Salt Lake City, UT – For the start of this ski season, the continent remains split, with more resorts in the West announcing openings ahead of schedule while resorts in the East are having a hard time getting started. That trend, evident over the past several weeks, is continuing with several more western resorts indicating … Continue reading More Early Openings, More Delayed Starts
Alta, UT – After hearing oral arguments on Tuesday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is expected to take several months to decide whether or not a U.S. District Court Judge in Salt Lake City erred when he tossed out a lawsuit in September 2014. That lawsuit, filed by four snowboarders against Alta … Continue … Continue reading OPINION: Alta is Well Within Its Rights to Exclude Snowboarding
Golden (BC), Canada – Strong and regular winter storms have dumped over 200 cm to date at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, making this one of the strongest opening storm cycles since the B.C. ski area’s transformation from the former White Tooth Ski Hill in 2001. Kicking Horse will be one of the first resorts in British Columbia … Continue reading Kicking Horse to Open Two Weeks Early
Bretton Woods, NH – Bretton Woods will open for free skiing and riding with one trail and one lift tomorrow, the first New Hampshire resort to do so this season.
Montpelier, VT – Ski resort operators in Vermont say that an unusually warm fall is unlikely to deter them to open in time for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Vermont resort operators are taking advantage of any opportunity to make snow. Mother Nature even kicked in this past weekend and Vermont woke to a few inches … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resorts Still Plan Thanksgiving Openings
Denver, CO – An appeals court is set to hear oral arguments today in a case of four snowboarders who filed suit against Alta Ski Area. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear the case of Drew Hicken, Rick Alden, Bjorn Leines, and Richard Varga. Banding together under the banner Wasatch Equality, the Plaintiffs … Continue reading Appeals Court to Hear Arguments Over Alta Snowboard Ban
Edit: Story edited to update Snowbird’s early opening Brighton, UT – With recent snowfall, a storm in progress that’s dumped 13 inches so far, and extensive snowmaking efforts, Brighton Resort will open this Wednesday, the first Utah ski area to do so this season. Brighton expects to offer a base averaging around 22 inches on six open … Continue reading Brighton to Launch Utah’s Ski Season on Wednesday
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