Posted on 07/28/2010

2010 Olympic moguls gold medalist Hannah Kearney changed up the scenery this summer, leaving her traditional summer training home of Lake Placid, NY and heading to Steamboat Springs.

Posted on 07/28/2010

Known for her dyed pink hair, glittery eyelids and bright smile, Shannon Bahrke announced her retirement from the U.S. Ski Team.

Posted on 07/26/2010

Inn at Lost Creek in Telluride, Colo., is offering two ski packages. The “Ski-BOGO” buy-one-night, get-one-night free offer is good between Nov. 24 and Dec. 22.

Posted on 07/23/2010

The beleaguered development of a new ski resort in Minturn, Colorado--Battle Mountain--has been downscaled even further.

Posted on 07/23/2010

Ski Lake Tahoe resorts reported a 17 percent increase in skier and snowboarder visits during the 2009-2010 season.

Posted on 07/23/2010

Ski Areas of New York, Inc. (SANY) announced that total skier and tubing visits for the 2009-2010 season were 4,118,000, which represents an increase of 1 percent over the 2008-2009 season.

Posted on 07/23/2010

He caught the attention of the U.S. when he won his first of three historic medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, shadowing his success on the World Cup stage. But what many people don't know about Johnny Spillane is that he's a father to be and quite the traveler, enjoying different cities and cultures around the World from Belize to LA.

Posted on 07/21/2010

For the past week, the U.S. Men's Alpine Ski Team has been sliding around on the ice rink at their summer hockey camp at the Park City Ice Arena.

Posted on 07/16/2010

Vonn won best female athlete and best female U.S. Olympian on a night filled with snowsports stars.

Posted on 07/16/2010

2005 World Ski Championships Team member and 2006 Olympian Carl Van Loan (Andover, NH) announced his retirement with the U.S. Nordic Combined Team following the 2010 season.

Posted on 07/13/2010

On a blue-skied, perfect, sunny afternoon, 2010 Olympic medalist Billy Demong wed Katie Koczynski in Lake Placid on Sunday, July 11.

Posted on 07/13/2010

On Friday, July 9, District Judge Gail Nichols put the Base Village project at Snowmass into receivership.

Posted on 07/12/2010

Preview the ski and snowboarding venue at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Posted on 07/10/2010

The leadership of Salt Lake City's Westminster College had a chance to show its pride recently, hosting over a dozen U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and other elite athletes for an end-of-the-school year luncheon.

Posted on 07/09/2010

The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team's aerials squad has been hitting the water ramps at the Utah Olympic Park.

Posted on 07/08/2010

Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month in January 2011 will have a new graphic look and messaging this season. The campaign is built around the theme, "Humans were never meant to hibernate."

Posted on 07/08/2010

The First Annual Big Aspen Barbecue Block Party takes place at the base of Aspen Mountain August 28-29, 2010, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Posted on 07/07/2010

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO (July 4) – With cheering crowds covered in red, white and blue, the U.S. Nordic Combined Team took to the stage for the July 4th Ski Jumping Extravaganza in Steamboat Saturday and Sunday. The competition showcased hometown favorites and Olympic medalists Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) and 2010 Olympian Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) along with Olympic medalist Brett Camerota (Park City, UT). Lodwick won the race.

Posted on 07/07/2010

With cheering crowds covered in red, white and blue, the U.S. Nordic Combined Team took to the stage for the July 4th Ski Jumping Extravaganza in Steamboat Saturday and Sunday.

Posted on 07/06/2010

The U.S. Snowboarding Halfpipe Pro Team has been throwing it down for the past week at its first summer on-snow camp at Windell's camp on Mt. Hood.

Posted on 07/01/2010

Stratton Mountain Resort will stage the first Vermont Solutions Festival Aug. 27-28, held in collaboration with the state of Vermont, to celebrate sustainability, sport and wellness.

Posted on 07/01/2010

ormer U.S. alpine speed skier, Jake Fiala, who made the switch to ski cross in 2008, announced his retirement with the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team at the completion of the 2010 season.

Posted on 06/30/2010

America's turning 234 years old: This calls for a celebration. No one throws a better party than ski towns, winter or summer. Check out these July 4th celebrations that combine classic festivities, free entertainment and outdoor adventures.

Posted on 06/30/2010

The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team's moguls squad has been jumping into the splash pool at the Utah Olympic Park (UOP), kicking off the first water ramp camp of the 2010-11 season.

Posted on 06/30/2010

For the first time, the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, the Utah Olympic Park and Park City-based FLY Freestyle program joined forces to recruit local Utah gymnasts and acrobats to the sport of freestyle aerials.

