Dublin, Ireland – European low-fare airline Ryanair yesterday launched its lowest and biggest ever Winter Ski Destination program from Ireland. Ryanair will operate a total of 40 ski routes from the Ireland and the U.K. this winter, and beginning December 19th will start new service from Liverpool to Grenoble and Salzburg, and December 20th from … Continue reading Ryanair Launches Ski Schedule →

Wanaka, New Zealand – Organizers of the largest free skiing event in the southern hemisphere say that they’re satisfied with the success of this year’s NZ Free Ski Open in Wanaka. n The Open, in its second year, has grown from strength to strength and has helped the sport of freestyle and free ride skiing … Continue reading Organizers Deem NZ Free Ski Open a Success →

La Parva, Chile – Canada’s women alpine skiers looked very strong as the Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST) women continue summer training in South America, sweeping the podium at a FIS race in La Parva, Chile Tuesday. n Geneviève Simard (Val-Morin, QC) took first overall in the South American Cup downhill event, crossing the finish … Continue reading Canadians Sweep Ski Race Podium in South America →

Ketchum, ID – This year the Great Wagon Days Duck Race Committee has partnered with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) as one of eight local charities that will benefit directly from the proceeds of this Sunday’s Duck Race. The SVSEF will use the money to benefit the Rotarun ski area, located in Croy … Continue reading Small Idaho Ski Area to Benefit from Duck Race →

Queenstown, New Zealand – Good snow, great ski area support and over-the-moon enthusiasm from athletes, who hadn’t skied since spring, helped make the U.S. alpine women’s ski team training camp at Coronet Peak “outstanding,” according to U.S. Head Coach Patrick Riml. n The long layoff from on-snow training helped boost the excitement level, as did … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Women Train in New Zealand →

Bridgton, ME – Maine’s Shawnee Peak ski and snowboard area will undertake improvements to two of beginner ski lifts in time for the 2006-07 winter season. One of the upgrades may allow for a future enhancement to the ski area’s primary chairlifts as well. n Maine’s Shawnee Peak ski and snowboard area will upgrade two … Continue reading Ski Lift Improvements for Shawnee Peak →

Durango, CO – This winter, backcountry snowboarding aficionados have another option for accessing untouched powder fields with the introduction of the Divide, Venture Snowboards’ new backcountry splitboard. The Venture is scheduled to hit the snowboard shop shelves this fall as a late release. n “We’ve had a ton of requests for splitboards in the last … Continue reading New Backcountry Splitboard from Venture Snowboards →