Luxury Chalet in Revelstoke, BC, Listed for $9.2 Million The Five Peaks Chalet is a luxurious estate on a 5.53 acre slice of heaven at the base of Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada. With panoramic views of the Columbia Valley and Monashee Mountains, the chalet has been awarded Canada’s Best Ski Chalet by the World Ski Awards from 2020 through 2023. Built in 2014, the chalet features […] Industry News Luke Guilford | January 14, 2025 0 Comments
Steamboat Ski Resort, CO, Releases Further Detail for Sidecountry Maps and Signage Known for its Champagne Powder, Steamboat Ski Resort is tucked up in Colorado’s Park Range Mountains. For years, skiers have enjoyed the bounty of fresh tracks in the Mahogany Ridge and Fish Creek Canyon sidecountry terrain. In the 2023/2024 season, Steamboat added 650+ acres of sidecountry terrain within the ski area boundary. Related: New Wild Blue Gondola at Steamboat Resort, […] Industry News Luke Guilford | January 6, 2025 0 Comments
9 Ski Areas Seniors Can Ski for Free If there is one perk to aging, it‘s got to be free skiing. Growing older certainly is proving to have its benefits, with some resorts across North America offering free ski passes to those who meet their definitions of “Senior” or “Super Senior” (now there’s a super-hero we can all aspire to be one day). Related: 3 Ski Areas to […] Industry News Luke Guilford | December 2, 2024 0 Comments
Berthoud Pass, CO, Report: A Deep Thanksgiving Morning Report from Thursday, November 28, 2024 Just over an hour from Denver, Colorado, is Berthoud Pass, a popular backcountry zone that was once a ski area. The Berthoud Pass Ski Area was home to one of the first ski lifts in the state. Unfortunately, the ski area closed in 2003, but the slopes live on today for backcountry enthusiasts. Related: Jones Pass, […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | December 1, 2024 0 Comments
Jones Pass, CO, Report: First Backcountry Day of The Season Report from Sunday, November 10, 2024 Snow has been accumulating in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, and the backcountry zones across the state are starting to fill in. An early November storm brought in about 18″ over the last few days, and I was itching to get out for my first backcountry tour of the season. Grabbing our splitboards, my buddy and I […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | November 16, 2024 0 Comments
Copper Mountain, CO, Report: Opening Weekend With 18″ Fresh Powder Report from Saturday, November 9, 2024 Copper Mountain in Colorado kicked off its season on Friday, November 8. Opening weekend was greeted by 18” of snow accumulating throughout the week. Copper Mountain operated the American Eagle, and Excelerator lifts to feed guests with groomed runs and a small terrain park. Related: [PHOTOS] Copper Mountain, CO, Kicks Off Snowmaking in Preparation […] Conditions Report Luke Guilford | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
The Top 9 Coldest States in the U.S. Below are the coldest states and their average temperature for the whole year, measured across the five most populated cities in each U.S. state from January 2009 to October 2023. The data came from Payless Power who consulted the World Weather Online API for the data. Stay tuned until the end of the list for a few fun graphs to […] Industry News Luke Guilford | November 7, 2024 0 Comments
The Road Ends Here: Winter Dew Tour Won’t Return to Copper Mountain, CO, This Season Since 2008, The Winter Dew Tour has delivered one of the most highly anticipated freestyle skiing and snowboarding events. Breckenridge Ski Resort hosted the tour until 2020, when Copper Mountain Ski Resort took over the event. The Winter Dew Tour became an Olympic qualifier in 2013 for athletes competing in both skiing and snowboarding events. On September 22, Summit Daily […] Industry News Luke Guilford | October 28, 2024 0 Comments
8 Hikers Face Being Charged $25,000 Each After Hiking in Closed Area at Jasper National Park, AB The 2024 Canadian wildfire season was one of the worst on record, torching over 13 million acres across the country. One of the most destructive fires crossed paths with the popular mountain town of Jasper, Alberta, where over 25,000 people were forced to evacuate the area. Destroying over one-third of the buildings in Jasper, the fire was not fully controlled […] Climbing Luke Guilford | October 9, 2024 1 Comment
Wildfires Threaten Several California and Nevada Ski Areas Wildfires continue to torch the west coast of the United States. Thousands of acres of forests, dozens of homes, and now a ski resort have been caught in the wake of the recent wildfires. Related: Wildfire Raging South of Reno, NV, Prompts Evacuations The Bridge Fire started Sunday, September 8, near Glendora, California. The fire has grown to nearly 52,000 acres and […] Industry News Luke Guilford | September 16, 2024 0 Comments
