Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Devil’s Elbow, ON — a 54-Year Legacy I didn’t grow up in a ski town, as I was born and raised in Southern Ontario, the heart of hockey mania. While all the other kids were getting into lacrosse and hockey, my parents decided that I should learn to ski. Their resort of choice was Devil’s Elbow, ON. With a whopping 289ft (88m) of vertical and 10 […] Industry News Mike Humphrey | October 27, 2023 0 Comments
Did You Know The State Of New York Owns Three Ski Resorts? There are a lot of great ski resorts spread throughout the United States from the East Coast to the West Coast and everywhere in between. There are even ski resorts located in the southeast area of the country in the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. The U.S. is home to a total of 480 ski resorts according to the National […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
Alyeska Resort, AK, Unveils Bold Expansion Plans Including Employee Housing and a Resort Village Alyeska Resort in Alaska unveiled its ambitious expansion plans to the Girdwood community at the Sitzmark Bar & Grill last month, taking a forward-thinking approach to updating the Resort Master Plan developed by previous ownership in 2007. Related: Alyeska Resort in Alaska Joins the Ikon Pass Community for Winter 23/24 Ryan Pomeroy, CEO of Pomeroy Lodging and the driving force […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 6, 2023 0 Comments
Olympic Authority Announces Return of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup to Lake Placid, NY Tickets On Sale Now Here, With Exclusive Early Promotion Pricing Available The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup will return to the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, February 9-11, 2024. This event joins the calendar with two additional World Cup events already confirmed for this winter season at Mt […] SnowBrains | September 15, 2023 0 Comments
FIS Freestyle Summer Grand Prix Wraps Up With Final Event in Brisbane, Australia Last Saturday, September 9, 2023, Australia hosted the final event of the inaugural FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series. The series had started at the Jump’in in Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, and then moved to the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, USA, before moving downunder. Last weekend’s event was held at the Geoff Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre at the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 11, 2023 2 Comments
Brain Post: Ralston Purina (Yes, the Pet Food) Owned Which Colorado Ski Resorts? This is breaking news to me, but in case you were wondering who owned Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, and Keystone before their current owners… it was Ralston Purina. So, next time you’re heading westbound on I-70 through Denver on your way to ski, and you get that big whiff of Purina pet food from the factory that seems to overlook the […] Brains Luke Guilford | September 10, 2023 0 Comments
Switzerland Could Toss its Hat in the Ring to Host the 2030 Winter Olympics Switzerland has emerged as a late potential candidate for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The Swiss Olympic Team announced on its social media channels that it is currently conducting a feasibility study in association with national winter sport associations, to establish whether the country could be host to the 2030, 2034 or even 2038 Winter Olympic Games. For a while it looked […] Olympics Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2023 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Shortlisted by Women’s Sports Foundation for Sportswoman of the Year Award Team USA ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has been named as a finalist for the Women’s Sports Foundation (‘WSF’) award for ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ in the category of individual sport. The Women’s Sports Foundation each year awards several awards to female athletes at the foundation’s ‘Annual Salute to Women in Sports’, including an award for a female team sport athlete. The Women’s […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 31, 2023 1 Comment