Skier Attempts to Jump Over Crowd at Copper Mountain, CO End-of-Season Pond Skimming Event Injuring Several People A bit of showmanship is always expected at Copper Mountain Resort’s annual Slopesoakers pond-skimming event, but no one was prepared for one man’s disastrous attempt to ski jump over a crowd of spectators Saturday afternoon, reports Summit Daily. Hayden Wright, 26, was descending a run shortly after noon when he launched into the crowd, breaking a woman’s collarbone and causing […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 17, 2018 3 Comments
Life Goals: 91-Year Old Man becomes World’s Oldest Heli-Skier An invitation at a friend’s birthday party has turned into a world record for Stan Friedberg: It’s not officially official yet, but Stan Friedberg, 91, is probably world’s oldest heli-skier, reports the Vail Daily. The last weekend in March, Stan Friedberg took his son, Steve, and three of his granddaughters on a heli-skiing trip in the Canadian Rockies. There were […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 16, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch the Surging Floods that Caused Yosemite National Park to Close Last Weekend Yosemite National Park was closed last weekend due to expected heavy rains and flooding and with the storm (and melting snow) caused some serious flooding and raging waterfalls. Officials from Yosemite National Park were sure to capture some of the surging floods on video, stating that some roads saw up to four feet of water. The six-minute video certainly is […] Steven Agar | April 16, 2018 0 Comments
NPS Scraps Huge Price Increase at 17 National Parks | Smaller Entrance Fee Increase Across all Parks Instead A proposed plan by the National Park Service (NPS) to greatly increase entry fees at 17 national parks across the country has been scrapped after more than 100,000 public comments in opposition to the peak season fee proposal. The NPS announced in October 2017 it was considering the large entrance fee increase in order to generate revenue for desperately needed maintenance […] Steven Agar | April 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mesmerizing Footage of a Rainbow in the Mist of Yosemite Falls Mesmerizing footage of a rainbow in the mist of a cascading Yosemite Falls. If you look closely enough, you can see leprechauns and unicorns dancing together in the trees below… Steven Agar | April 13, 2018 0 Comments
Winter Park, CO Announces Mary Jane to Stay Open an Extra Two Weeks until May 6th The Mary Jane side of Winter Park resort will remain open until May 6, two weeks past its planned closing for the season, thanks to recent snowfall which has dumped 40″ on the resort in April, and more than 30″ over the previous weekend alone. This is great news for anybody still wishing to ski moguls or have beach BBQ […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 12, 2018 0 Comments
New York Man Spent Night on a Chairlift after it was Stopped Whilst he Headed up for One Last Run In what must be one of a skier’s worst nightmares, New York State Police are looking into a local man’s claims that he spent a cold, snowy night stuck on a chairlift at Gore Mountain Ski Center over the weekend after the lift shut down for the day while he was headed up the mountain, reports the Post Star. In a […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 12, 2018 3 Comments
VIDEO: Watch this Sit-Skier Shred Big Sky, MT Culminating in Ticking Off a Bucket List Couloir Rob Enigl is a big mountain monoskier from Bozeman, Montana. Always an avid skier and snowboarder, a car accident that damaged his spinal column didn’t stop him shredding, it just forced him into a sit-ski. This film is about the mental and physical role that monoskiing plays in Rob’s life, culminating in a run down the Big Couloir in Big Sky, a […] Steven Agar | April 12, 2018 0 Comments
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