Posted on 06/26/2010

Brand and Kristin Chalk join Mt Everest's storied record book even as they pursue their mission to become the youngest couple to summit the highest peaks of each of the seven continents.

Posted on 06/26/2010

Eight 2010 Olympic and Paralympic athletes including gold medalists Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Hannah Kearney, Alana Nichols and Stephani Victor highlight the heavy hitting list of athletes nominated for 2010 ESPY Awards.

Posted on 06/25/2010

The Utah ski and snowboard industry closed the 2009-10 winter season last Sunday with a total of 4,048,153 skier days, up two percent from last season.

Posted on 06/24/2010

After an historic performance in Vancouver, Olympic medalists Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY), Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO), Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Brett Camerota (Park City, UT) are leading the charge for the newly named 2011 U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team.

Posted on 06/18/2010

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) officials were enthused with a variety of innovations to the International Ski Federation's (FIS) 2010-11 World Cup schedules which were announced last week.

Posted on 06/16/2010

First American site of the Championship since Vail hosted in 1999.

Posted on 06/16/2010

Slight increase year over year.

Posted on 06/16/2010

The 28th annual Aspen Food and Wine Classic takes place this weekend in Aspen, CO. Check out what you get with a full-priced ticket, which celebrities to look out for, and what to do between noshing sessions.

Posted on 06/16/2010

Let's get this straight: skiing, beer AND grilled meat products on Father's Day weekend? We're there.

Posted on 06/07/2010

U.S. Ski Team reacts to the International Ski Federation's decision to award Beaver Creek/Vail the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. The Beaver Creek/Vail 2015 bid committee captured 8 of the 15 available votes in the first round with Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy coming in second ahead of St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Posted on 06/07/2010

The International Ski Federation celebrated its centennial, wrapping up the biennal FIS Congess Friday in Antalya, Turkey. Highlights included passage of a U.S. proposal to submit ski halfpipe for consideration as an Olympic event in 2014 and the selection of Beaver Creek/Vail as the site of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

Posted on 05/24/2010

The purchase of Sierra Summit Mountain Resort by ski industry veteran Tim Cohee closed last Friday after a brief delay, due to the issuing of a new 40-year Special Use Permit by the United States Forest Service.

Posted on 05/20/2010

Following seven seasons with the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, recently crowned U.S. super G champion Keely Kelleher (Big Sky, MT) is retiring from racing in order to focus on being a full-time student at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.

Posted on 05/20/2010

Jake Zamansky, who was a member of the U.S. Development Team at 17 and a member of the 2010 Olympic Team, is retiring from the U.S. Alpine Ski Team. His last race was the Olympic giant slalom at Whistler Creekside in February.

Posted on 05/20/2010

America's most talented young ski and snowboarding athletes are getting the chance to train under the direction of one of the world's best this summer as they are invited to participate in Project Gold camps headed by U.S. Snowboarding's Bud Keene.

Posted on 05/17/2010

Elitemarket.com launches the first virtual luxury ski resort on the Internet. The "Ski Pavilion" will give users browser access to a highly select list of the world's best ski resorts, ski hotels, prime winter vacation property and ski equipment all set within the same virtual ski village.

Posted on 05/06/2010

Year-round Seven Springs Mountain resort saves on snow-making cost and improves water quality for summer activities with SolarBee™ water circulator. After considering multiple cooling options, resort officials settled on a unique solar-powered circulation technology from SolarBee™ that reduced power usage by 256,000 kilowatts during its first season.

Posted on 04/26/2010

ChamonixInfo, leading information website, highlights that, although the 2009/2010 winter ski season is drawing to a close in the Chamonix Valley ski area, the action and the closing parties are far from over.

Posted on 04/22/2010

Four well-known U.S. Olympians today called on the Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation this year. The athletes – Bode Miller, Julia Mancuso, Ted Ligety and Hannah Kearney – each competed in the 2010 games in Vancouver and each is a gold medalist in skiing events.

Posted on 04/21/2010

CMH Helicopter Skiing announces they are rolling back their 2011 and 2012 Heli-Ski prices to the published 2010 rates. No increase, no gimmicks, no fine print. The move comes as a response to the fluctuating economy and is CMH Heli-Skiing's effort to enable guests to book with greater ease.

Posted on 04/14/2010

The Annual Volcom “Peanut Butter & Rail Jam” Championships will bring top snowboarders to Mammoth Lakes, California, April 24, while avid fishing enthusiasts will be celebrating the opening of Mono County’s 2010 fishing season. The Mammoth Creek Inn will be welcoming participants and spectators alike with a 20% discount on all accommodations.

