Salt Lake City, UT – A forecast from the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) for a “moderate to considerable” risk of slides in the central Wasatch Mountains on Tuesday didn’t dissuade a backcountry skier who was injured in an avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon. One skier was caught, carried, partially buried and injured in a large avalanche Tuesday … Continue reading Another Utah Avalanche Injures Skier
Park City, UT – As the world’s best aerial and mogul athletes take to Deer Valley Resort’s slopes for the 2016 FIS Visa Freestyle International Ski World Cup Feb. 4-6, the resort will pay special homage to the Utah resort’s late Director of Skiing and legend, Stein Eriksen, who passed away last month at the age of … Continue reading Celebration of Stein Eriksen’s Life Scheduled at Deer Valley
San Francisco, CA – Before this season started, we told you about a new drone video service partnering with ski resorts across the U.S. Now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted an amendment to Cape Productions’ existing Section 333 exemption for commercial drone operations in the U.S., making the company the first operator in the country authorized to … Continue reading Ski Resort Partner Granted Permission from the FAA for Drone Video Service
Park City, UT – Park City has announced the musical lineup for both the 2016 Spring Concert Series and the 9th Annual Spring Grüv Celebration. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dumpstaphunk and John Brown’s Body will headline this year’s Spring Grüv Celebration which begins on Saturday, March 16. Separately, the Spring Concert Series will begin on Saturday, … Continue reading Park City Announces Annual Spring Concert Series Lineup
Updated: Jan. 22, 2016 11:30 a.m. MST with additional information. Originally Published: Jan. 21, 2016 11:29 p.m. MST Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT – Just on Wednesday, I was sitting in the Goldminer’s Daughter Lodge café at Alta Ski Area in Utah, sipping an after-lunch latté while I waited for my out-of-town friend Jonathan to head back … Continue reading UPDATED: Skier Meets Untimely End in Utah Avalanche
Eden, UT – A ski patroller at Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort was carried for 1,800 vertical feet and buried by an avalanche on Tuesday, before being successfully dug out by his fellow patrollers. The unidentified man, age 30, was performing a ski cut on James Peak to try to provoke an avalanche at around … Continue reading Avalanche Buries Powder Mountain Ski Patroller
Denver, CO – Winter bookings edged up slightly in December boosted by strong snowfall in both the Rocky Mountain and Far West regions—despite growing instability in economic news during the month. According to the most recent Monthly Market Briefing released by Denver-based DestiMetrics, as of Dec. 31, overall occupancy for the season at ski resorts in … Continue reading Snowfall Boosts Bookings at Western Ski Resorts
