Twin Bridges, CA – California’s Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort will host Subaru Conquer Winter Day this Saturday. This free event highlights an athlete signing with Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Olympian, Maddie Bowman. “This is a unique opportunity for guests and inspired young adults to meet a professional athlete who represents the heart and soul of this mountain,” says … Continue reading Sierra to Stage Conquer Winter Day Featuring Olympic Freeskier Maddie Bowman→
Truckee, CA – Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area in the Sierra Nevada will host its first ever Winter Festival on January 24. All are invited as the Tahoe Donner team introduces participants to the world of Nordic sports and snowshoeing, complete with demonstrations, free equipment demos, discount skiing and live entertainment. “Many folks have never tried … Continue reading Tahoe Donner Cross Country to Host Inaugural Winter Festival→
Mt. Hood, OR – The kick-off of the 2016 Burton Mountain Festival, an on-snow snowboarding demo tour with stops at eight resorts around the country this winter, is underway at Oregon’s Mount Hood Meadows this weekend. This year’s Burton Mountain Festival offers free Burton Snowboards hardgood demos, Anon helmet and goggle demos, a Riglet Park for kids, women’s … Continue reading Burton Mountain Festival Tour Kicks Off→
Walnut Creek, CA – While we’re all setting our New Year’s resolutions today, think about what Corrinne Hindes is doing. Hindes, age 15, of Walnut Creek, California, has been named a 2015 honoree by the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. Each year, the Barron Prize celebrates 25 inspiring, public-spirited young people – 15 winners … Continue reading Teen Donates Ski Resorts’ Lost and Found to the Homeless→
Washington, DC – In the arid western U.S., water rights are a valuable commodity often fought over by competing interests. So in 2011, when the U.S. Forest Service sought to transfer the water rights of ski resorts operating on Forest Service land to the federal government, the agency encountered a ferocious backlash from the ski industry … Continue reading Forest Service Abandons Plan to Take Ski Areas’ Water Rights→
Orlando, FL – An Orlando-based real estate investment trust that over the past few years has quietly become the largest ski resort owner in the U.S. is still looking to sell off its ski areas, but won’t be able to do so in time to meet a self-imposed deadline. Skiers visiting destinations like Crested Butte, Okemo, … Continue reading CNL Still Looks to Sell Off Ski Resorts→
Avon, CO – Vertical Express for Can Do MS, the only national event series that combines skiing and fundraising to empower people with multiple sclerosis (MS), will kick off February 6, 2016, with seven events across the country located at some of the nation’s top ski resorts. This historical event series, now in its 31st year, supports … Continue reading Ski or Ride to Make a Difference→