Posted on 04/06/2010

Outdoor Research will post interviews, videos and live on-mountain updates on OutdoorResearchVerticulture.com as Chad Kellogg attempts to speed ascend Mt. Everest on a solo expedition without oxygen or sherpas.

Posted on 03/31/2010

Skiers and riders can turn smarter with SkiQuest GPS, a new smartphone app developed by Hill Aevium for Integrated Device Applications. The new voice guided app is the first of its kind and provides resort destination visitors with valuable information on merchants, retailers, resort information, trail descriptions, maps, and turn-by-turn voice instructions to any trail or lift on the mountain.

Posted on 07/12/2010

2010 Olympic medalists Johnny Spillane, Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, and Brett Camerota were among the shining stars at the Sports Spectacular benefit for the Cedar Sinai Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, CA.

Posted on 07/09/2010

Former U.S. Ski Team athlete and coach Todd Schirman has been named freestyle program director for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.

Posted on 07/01/2010

The Olympic medalists of the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team are preparing for one of the biggest crowds they'll see during competition at their summer camp in Steamboat.

Posted on 06/26/2010

One of the great leaders of American skisport, Dr. Amos R. "Bud" Little, passed away peacefully at his Montana home Tuesday, June 22. A noted ski racer, coach and U.S. Ski Team doctor, he served as an influential leader with the International Ski Federation and the then U.S. Ski Association. He was 93.

Posted on 06/13/2010

Ski resorts now offering warm weather fun.

Posted on 06/10/2010

The Vermont Ski Areas Association announced at its annual meeting that Vermont’s ski resorts recorded 4,125,082 skier visits for the 2009-10 season. This marked a 1.4% increase over the prior season’s tally and tracked with the 5-year average.

Posted on 06/02/2010

The city of Kingston Ontario will host the 2010 Skate Canada International in the fall. Kingston inns and accommodation properties welcome the increased media exposure Kingston will receive and the added business this world class event will bring to the area.

Posted on 05/29/2010

Snowmass may have a reputation for great skiing and snowboarding in the winter, but there’s much more to it than just ripping up the winter slopes. Nestled away in the Elk Mountains, just nine miles from Aspen, Snowmass offers over 45 miles of hiking and biking trails, whitewater rafting, world-class fly fishing, mountainboarding, disc golf, paragliding, jeep tours and horseback riding along ...

Posted on 04/26/2010

As part of its brand-new adventure programming for 2010, CMH Summer Adventures is offering a unique active getaway for the artist in all of us. CMH Summer Adventures announces renowned landscape artist Liz Wiltzen to host Painting Workshop at Bugaboo Lodge.

Posted on 04/15/2010

StraightOut Media & Marketing, the producer of Telluride Gay Ski Week (TGSW), announced today the dates for the Eighth Annual Telluride Gay Ski Week. Telluride Gay Ski Week 2011 will take place from Saturday, February 26, 2011 to Saturday, March 5, 2011. The event was originally set for a week earlier but was moved due to a scheduling conflict. Ranked the Top Gay Ski Week in the U.S.A. by ...

Posted on 04/06/2010

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Posted on 02/03/2010

The RIDE Shakedown, one of snowboarding’s biggest events, is moving south of the border to its first US venue – the Summit at Snoqualmie, WA. The event requires both male and female boarders to master two different disciplines: the Big Air and the rail obstacle featuring various surface textures to be revealed on the first day of competition. More than 40 of the world’s top pro men ...

Posted on 02/02/2010

According to a study by Dartmouth professors, Jonathan Zinman and Eric Zitzewitz, ski resorts often exaggerate snowfall reports on weekends in order to entice more skiers. But snow enthusiasts can skip the hype and access real-time conditions, with iPhone app, Ski Report. Ski Report lets skiers input their own data, photos and ratings. The study also revealed that ski resorts exaggerate less when ...

Posted on 02/01/2010

In an effort to create a safer mountain experience for their guests, locals and employees, Telluride Ski Resort, CO., has rolled out a new mountain safety strategy with increased penalties to reckless skiers. Under the new guidelines, at-fault accidents with no injuries (like running into a skier down a slope) will result in a 30-day suspension of skiing privileges. Penalties increase by ...

Posted on 02/01/2010

In a huge move, the 2010 SIA Snow Show moved out of Las Vegas after a 37-year run, to Denver, CO to be closer to the snow action. According to show organizers, the move paid off. More than 18,000 ski and apparel manufacturers and winter-sports retailers were in attendance along with countless skiers, boarders and snow enthusiasts. Some top trends spotted at the show: the 80s was the focus of 2010 ...