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
Stoneham-et-Tewksbury (QC), Canada – Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), which owns Ski Stoneham north of Quebec City, closed the resort on Friday after locking out employees in a labor dispute. On-mountain employees comprising lift operations, snowmaking, ski patrol and grooming crews contend that they’re being paid 20 percent less than their counterparts at nearby … Continue reading Labor Dispute Closes the Ski Slopes at Stoneham
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
Denver, CO – Ski and snowboard resort operator Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. on Friday announced the hiring of Thomas F. Marano as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Marano will also serve on the company’s board of directors. Additionally, Intrawest has promoted Sky Foulkes, President of Stratton Mountain Resort, to the position of Chief Operating … Continue reading Intrawest Replaces CEO
Aspen, CO – With nearly 40 percent of the continental U.S. already covered with pre-Thanksgiving snow, a number of North America’s ski resorts are firing up their lifts ahead of schedule. Among them is Aspen Mountain in Colorado. Ajax will open five days early for the season this Saturday with the most vertical feet in the … Continue reading Cold, Snowy Weather Prompts Early Openings
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Canada’s Lake Louise opened for skiing and riding today to the delight of many anxious sliders, the first resort in Western Canada to do so thus far this season. In their press release announcing today’s opening, officials with the local resort chamber erroneously claimed that Lake Louise was the first … Continue reading Canada’s First Western Ski Resort Opens for the Season
