Park City, UT – Seven athletes, including five women – led by Lindsey Van and Jessica Jerome (both of Park City), the No. 2- and No. 3-ranked athletes in the world last season – and two men have been named to the 2007 U.S. Ski Jumping Team, U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner announced today. n … Continue reading Seven Jumpers, Including Five Women Named to ’07 U.S. Ski Jumping Team
Blandford, MA – The Blandford Ski Area in the Berkshire Mountains of central Massachusetts will hold its first work party of the season this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those helping out the Springfield Ski Club, which operates the ski area, will earn a day’s skiing or snowboarding for a day of work. … Continue reading Help Out at Blandford, Earn Free Skiing
Ontonagon, MI – Ski the Porkies, hard by the shoreline of Lake Superior on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, will expand into 100 acres of snowcat skiing and snowboarding this winter. n The Expedition Everest Snowcat will lift guests at Michigan’s Ski the Porkies to 100 acres of backcountry skiing and riding this winter.(photo: Ski the Porkies) … Continue reading Snowcat Skiing in Michigan?
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. and the National Forest Foundation have partnered together to raise money for conservation projects in the White River National Forest in Colorado and the national forests of Lake Tahoe Basin in California and Nevada, where Vail Resorts operates its five ski and snowboard resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, … Continue reading Vail’s Ski Resorts to Raise Funds for Forest Conservation
Park City, UT – Sprinters Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), who produced the first U.S. World Cup podium in over two decades last winter, and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK), who produced the all-time best U.S. women’s Olympic cross country finish, are among 14 athletes named today to the 2007 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. n U.S. … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Cross Country Squad Largest Since 1998
Aspen, CO – Aspen/Snowmass today announced its schedule for The Meeting presented by Nissan, October 5-8, Aspen’s gathering of some of the best new films in skiing and snowboarding. n Numerous top athletes are scheduled to attend the event, including Seth Morrison, Tanner Hall, CR Johnson, Gretchen Bleiler, Mark Landvik, Jamie Pierre, Doran Laybourn, Peter … Continue reading Ski Film Fest at Aspen in October
Vancouver (BC), Canada – North America’s largest ski and snowboard resort operator, Intrawest Corporation, today announced results for is fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 with income from continuing operations of US $55.3 million compared with US $24.1 million in 2005. Income per share from continuing operations for the year, on a fully diluted basis, … Continue reading Income on the Rise for Ski Resort Operator Intrawest