New Updates on Annual Avalanche Report Shows Colorado and Montana Have Highest Rates of Avalanche Fatalities In an effort to provide you with the best information available, here’s an important follow-up on an article we published earlier in the week titled, Annual Avalanche Report Shows Colorado and Montana With Highest Rates of Avalanche Fatalities. The article discusses the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s annual report of fatalities from avalanches across states within the last 10 years. […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 26, 2022 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Announces Plans to Limit the Number of Daily Lift Tickets at Every Resort New Daily Ticket Limits Vail Resorts just announced opening dates for its resorts. Keystone kicks off the season’s festivities by opening in October (as soon as its state-of-the-art automated snow-making system gets rolling), followed by the rest of the resorts, depending on conditions. In addition to reporting opening dates and perhaps more interesting news, Vail also announced plans to limit […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 26, 2022 2 Comments
The Resort Triangle Trail in North Lake Tahoe, CA, is Now Halfway Completed… After 18 Years of Work Mission (Halfway) Accomplished You’re halfway done, congratulations. For a complicated project like the one you have been working on for more than 18 years, that’s a serious accomplishment. And a good reason to celebrate as work finished on the trail segment connecting the town of Truckee, CA, to Northstar Drive. It also signified an important milestone, the halfway point to […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 24, 2022 2 Comments
Winter Fun? Fitness? Travel? You Decide With Envo’s New Electric Snowbike Pedal-Assisted Electric Snowbike Canadian electric mobility company Envo is back at it again with another innovative concept. Two years ago, they emerged with an Electric Snowbike Kit to convert any bike into an awesome pedal-assisted electric snowbike. Now improving on their design, Envo introduces a complete pedal-assisted electric Snowbike. Envo’s Snowbike is part of their new Flex line for off-road […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 24, 2022 0 Comments
Young Climber Survives 80 ft. Fall in Yosemite National Forest, CA Climbing With Friends 21-year-old Anna Parsons is an outdoor enthusiast and was enjoying what she loves to do most on August 1, 2022. She had no idea what would happen that fateful day. She just arrived in the U.S. two days earlier with her friend and classmate, Jack Evans. They were marine science students from New Zealand on their way […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 23, 2022 0 Comments
No Rest in Sight This Summer For Ski Racing Superstar Mikaela Shiffrin It’s true. There’s no stopping the 24-year-old 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and 4-time World Cup Champion, or at least it appears that way looking at her training schedule this summer. Just three weeks ago she posted a YouTube video showing a lengthy list of her daily ski drills, workout routines, and diet. Now she’s back with more. This time Shiffrin’s […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 23, 2022 0 Comments
Annual Avalanche Report Shows Colorado and Montana Have the Highest Rates of Avalanche Fatalities The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s (GNFAC) annual avalanche report was recently released. It shows Colorado to have the highest number of avalanche fatalities over the last ten years (64). Montana was ranked 2nd with 33—still six higher than the national average of 27. Montana is an increasingly popular place to ski and snowboard in the United States. As GNFAC […] Avalanche Ryan Kime | August 23, 2022 3 Comments
Ski Club Med? You Can See for Yourself This December With The Opening of Three New All-Inclusive Ski Resorts Tropical Paradise? Club Med is a vacation concept that undoubtedly conjures up images of sun, sand, and surf in an all-inclusive resort setting. That may be true and, in fact, it is. But how about going to Club Med for a ski vacation? That’s what Club Med hopes to help you with when it opens its three new ski resorts […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 18, 2022 1 Comment