Christchurch, New Zealand – The Annual New Zealand Snow Sports Awards were held at a gala dinner event in Christchurch on Saturday night. Sixteen-year-old skier Jossi Wells was named Snow Sports Athlete of the Year. nWells was named the Freeskier of the Year after a season of outstanding results that left organizers in no doubt … Continue reading Wells Named New Zealand Snow Sports Athlete of the Year →

Dusseldorf, Germany – Sweden’s men and Norway’s women won the first cross country team sprint of the new World Cup ski season Sunday before a large and wildly cheering throng. No U.S. racers competed.n

Ironwood, MI – Ski Brule in the western upper peninsula of Michigan, historically the first ski area in the state to open, did so again yesterday for the second-earliest opening in its history.nOne beginner and one intermediate trail — Bunny Trail and Log Jam, respectively — are open for the weekend on man-made snow. The … Continue reading Michigan Ski Area Opens for Season →

Dusseldorf, Germany – U.S. Olympian Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) collided with another racer in his semifinal heat of the season-opening Nordic skiing World Cup sprint Saturday but rebounded to finish eighth in the rainy, soft-snow conditions. He was fourth-fastest in qualifying.n”Not a bad start for the season. I have no complaints,” Newell said. “The snow … Continue reading Newell Top-10 in Sprint Skiing Opener →

Mt. Hood, OR – The Cooper Spur Wild & Free Coalition has commissioned a report from ECONorthwest to assess the full range of benefits that would result from the historic settlement that protects the North Side of Mt. Hood. Economist Ernest G. Niemi has been tasked with determining the economic value of protecting … Continue … Continue reading Conservation Groups Study Economic Impact of Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Land Swap →

Denver, CO – Powderfone.com is offering a free snow report wake-up telephone call service to skiers and snowboarders for 1,200 resorts worldwide.nSubscribers choose how much snow, which days, which resorts, and at what time they would like to receive a wake up call. When a resort gets the snowfall a subscriber has … Continue Reading … Continue reading Ski Addicts Wake Up to Snow Reports →

Lakewood, CO – Alpine Meadows, Calif., Grand Targhee, Wyo., and Middlebury College Snow Bowl, Vt., recently joined 16 other ski areas that are offsetting 100 percent of their energy use by purchasing renewable energy. All together, these 19 resorts are purchasing 258,574,498 kWh of green energy and their purchases result in the avoidance of 309,383,234 … Continue reading List of Ski Resorts Offsetting Energy Use Continues to Grow →