Park City, UT -Audi FIS World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn was honored by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association with the Beck International Award, the organization’s highest athlete honor. The USSA also recognized longtime race official John Garnsey of Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., with its Julius Blegen Award for three decades of service to the sport. The awards were presented in Park City at the annual USSA Congress held last week at the Park City … [Read more...]

Banff (AB), Canada - In March 1928, two young men skied up Healy Creek outside of Banff to what is now Sunshine Village ski resort. They headed for a cabin built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The two planned to use this as a break during their journey across the Great Divide. The snow was deep and the two men, Cliff Whyte and Cyril Paris, missed the cabin and slept in a hollow they dug in the snow. They awoke the next day and in poor weather … [Read more...]

Snowbird, UT - With its venerable Little Cloud double chair scheduled for replacement this summer by a new high-speed detachable quad chairlift, Snowbird skiers and riders threw a party on Sunday to mark the lift's -- and the resort's -- final day of the 2011-12 winter season. After nearly 32 feet of snowfall this season, skiers and snowboarders clad in bikinis and costumes flocked to the resort to get one last day on the slopes of Utah's Wasatch … [Read more...]

Wanaka, New Zealand - New Zealand's ski and snowboard season is rapidly approaching, and a potent early winter storm has started to build bases on both North and South Island slopes. "A decent snow storm in May is not unexpected and certainly what we hope for at this time of year," said Nadia Ellis, Cardrona Sales & Marketing Manager at Cardrona Alpine Resort near Wanaka. "Early snow helps cool the ground temperature which will help a good winter … [Read more...]

Mammoth Lakes, CA -A late ski season and lower than normal snowpack have combined to create a unique opportunity in the Eastern Sierra over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend. Mammoth Mountain will be serving up the best of both summer and winter with skiing and riding on soft spring snow, mountain biking and golf. The final ski and snowboard lifts of Mammoth Mountain's winter season will take place on Monday, May 28, while the Mammoth … [Read more...]

Winter Park, CO - The family of a man killed an an in-bounds avalanche in January at Colorado's Winter Park Resort has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against this ski resort's operator. Christopher Norris, the father of two young children from Evergreen, Colo., died as a result of being caught in an avalanche while skiing the Trestle Trees area of Winter Park on January 22. The small avalanche, reportedly 40 feet wide and 60 vertical feet long, … [Read more...]