Banff (AB), Canada – The “Big 3” ski resorts within Canada’s Banff National Park – Mt. Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise – are gearing up for winter 2015-16 with a host of new lifts, new offerings and celebrations in store. Mt. Norquay Turns 90 The oldest ski resort in the Canadian Rockies has been … Continue reading What’s New This Winter in Banff and Lake Louise
Calgary (AB), Canada – Vermont’s mogul queen, Hannah Kearney, edged out Canadian sisters Chloé and Justine Dufour-Lapointe on their home turf to earn her 43rd World Cup victory on Saturday at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. Canadian men, however, successfully achieved victory at home as Quebec’s Mikael Kingsbury and Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh skied to first and second place finishes, … Continue reading Kearney, Kingsbury Win in Calgary
Calgary (AB), Canada – There will be no shortage of exciting freestyle skiing competition to watch when the FIS World Cup stops at Calgary’s Olympic Park for its annual moguls event this Saturday. A total of 19 Canadians will be competing (10 men and nine women). Leading the way for the men will be Mikael Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, … Continue reading Kingsbury and Dufour-Lapointe Ready to Defend Mogul Titles in Calgary
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – American ski racer Lindsey Vonn confirmed that she’s fully recovered from knee surgery by winning a World Cup downhill race in Lake Louise on Saturday on her first weekend back in the starting gate. Vonn’s victory on Saturday, her 60th, capped a first-ever U.S. Ski Team podium sweep. Early-running Stacey … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Places Exclamation Point on Comeback with Downhill Win
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – The U.S. women’s speed team is in frigid Lake Louise for Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhills on Friday and Saturday, plus super G on Sunday. But it was Tuesday’s downhill training that had the sports world abuzz, with a strong American showing and Lindsey Vonn’s long awaited return to ski … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Returns to Ski Racing
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, the Oympic super G champion, made it a clean sweep of Lake Louise on Sunday by winning the World Cup super G, a day after taking the downhill to clinch both season opening speed races. Veteran Manuel Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was the top Canadian with a seventh-place finish 0.51 … Continue reading Jansrud Sweeps World Cup Stop in Lake Louise
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Saturday was an exciting day for Canada as Alpine Canada Alpin veteran Manuel Osborne-Paradis tied for second place at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, just 0.14 seconds from first-place finisher Kjetil Jansrud of Norway in downhill racing action in Lake Louise. It was the first victory at Lake Louise for Jansrud, who won … Continue reading Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis Claims First World Cup Podium in 4 Years
