Roxbury, NY – The KHS Gravity Open, the only downhill mountain bike race for UCI points this season in the East, and also a Junior World qualifier and the first race of the season in the all-new Eastern States Cup series, runs from today through the weekend at Plattekill ski area in New York State’s … Continue reading Downhill Mountain Bike Race Gets Underway Today at Ski Plattekill
Updated: 3:53 p.m. MDT Wed., May 19, 2010 Originally published: 10:00 a.m. MDT Wed., May 19, 2010 by Patrick Thorne with First Tracks!! Online Media staff reports Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK – Half a dozen ski areas remain open in North America, while it’s currently snowing upon glaciers in the Alps, as eight ski resorts there … Continue reading Weekly World Snow Roundup: Six Ski Areas Still Operating in North America
Aspen, CO – Aspen Skiing Co. officials are reportedly watching the weather carefully to see if lift-served skiing atop Aspen Mountain over Memorial Day weekend is possible.nIn recent years, Aspen Mountain’s upper slopes have reopened for skiing in May. According to a report Tuesday in the Aspen Times newspaper, resort staffers are grooming the snow … Continue reading Memorial Day Weekend Skiing a Possibility at Aspen
Moscow, Russia – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to spend 450 billion rubles, or nearly $15 billion, to build five ski resorts in the North Caucasus by 2010 that would rival the world’s best, an official familiar with the plans said on Monday.nRostislav Murzagulov, a managing partner with project consulting firm Agitpro, told The Moscow … Continue reading Russian Government Plans $15B to Build 5 Ski Resorts in Caucasus
Sacramento, CA – The California Travel & Tourism Commission (CTTC) on Monday announced that over a half million more visitors visited the state’s ski and snowboard resorts during the 2009-10 winter. CTTC credited both a long snow season and the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltran) proactive plan to keep the roads to major resort areas … Continue reading A Half Million More Visited California Ski Resorts in Winter 2009-10
Petite-Rivière-St.-François (QC), Canada – Groupe Le Massif has contracted with Morelli Designers and Le Centre de réalisation d’outils innovateurs Inc. (CROI) to renovate and upgrade Pullman Standard railroad cars that will form the new Charlevoix tourist train, expected to begin running between Québec City and La Malbaie by summer 2011 and carry skiers and snowboarders … Continue reading Renovations Begin on Rail Cars for New Charlevoix Ski Train
Marysville, MT – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will spend the next three years clearing contaminated mining waste from the slopes of Great Divide Ski Area.nEven though the materials on the slope in front of the ski area’s base lodge are contaminated with arsenic, lead and cadmium, along with other heavy metals, DEQ … Continue reading Montana to Clear Mining Waste from Great Divide Ski Area