BCR Snow Club is Making Upgrades to its Portable Ski Slope for Burning Man 2024 Burning Man is held every year from August 27 through September 4 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada and creates a temporary city that promotes art, self-expression, and self-reliance. The temporary city is named Black Rock City, with the festival’s mission being to guide, nurture, and protect the more permanent community created by its culture. It all started in 1986 at Baker […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 17, 2024 0 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Switches to Weekend Operations for Skiing and Riding It is that time of year when ski resorts are switching to spring operations which means soft snow and big bumps! Snowbird in Utah will be open during the weekends starting on May 18th and going through Memorial Day Weekend. Spring skiing is special and brings out the die-hards who break out the shorts and bikinis! Snowbird is planning on operating the Peruvian Express, the Peruvian Tunnel, Mineral Basin Express, […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 17, 2024 0 Comments
How Avalanche Dogs Find People: The Dog Just “Nose” Everyone has probably seen an avalanche on the news or social media and has seen the destructive power that is associated with it. Avalanches are something that occur every year and over the last 10 years, an average of 27 people died in avalanches each winter in the United States according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Avalanches can be deadly and it is something the National Ski Patrol and first responders train for every year. Avalanche rescue […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 17, 2024 0 Comments
Former Hunter Mountain, NY, General Manager Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by National Ski Areas Association Russ Coloton is the former Hunter Mountain, New York, General Manager and has a long and distinguished 44-year career in the ski and ride industry. Coloton was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Ski Areas Association and will be presented with the award at NSAA’s 2024 National Convention, on May 22. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated an extraordinary lifetime commitment to NSAA and the ski industry, and […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 16, 2024 0 Comments
Skier From Stowe, VT, Aims to Hit Record-Breaking 3 Million Human-Powered Vertical Feet in 1 Year The world is full of numbers and uses those numbers for counting, measuring, and comparing amounts. We are a society that is fixated on analyzing numbers and formulating solutions in any industry. Numbers in sports are used in every aspect of every sport in the world. We look at teams’ winning percentages, and player’s statistics, and we love looking at winning streaks and records. Those can be for the most games won […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 14, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, is Auctioning Off 50 Historic Chairs from Timberline Lift If you are a fan or collector of the history of skiing you have the opportunity to grab a historic chair of the Timberline Lift at Powder Mountain, Utah. Owning an authentic piece of skiing history is certainly popular with snow sport enthusiasts. Powder Mountain is currently auctioning off 50 historic chairs online and the auction will end on May 12, 2024. A previous […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 7, 2024 0 Comments
Are You A Chionophile? It would come as no surprise that most of our readers’ favorite season is winter. It is the time of the year when we get to hit the mountains and grab some fresh powder. Each fall we keep a detailed eye on the weather forecasts and check for possible ski resorts’ opening dates. We are winter people and it is the one season of the year that gets us excited and […] Brains Gregg Frantz | May 6, 2024 0 Comments
Exploring the Incredible Olympic-Level Infrastructure for Winter Sports at Lake Placid, NY There are 429 National Park Sites in the United States according to the National Park Foundation which spans across more than 84 million acres. There are parks in each state and also in the U.S. territories, including parks in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. The Adirondack Mountains in New York State offer some of the best opportunities for outdoor recreation in a beautiful, natural setting, all […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | May 2, 2024 0 Comments
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