuba, Japan – Searchers are probing avalanche debris near the Hakuba Happo-one ski resort in Japan for an American civilian employee stationed at Okinawa. Mathew Healy, a Colorado resident and army veteran serving as a civilian physician’s assistant at the U.S. military base in Okinawa, has been missing since skiing at the resort on Monday. Healy’s … Continue reading U.S. Navy Civilian Missing at Japanese Ski Resort
Aspen, CO – The City of Aspen and Aspen Skiing Company are partnering to extend the season for uphilling by hosting a full weekend of free access at Buttermilk Mountain the weekend of Apr. 8-9. Although the lifts will not be running, crews will groom 70% of the terrain to all three mountain portals — Tiehack, … Continue reading Uphill Weekend Planned at Buttermilk
Seven Springs, PA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and Seven Springs Mountain Resort in western Pennsylvania have announced that, due to adverse snow conditions, the halfpipe skiing and snowboard portions of the U.S. Revolution Tour originally scheduled for March 7 and 9 have been canceled. Instead, Seven Springs has stepped up to host an … Continue reading Lack of Snow Scraps Seven Springs Rev Tour Halfpipe
Truckee, CA – Northstar California Resort today announced that the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 in favor of the Northstar Mountain Master Plan. A roadmap for the next two decades, the plan is designed to help lengthen current guest stays and provide a wider, more diverse array of terrain offerings and recreational activities at the Vail … Continue reading Master Plan for Northstar Approved
Collingwood (ON), Canada – A 74-year-old woman has died in a hospital following a skiing accident at Craigleith Ski Club in Collingwood on Sunday. Provincial police have identified the victim as Betty Tkachuk of Collingwood. They have released very few details surrounding the incident, other than that they do not consider the death suspicious. Tkachuk’s death results … Continue reading 74-Year-Old Woman Dies After Skiing Accident
Gatlinburg, TN – Tennessee’s only ski area is giving up on winter. Warmer than normal temperatures are forcing Ober Gatlinburg to close ski operations after today. With an average annual snowfall of only 35 inches, Ober Gatlinburg almost entirely relies upon man-made snow, but with only a 12-inch base remaining on its three open runs, … Continue reading Ober Gatlinburg Gives Up on Ski Season
Stowe, VT – Vail Resorts, Inc. confirmed this morning that on Friday the company entered an agreement to acquire its first eastern ski resort – Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort – from Mt. Mansfield Company, Inc. (MMC) in a deal worth $50 million. MMC is a wholly owned subsidiary of insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG). Rumors of Vail … Continue reading Vail Resorts Agrees to Buy Stowe
