Park City, UT – After one of the snowiest Januarys in resort history, Park City Mountain is gearing up for an unforgettable spring in Utah. To celebrate the season, Park City Mountain will host its annual Spring Concert Series and 10th Annual Spring Grüv Celebration with a lineup of local and national bands including Crystal Fighters … Continue reading Park City Mountain Announces Bands for Spring Concerts
Arapahoe Basin, CO – “15 years of beacons, bragging rights and beer!” This Saturday’s Beacon Bowl is an all-day event developed by the Arapahoe Basin Ski Patrol that includes a beacon search competition, avalanche dog and beacon demonstrations, a sponsor demo village the resort’s base area, and a free après party – all to benefit the Colorado … Continue reading Beacon Bowl at A-Basin to Benefit Avalanche Center
Beech Mountain, NC – From material girls to men without hats, fans of the 1980s will flock to Beech Mountain this month for the sixth annual Totally ’80s Retro Ski Weekend. The weekend, consisting of four days of tubular awesomeness, takes place Feb. 23-26 at Beech Mountain Resort and throughout the town of Beech Mountain. This … Continue reading ’80s Retro Ski Weekend Returns to Beech Mountain
Huntsville, UT – Ogden-area dentist Andre Malan, a resident of Mountain Green, Utah, died on Jan. 27, a week after his involvement in a skiing accident at nearby Snowbasin Resort. He was 54. Reports indicate that Malan, the great-grandson of the man who built a hotel that once stood high in Malan’s Basin on the … Continue reading Utah Skier Dies Following Snowbasin Accident
Chamonix, France – An unguided pair of Russian skiers fell into a crevasse near the Aiguille du Midi on Chamonix’s famed Vallée Blanche over the weekend, leaving one victim dead. An unidentified 30-year-old man slipped and fell into the crevasse on Saturday, as did his 60-year-old father when the latter attempted to rescue his son. Rescuers were … Continue reading Skier Dies in Chamonix Crevasse
Manning Park (BC), Canada – Authorities are investigating the death of Catherine Schoeman, 15, as a result of a skiing accident at Manning Park Resort in British Columbia on Saturday. The incident occurred while Schoeman, who lived in the east-side Vancouver suburb of Abbotsford, B.C., was visiting the ski resort on Saturday with her 73-member … Continue reading B.C. Teen Dies in Skiing Accident
Kitzbuehel, Austria – Visiting the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbuehel is all about spending time in the great outdoors, but guests staying at the four-star Hotel Jägerwirt over the weekend got to spend a little more time outside their rooms than they expected. Hackers broke into the hotel’s computer system and used the electronic key entry system to prevent … Continue reading Hackers Collect Ransom to Unlock Austrian Ski Hotel
