Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT – Solitude Mountain Resort is hosting a multi-day, hands-on Backcountry Basecamp in conjunction with Backcountry Magazine. Held tomorrow through Monday, January 18, editors of Backcountry, local guides and forecasters, American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) instructors, and apparel and gear experts will be at Solitude Mountain Resort for the kickoff … Continue reading Solitude Hosts Backcountry Basecamp
Broomfield, CO – It’s a solid winter thus far for Vail Resorts. The Colorado-based ski resort operator reported certain ski season metrics on Wednesday for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 10, 2016, and for the prior year period through January 11, 2015, for its U.S. mountain resorts, excluding … Continue reading Vail Resorts Reports Skier Visits, Visitor Spending Both Rise
Park City, UT – The National Ability Center will welcome adaptive ski racers to Park City for the 27th annual Huntsman Cup. Held January 21 and 22 in the Eagle Race Arena at Park City Mountain Resort, the Huntsman Cup is an Alpine ski race sanctioned by the International Paralympic Committee. This year the Huntsman Cup is … Continue reading National Ability Center to Host 27th Annual Huntsman Cup
Park City, UT – A 60-year-old Utah man died on Sunday following a snowboarding accident at Park City Mountain Resort. Ski patrollers found the man unresponsive and not breathing on one of Park City’s intermediate runs. He was transported by helicopter to the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, where he was … Continue reading Snowboarder Dies at Park City
Park City, UT – The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that an additional aerials event will be added to the program at the 2016 Visa Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort in Utah. The event will be a make up for the canceled World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. The additional aerials event will be … Continue reading Deer Valley to Host Extra Aerials World Cup
Snowbird, UT – Officials with Utah’s Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort are asking the Utah County Board of Adjustment to approve plans to build two new ski lifts and a zip line on privately owned land in Mary Ellen Gulch, in upper American Fork Canyon. Mary Ellen Gulch has been part of Snowbird’s expansion plan for well … Continue reading Snowbird Asks to Expand
Park City, UT – The world’s best aerial and mogul skiers will take to Deer Valley Resort’s slopes again this winter to compete in the 2016 FIS Visa Freestyle International World Cup, held Thursday, February 4 through Saturday, February 6. Regarded as a preeminent venue for the international freestyle community, the Utah ski resort has played host … Continue reading Deer Valley to Host World Cup for 14th Consecutive Year
