Santa Fe, NM – After receiving reports last month of illegal ski runs cut in the Santa Fe National Forest, U.S. Forest Service officials have found more illegal glading and now count the number of felled Engelmann Spruce and Subalpine Fir trees at more than 1,000. U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations official believe that … Continue reading Forest Service Investigators Find More Illegal Ski Runs Cut in N.M.
N. Woodstock, NH – If you have a fourth or fifth grader, or both for that matter, then take note. This season, Ski NH downhill and cross-country ski area members are offering one lift ticket or trail pass to each member area via the 4th & 5th Grade Snowsports Passport. The Passport, which costs $30 if purchased … Continue reading Ski NH Offering 4th and 5th Grade Passports
Soelden, Austria – On an icy injected course in Soelden, Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin threw down two solid runs of giant slalom to walk away with second place at the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup of the 2015-16 season. She finished behind Italian Federica Brignone, who won her first World Cup in her eight-year career. Tina … Continue reading Shiffrin Second in World Cup Opener
Telluride, CO – Telluride native and professional freeskier Gus Kenworthy chose a pair of interviews published on Thursday to come out as gay. Kenworthy, 24, told the Associated Press and ESPN that he would have preferred to reveal his sexuality by embracing his boyfriend after winning the silver medal in a U.S. sweep of the first Olympic slopestyle in 2014 … Continue reading Pro Freeskier Gus Kenworthy Tells the World He’s Gay
Soelden, Austria – Just a day before the World Cup season opening women’s giant slalom in Austria, American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has confirmed that she won’t be in the starting gate. Vonn, of Vail, Colo., is still recovering from an ankle fracture while training in New Zealand in August. She traveled to Soelden to … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Confirms She’s a Scratch for Soelden
Avon, CO – Beaver Creek Resort could soon have the only unionized group of ski instructors in the nation. A group of Beaver Creek ski instructors known as Beaver Creek Instructors United is consulting with the AFL-CIO’s Denver chapter of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). They’ll need to get 30 percent of the resort’s instructors … Continue reading Beaver Creek Ski Instructors Consider Unionizing
Bellefontaine, OH – After a devastating blaze destroyed its base lodge known as The Loft in September, workers at Ohio’s Mad River Mountain are erecting temporary structures in time for the ski season. This season’s temporary winter lodge at Mad River Mountain will consist of two new aluminum framed buildings from Sprung Structures. They will serve as the resort’s main lodge … Continue reading Following Base Lodge Fire, Mad River Mountain Erects Temporary Structures
