Denver, CO – On Tuesday, ski resort operator Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. reported results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2015. The Denver-based company owns or operates Steamboat and Winter Park in Colorado; Stratton Mountain, Vt.; Snowshoe, W.V.; and Tremblant and Blue Mountain, both in eastern Canada. “While our Colorado resorts and CMH … Continue reading Snow at Western Resorts Partially Offsets Intrawest’s Eastern Losses→
Québec (QC), Canada – Québec City’s renowned annual Winter Carnival continues through February 14, and for cold weather lovers this is the place to be. It’s is also an excellent vacation choice for families with young children. While many First Tracks!! Online readers love winter for the skiing and snowboarding, Carnival visitors know that there is more … Continue reading Quebec City’s Winter Carnival Offers More Than Skiing→
Squamish (BC), Canada – A ski resort proposed north of Vancouver, set to rival nearby Whistler Blackcomb has cleared its environmental assessment. On Friday, British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office in Victoria issued an environmental assessment certificate to Garibaldi at Squamish Inc. for the Garibaldi at Squamish project, a year-round destination mountain resort community proposed by the … Continue reading Giant Ski Resort Proposed in B.C. Gains Environmental Approval→
Calgary (AB), Canada – Saturday was another incredible day for the Canadian Mogul Team on Saturday with a second consecutive World Cup women’s podium sweep and the top two spots on the men’s podium. Chloé Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal, the overall women’s FIS Freestyle Moguls points leader, finished in first place with a score of 77.42 narrowly … Continue reading Canada Takes Five Podium Spots at Calgary Moguls→
West Vancouver (BC), Canada – A 40-year-old man who had been snowboarding at Cypress Mountain on Friday was found dead a day later outside the ski area’s boundary. The as-yet unidentified man from Surrey, B.C. had been snowboarding with an unidentified female friend when they ventured out of bounds from the resort’s Mount Strachan area around noon … Continue reading Cypress Mountain Snowboarder Found Dead Out of Bounds→
Mont-Tremblant (QC), Canada – In 1938, Joseph Bondurant Ryan, a wealthy American from Philadelphia, and his radio journalist friend Lowell Thomas, climbed to the summit of Mont Tremblant in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, using skis wrapped in seal skins. As the story goes, Ryan – who was ostensibly in the area to prospect for gold – took … Continue reading My Tremblant: An American Skier in Quebec→
Rossland (BC), Canada – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a skiing incident on Red Mountain in Rossland on Sunday. Paul John Omegna, age 49, of Lake Washington in Washington state, near Seattle, was skiing with companions at the Red Mountain resort on Sunday afternoon when he became separated from other members … Continue reading Skier Dies at Red Mountain→
