Category Archives: Resorts

Memorial Day Weekend at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Includes 2nd Annual Triple Crown Splash Into Summer

Highmount, NY – The Triple Crown Extravaganza, consisting of a Memorial Day Weekend skiing and snowboarding Rail Jam, a Kayak Regatta and a Mountain Bike Drag Race will usher in the summer season at New York’s Belleayre Mountain Ski Center. The grand prize to the person who wins all three events is a family pack … Continue reading Memorial Day Weekend at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Includes 2nd Annual Triple Crown Splash Into Summer

Vermont Ski Resort to Reopen Based on Forecast for Snow

Jay, VT – With eight to 15 inches of snow in the forecast this week, Vermont’s Jay Peak Resort will reopen its ski area this Thursday to allow guests to take advantage of fresh late April powder.nOriginally scheduled to reopen Saturday for one final weekend, Jay will now reopen Thursday as the storm is expected … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resort to Reopen Based on Forecast for Snow

Colorado Student Bestowed with Ski Industry Scholarship

Lakewood, CO – The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) today announced that it has granted its annual Bud Mayhew Memorial Scholarship Award to Nathan Claus, a first-year student at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colo., where he is pursuing a degree in Ski Area Operations.nThe $750 scholarship is provided in memory of Everett “Bud” Mayhew, … Continue reading Colorado Student Bestowed with Ski Industry Scholarship

Memorial Day Rail Jam at Windham

Windham, NY – Following earlier announcements that Stratton Mountain and Stowe ski resorts in Vermont will each hold a Memorial Day rail jam, New York’s Windham Mountain has now followed suit.nWindham staffers will push their remaining piles of snow into a rail course for a final ski and snowboard jam of the season at the … Continue reading Memorial Day Rail Jam at Windham

Arapahoe Basin to Sell Ski Lift Chairs This Saturday

Arapahoe Basin, CO – Arapahoe Basin’s Exhibition triple chairlift, built at the Colorado ski area in 1978, will be replaced this summer with a high speed Leitner-Poma quad chair lift, christened Black Mountain Express. Of the 118 chairs from the old lift, 110 will be available to the public for purchase on a first-come, first-served … Continue reading Arapahoe Basin to Sell Ski Lift Chairs This Saturday

Golf and Ski Together in Maine This Weekend

Carrabassett Valley, ME – With snow melting and the grass and leaves beginning to take hold, Sugarloaf in Maine will open the back nine at the Sugarloaf Golf Club for the final weekend of the 2010 ski and snowboard season, this Saturday and Sunday. Guests at Sugarloaf this weekend will have the unique opportunity to … Continue reading Golf and Ski Together in Maine This Weekend

Idaho’s Brundage Mountain to Offer One More Day of Skiing…in May

McCall, ID – Brundage Mountain Resort announced this morning that the Idaho ski area will reopen next Saturday for one more day of skiing and snowboarding for the 2009-2010 winter season, marking only the second time the resort has opened in May during its nearly 50-year history.nFollowing the success of two Bonus Weekends already this … Continue reading Idaho’s Brundage Mountain to Offer One More Day of Skiing…in May