Category Archives: Resorts

Land Purchase Threatens Telluride’s New Backcountry Guiding and Ski Resort Expansion Plans

Telluride, CO – Mere days after announcing a new guided backcountry skiing program in the Bear Creek drainage, a new landowner has severed access to the canyon adjacent to Telluride Ski Resort, also placing into jeopardy plans to expand the ski area’s lift served terrain.nThe Telluride Daily Planet newspaper reported on Thursday that land dealer … Continue reading Land Purchase Threatens Telluride’s New Backcountry Guiding and Ski Resort Expansion Plans

Colorado’s Largest Easter Egg Hunt at Copper Mountain Ski Resort

Copper Mountain, CO – For what Copper Mountain officials are calling the state’s largest Easter egg hunt, 50,000 eggs will be squirreled away throughout the village and ski mountain this Easter Sunday at the resort. There will be an all-ages hunt on the mountain and two kid’s hunts in the village. One hundred pecial “Copper … Continue reading Colorado’s Largest Easter Egg Hunt at Copper Mountain Ski Resort

Copper Hosts 21st Annual USASA National Championships

Copper Mountain, CO – Colorado’s Copper Mountain ski resort is the host venue for the largest amateur snowboarding and freeski event on earth, the 2010 USASA Nationals, held today through next Saturday. This year, nearly 1,500 of the top finishers from almost 35 different regions will attend the USASA Nationals to compete against some of … Continue reading Copper Hosts 21st Annual USASA National Championships

Ski Season Closing Weekend at Jackson Hole Is Here

Teton Village, WY – Closing weekend at Jackson Hole is here, arriving on the heels of one of the Wyoming ski and snowboard resort’s best powder cycles of the season.nBeyond the big snow, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) will celebrate the close of the season with special events this weekend. Bring the kids out to … Continue reading Ski Season Closing Weekend at Jackson Hole Is Here

Junior Freeskiing Championships Come to Washington’s Crystal Mountain This Weekend

Crystal Mountain, WA – The championships of the six-stop North American Junior Freeskiing Tour are taking place at Washington State’s Crystal Mountain ski area this weekend.nThe competition will work with the mountain’s natural terrain features, especially steeps and cliffs. Competitors are all under the age of 18. “These kids have skied eight to ten different … Continue reading Junior Freeskiing Championships Come to Washington’s Crystal Mountain This Weekend

Pond Skimming Easter Sunday at Stoneham

Stoneham (QC), Canada – The 11th edition of the Arctic Spas Super Splash, Stoneham’s version of traditional pond skimming, will be celebrated Sunday at the base of the ski and snowboard resort north of Quebec City, as skiers and snowboarders will try to ski on water across a 120-foot-long artificial lake. The forecast is for … Continue reading Pond Skimming Easter Sunday at Stoneham