Wilmington, NY – Whiteface Mountain will celebrate the New York ski resort’s 50th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 26 with the Ski Sweater Ball for adults and special activities for kids and teens including rare night skiing on the ski area’s slopes and fireworks to cap off the evening. nWear your favorite ski sweater to the … Continue reading Whiteface Celebrates 50 Years of Adirondack Skiing →

Vail, CO – This past weekend saw the official opening of The Arrabelle at Vail Square, a new luxury RockResort hotel locate in the heart of Vail, Colorado. nCentrally located in Vail Square, just steps away from the Eagle Bahn Gondola and Vail’s ski slopes, The Arrabelle features 36 luxury hotel rooms and 66 condominiums … Continue reading New Luxury Ski Resort Hotel Opens in Vail →

Davos, Switzerland – The “Finnish” finals for the Swatch TTR SIX(6)STAR O’Neill Evolution Halfpipe competition hosted huge air and mind blowing tricks from some of the best snowboarders in the business on Friday in Davos. Andy Finch (USA) blew away the competition, taking first by almost 30 points and going bigger than any rider in … Continue reading Finch Takes O’Neill Evolution Halfpipe Title →

Houghton, MI – Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA), victimized a year ago by equipment problems, made up for it Sunday as they won the team sprint gold medal at the U.S. Cross Country Championships. Lindsey Dehlin (Mahtomedi, MN) and Lindsay Williams (Hastings, MN) won the women’s team sprint in a big … Continue reading Newell-Koos, Williams-Dehlin Win Team Gold at U.S. Cross Country Skiing Champs →

Schonach, Germany – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) finished fifth Sunday in a windy and rain-soaked World Cup nordic combined individual event, holding onto third place in the overall World Cup standings. He had the fourth-fastest 15K race to move up five spots after the ski jumping round. nNorwegian Petter Tande, second in jumping, took the … Continue reading Demong 5th in Rain-soaked Schonach →

Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) moved up six places with a strong second run Sunday to finish ninth in a World Cup slalom, topping the U.S. field. Defending World Cup SL champ Marlies Schild of Austria won while Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) went out four gates from the end while … Continue reading Austrian Schild Wins Czech World Cup Slalom →

Adelboden, Switzerland – Jimmy Cochran (Keene, NH), having the best season of his World Cup ski racing career, grabbed his third top-10 of the season Sunday, finishing eighth in a slalom. World champion Mario Matt of Austria won with World Cup leader and teammate Benjamin Raich second. n”I thought I was out up there a … Continue reading Cochran 8th in World Cup SL, Leads U.S. Ski Racers Again →