by Patrick Thorne with First Tracks!! Online Media staff reports Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK – Spring temperatures invaded ski resorts in the Alps this week as a cold front is now approaching the region with up to a foot in the forecast. Meanwhile, a large system in the western U.S. that has buried the Denver metro … Continue reading Winter Returning to Ski Resorts in Europe While New Snow Greets Skiers in the Western U.S. →

Government Camp, OR – Windells Action Sports Camp is installing a second portable ski lift to its snowboard and ski terrain park at Timberline Ski Area on Oregon’s Mount Hood. The 730-T wire rope tow lift, available only to campers, will give Windells two lifts and the longest private tows available at Timberline.n“The days of … Continue reading Windells Installing Second Private Ski Lift on Mount Hood →

Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand – Thursday’s southerly front painted a sugar icing-like coating on the upper ski slopes of New Zealand’s Mt. Ruapehu, a sure sign that the Southern Hemisphere winter is not far away.nMt. Ruapehu is home to two ski areas, Turoa and Whakapapa. Turoa is scheduled to open on June 19th and work … Continue reading First Snow of the Season Dusts Ski Slopes on New Zealand’s Mt. Ruapehu →

Petite-Rivière-St.-François (QC), Canada – Groupe Le Massif this week unveiled plans for a series of improvements scheduled for construction this summer at Massif de Charlevoix, highlighted by a new eight-passenger high-speed gondola, four new trails, a novice area with its own chairlift and conveyor lift, as well as the expansion of the Quebec ski area’s … Continue reading New Gondola Highlights C$16 Million in Ski Resort Improvements at Le Massif →

McLean, VA – Despite a very tough economic climate, new participants could be found on slopes, trails and in the terrain parks of ski resorts across the country last season, according to data released today by SnowSports Industries America (SIA).nParticipation increased in every snow sports discipline during the 2008-09 season, from downhill skiing to snowshoeing. … Continue reading Participation in Skiing, Snowboarding Increased in 2008-09, Report Says →