Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. yesterday announced financial results for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2006, including financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter. The operator of the ski and snowboard resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, Heavenly Resort in California and Nevada and the Grand Teton Lodge Company … Continue reading Record Net Income for Vail’s Stable of Ski Resorts
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Work continues on snowmaking upgrades at Spain’s Sierra Nevada Ski Area. By the time the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season gets underway, the ski resort will have 35 new fan guns, 90 percent of which will be tower-mounted, and 22 new A9V tower guns. n Only 35 km from the Atlantic, … Continue reading Snowmaking Upgrades at Spanish Ski Resort
Whistler (BC), Canada – Offering 20,000 square feet of ski and snowboard gear at up to 70% off, and all under one roof, the Whistler Blackcomb Turkey Sale is set for this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. The Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) will hold its annual Ski and Snowboard Swap in conjunction with the event. With … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Sale Gets Underway Today in Whistler
Park City, UT – Donnie St. Pierre, whose athletes won seven World Cup titles and 14 Olympic and World Championships medals, is retiring after 15 years as a U.S. Ski Team coach, including the last eight as moguls head coach. n Scott Rawles, pictured here in Ruka, Finland with 2005 World Champion Moguls skier Hannah … Continue reading St. Pierre Steps Down, Rawles to Coach Moguls Skiing
Boston, MA – Smart Destinations, creators of the all-inclusive Go Card attraction products, have re-launched their Northeast skiing and snowboard product, the Go Ski Card, under the new name Powder Passport. The new Powder Passport now offers tickets and full-day pre-paid ski lift passes to 18 mountains in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and New … Continue reading Discount Card Offered for Northeastern Skiing
Moretown, VT – Adventure skiers Brian Mohr, a contributing editor and photographer at Backcountry Magazine, and photographer Emily Johnson, will be returning on Oct. 8 to the wilds of Chilean Patagonia on a month long, skiing-focused exploration of Chile’s prized, yet threatened, Rio Baker Valley. n A group of adventure skiers will travel to Patagonia’s … Continue reading Vermonter’s Ski Expedition Aims to Keep Patagonia Wild
Boulder, CO – Bill Marolt, president and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association since 1996, will be inducted Oct. 12 into the University of Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. “It’s going to be a great reunion,” he said. n Marolt – a four-time NCAA ski champion, three-time U.S. alpine champion and 1964 Olympian … Continue reading Ski Team’s Marolt to be Inducted Into CU Sports Hall