Peterson, UT – An 11-mile stretch containing 24 Wasatch Mountain peaks and 15 bowls, spanning an unfathomable 12,740 acres (some 20 square miles) near Salt Lake City, is on the market. It’s perhaps the last great single plot of private land in the U.S. upon which to build a top-tier ski resort, and for a … Continue reading What May Be America’s Last Great Ski Resort Site Is For Sale
Mt. Hotham (VIC), Australia – Mt. Hotham is spending AUD $4.4 million ($3.1 million US) to upgrade its snowmaking this summer. “This is the single biggest investment in snowmaking at Hotham since we partnered with government in 2008 to install the Loch snowmaking dam,” says Mt. Hotham Skiing Company General Manager Belinda Trembath.
Mammoth Lakes, CA – Veteran U.S. Ski Team member and three-time Olympian Stacey Cook, who calls Mammoth Mountain home, has identified the talented young athletes who have been named to the 2015-16 Stacey Cook/Sun Valley Ski Tools (SVST) Competition Team. Scholarship recipients are chosen based on passion and dedication to the sport, community involvement, and character. The relationship … Continue reading Stacey Cook/SVST Scholarship Recipients Announced
Wanaka, New Zealand – A 22-year-old Colorado man skiing in the backcountry near Treble Cone ski area, on New Zealand’s South Island, slipped and fell 500 meters to his death on Monday in icy conditions. The victim, who has been identified as Jeffrey Charles Atkinson, was ski touring with a companion behind Treble Cone’s summit when he … Continue reading Colorado Skier Dies in New Zealand Backcountry Fall
Incline Village, NV – There are people with whom you cross paths in life who have a big spirit. Something about them is just, well… different. U.S. Ski Team member and 2014 NorAm slalom champion Lila Lapanja, of Incline Village, is one of these people, an amalgam of balanced intensity, grace, flow and a little bit of mystery emanate … Continue reading Lila Lapanja: What Makes A Champion
Lake Placid, NY – Ski jumping and a variety of brews will make for another busy autumn this weekend in Lake Placid. Some of the nation’s top ski jumpers will soar off the Olympic Jumping Complex’s 90-meter ski jump during the annual Flaming Leaves Festival, Saturday and
Mt. Elbrus, Russia – Located in the western Caucasus Mountains near the border with Georgia, Mt. Elbrus is an 18,510-foot dormant volcano and Europe’s highest peak. This winter, it will also be home to Europe’s highest aerial ski lift. Not to be outdone by their Alpine counterparts, Russia is building the third and highest stage of a gondola that … Continue reading Russia Builds Europe’s Highest Ski Lift