Winter is Coming: European Ski Resorts Prepare to Open Dust off those skis, snow has fallen in the Alps. A cold front rolled into western Europe, dropping temperatures 11 to 18°F (6 to 10 °C) below the mid-September average. This cold front is delivering heavy precipitation, with an estimated 40-80 inches for the total storm. However, most of Europe will experience rain with snow only expected in high-altitude regions […] Industry News Luke Guilford | September 13, 2024 0 Comments
Long-Term Plan Revealed for New Telluride, CO, Town Gondola Connecting the neighboring towns of Telluride and Mountain Village in southwest Colorado is a free public gondola that shuttles roughly three million skiers, hikers, residents, and commuters each year. Originally built in 1996, the town of Mountain Village owns and operates the gondola built to improve air quality by reducing car traffic. In June 2022, the Gondola Long-Term Planning Leadership Committee, […] Industry News Luke Guilford | August 22, 2024 0 Comments
The Race is on For Wyoming to Sell Land to Grand Teton National Park Before it’s Sold to Developers The clock is ticking for the Kelly Parcel, a 640-acre plot adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park’s southern boundary. Wyoming state land commissioners are pressured to sell land, which resulted in the Kelly Parcel being put up for public auction last year. The pressure comes from a constitutional agreement that many Western states made that requires the states to raise […] Industry News Luke Guilford | August 12, 2024 0 Comments
Tignes Glacier, France, Opens for Summer Skiing The vast Tignes Ski Resort located in the French Alps is known for its expansive terrain and year-round skiing just announced the summer opening of Glacier de la Grande Motte. The ski area is open this summer from June 29 to July 21. The summer ski season began a week later than initially planned, as the Savoie region experienced […] Industry News Luke Guilford | July 4, 2024 0 Comments
Most Expensive Home Ever Listed in Steamboat Springs, CO, Priced at $24 Million Recently listed is a $24 million, 9,950 square-foot home that broke the Steamboat Springs, Colorado, record for the highest listing price for a single-family home. The cost of living and inflation seem to have stayed undefeated over recent years. Former president of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, Jonathan Swain, and his wife Mary Swain bought the home in 2021 for $10 million […] Industry News Luke Guilford | July 1, 2024 0 Comments
Too Much Snow Delays Opening of Ski Portillo, Chile Winter is charging full speed ahead in Chile. Ski Portillo has received over 224 inches of snowfall this season, smashing its 200-inch average seasonal snowfall. Originally set to open June 20, the ski area has since moved the opening day to June 29 as a winter storm moved in on the Andes this week. Related:Ski Season is Just Around the […] Industry News Luke Guilford | June 27, 2024 0 Comments
The A-Frame Club at Winter Park Resort, CO: A Skylab Architecture Twist on The Modern Hotel The A-Frame Club by Skylab Architecture is a new hotel brand that takes design cues from 1970s American ski culture and the iconic A-frame cabins of that era. The first Club consists of 31 newly-constructed cabins along with a bar and restaurant in a historic saloon building in Winter Park, Colorado. Situated on a two-acre wooded site adjacent to the […] Luke Guilford | June 22, 2024 0 Comments
General Manager of Alta Ski Area, UT, Reiterates Support of Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola In the latest news surrounding the Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) traffic dilemma, Michael Maughan, the President and General Manager at Alta Ski Area, Utah, released a statement reiterating the ski area’s support for the proposed LCC Gondola. To resolve the congestion in the LCC, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) proposed an eight-mile gondola. This project is planned to be […] Industry News Luke Guilford | June 20, 2024 1 Comment
[BOOK REVIEW] ‘The Darkest White’ By Eric Blehm At the dawn of snowboarding there was Craig Kelly, a man who pioneered the sport and pushed it to become what it is today. The first patent application for the snurfer (what eventually became the snowboard) was submitted in March of 1966 by Sherman Poppen, just two weeks before the birth of Craig Kelly. The Darkest White by Eric Blehm […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | June 12, 2024 1 Comment
Reaching For the Top: Phunjo Lama Sets Women’s Record for Fastest Mount Everest Ascent A new speed record for the fastest ascent by a woman has been set on Mount Everest. Summiting Mount Everest (29,032 feet) from base camp at 17,598 feet typically takes climbers multiple days to reach, as the magnitude of the climb is so immense, and acclimatization is crucial. However, Phunjo Lama is no stranger to extreme altitude. Lama previously held […] Climbing Luke Guilford | May 30, 2024 0 Comments
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