Lakewood, CO – Record-breaking snowfall blanketed Northeastern U.S. cities last winter, keeping people shoveling out their driveways and clogging the region’s roads, and in the process preventing many from driving to the mountains. In the western U.S., persistent drought and warm temperatures had many skiers thinking about a round of golf instead. These are the primary … Continue reading A Look Back at the 2014-15 Ski Season
Brownsville, VT – The ski lifts on Mt. Ascutney, high on a monadnock above Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley, have been silent since the winter of 2010-11, 64 years after the ski area first opened. But despite a series of obstacles, including the sale of its lifts and a base lodge blaze that destroyed the structure … Continue reading Mt. Ascutney May Be On a Path to Return to Vermont Ski Scene
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort will celebrate the changing of the seasons in southern Vermont with its annual Fall into Winter Festival on Saturday, October 10. The ski resort’s Jackson Gore area, in all of its fall foliage glory, will be the setting for enjoying live music, food and family activities. Okemo’s culinary team will be … Continue reading Okemo Celebrates Fall into Winter Oct. 10
Montpelier, VT – Last season Vermont resorts focused on enhancing their snowmaking systems, allowing them to make more snow with less energy with the help of Efficiency Vermont. Those improvements, paired with some of the most snowfall in the continental U.S., resulted in the best season on record for the state when nearly 4.7 million skiers … Continue reading Vermont Ski Resorts Debut New Lifts and More for Winter Ahead
Denver, CO – Mountain lodging activity and snow sports retail equipment sales are up, while skier and snowboarder visits for the 2014-15 ski season are on pace to match last season’s tally of 56. 2 million, according to industry executives who convened as part of The Assembly 2015 presented on Wednesday at Snowsports Industries America’s (SIA) … Continue reading Ski Industry Veterans Remain Bullish on the Future
Waitsfield, VT – Vermont’s Sugarbush and Mad River Glen will be co-hosting the Mad River Valley Ski Mountaineering Race this Sunday. The race starts at the base of Mad River Glen with participants climbing the mountain via the Lower Antelope and Upper Antelope trails before turning onto the Long Trail. The Long Trail traverses across the … Continue reading Sugarbush and Mad River Glen to Co-host Ski Mountaineering Race
Fayston, VT – Vermont State Police are reporting the rescue of two skiers lost after leaving the boundaries of Sugarbush Resort in Waitsfield. At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday, police received a report that two skiers — Kyle Howard, 20, and James Mattes, 19, both of Burlington — became disoriented after skiing off trail at … Continue reading Searchers Locate Lost Sugarbush Skiers
