Wrightwood, CA – Temperatures only recently hit triple digits in Southern California, but there is a 100 percent chance of snow on Oct. 3 in Wrightwood. More than 60 tons of snow will be trucked into town for Mountain High Resort’s annual 2015 Buck Off Rail Jam. The free festival runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and is open to … Continue reading Mountain High to Host Annual Buck Off Rail Jam on Oct. 3
Park City, UT – World Champions Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety, Bode Miller and Mikaela Shiffrin headline a strong group of 26 athletes, 14 men and 12 women, named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Wednesday to compete in the 2015 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Feb. 2-15 on home turf in Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo. Joining … Continue reading U.S. Names Ski Team for World Championships in Vail
Waitsfield, VT – Vermont’s Sugarbush and Mad River Glen will be co-hosting the Mad River Valley Ski Mountaineering Race this Sunday. The race starts at the base of Mad River Glen with participants climbing the mountain via the Lower Antelope and Upper Antelope trails before turning onto the Long Trail. The Long Trail traverses across the … Continue reading Sugarbush and Mad River Glen to Co-host Ski Mountaineering Race
Kreischberg, Austria – Olympian Ryan Stassel of Anchorage dominated the slopestyle field to take home his first ever FIS World Championship title in Kreischberg on Wednesday, while teammate Kyle Mack, of West Bloomfield, Mich., earned bronze. The two were separated by 2013 World Champion Roppe Tonterri of Finland, who took the silver. In a three run best-of format, … Continue reading Alaska’s Ryan Stassel Wins World Championships Slopestyle Title
Annecy, France – An ACL tear in her right knee will keep French ski racer Marion Rolland from defending her downhill title at the Alpine World Ski Championships next month in Colorado. Rolland’s injury was one of several that resulted from crashes during Monday’s World Cup super G in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, when 19 racers failed … Continue reading Knee Injury to Keep Rolland from Defending World Championships Downhill Title
Kreischberg, Austria – Olympic champion Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., stepped it up another notch, taking gold in Monday’s dual moguls in a thrilling finals matchup with Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe. It was Kearney’s eighth career World Championships medal, the most ever of any freestyle skier. After skiing to a silver medal in the single moguls competition on Sunday, … Continue reading Gold Medal and New Record for Kearney at World Freestyle Champs
Kreischberg, Austria – Canada’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe was crowned the new moguls world champion on Sunday after beating out Norwich, Vt.’s Hannah Kearney in the super final. Dufour-Lapointe scored an 87.25 to finish ahead of her American rival with 85.66. The gold medal is the first one in Dufour-Lapointe’s career at the FIS World Championships after winning … Continue reading Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe Wins World Championship
