Beartooth Basin, MT, Announces It Will Be Open This Summer For the First Time in 2 Years Beartooth Basin, Montana, has been a premier summer skiing and riding destination since 2002. The summit of the Beartooth Pass has a rich history of skiing dating back to the 1950s. Beartooth Basin offers one of the most unique skiing experiences in the country. Beartooth Basin is one of only six summer-only ski areas in the world. While some resorts […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 25, 2025 0 Comments
Will The Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Gondola Ever Get Built? In 2020, the Utah Department of Transportation announced three possible strategies to help reduce traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The proposed solutions were a cog railway or a gondola to shuttle visitors to ski resorts Alta and Snowbird or a new and improved bus system to shuttle more skiers up the canyon. The gondola was the option that was chosen […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 25, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] ORNADA: The First Ever Armada Skis Team Film Armada Team Movie Teaser Release: Landing Fall 2025 Armada has been at the forefront of freeskiing for over 20 years, inextricably linked to the revolution that reshaped a sport and created a culture. In all that time, the brand has never produced a feature ski movie with the entire team. “ORNADA” is the Armada film we’ve been waiting for. “ORNADA” […] Movie Trailer Gregg Frantz | March 24, 2025 0 Comments
CU Boulder Student Skis Colorado’s 14ers—And Tries to Save the Planet While Doing It In the 80s, most people recycled their garbage and thought they were doing enough to be environmentally responsible. Those days are in the past, and people are searching and pushing for more ways to contribute to being more sustainable than just recycling alone. Climate change has the ski industry and the people who love to hit the mountains thinking about […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 23, 2025 0 Comments
9 Runs to Ski or Board Before You Die — According to SnowBrains Readers There are so many great mountains to check out around the world that it can be sometimes difficult to figure out which ones to go to. The United States has a wide variety of mountains to choose from, Canada has some big-time mountains, and let’s not forget about the Alps in Europe, either. Where do you begin? An even harder question […] Brains Gregg Frantz | March 22, 2025 0 Comments
The Ski Resorts that Everyone Thinks Should Stay Open Longer in the Spring In October, skiers look forward to the opening day of their local mountain for the season. It’s an exciting time for winter enthusiasts, and most resorts open by mid-December. On the back end of the season, Spring marks the end of the ski season, which brings feelings of sadness and wanting the season to last longer. For most resorts, making […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 22, 2025 0 Comments
Non-Profit Ski Area Skeetawk Has Plans to be 1 of the Largest Ski Resorts in Alaska According to the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), 486 ski resorts operated in the United States during the 2023-24 season. Those numbers do not include the non-profit ski resorts, which are much harder to quantify. This is due to the difficulty of classifying these ski areas; therefore, the exact number of non-profit ski resorts is unknown. Several dozen non-profit ski […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 20, 2025 0 Comments
How Vail Became Skiing’s Favorite Scapegoat Regardless of their profession or industry, every leader or winner is dissected and analyzed under a microscope by critics. Leaders and winners should be judged and understand that their decisions will be questioned, and they should be expected to be held to a higher standard than their competition. Sometimes, those opinions and criticism can be unjustified and misled by inaccuracies […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 17, 2025 1 Comment
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