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Heli-Skiing Outfit Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Permitting a Competitor Access to their Powder

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A remote stretch of Alaska mountains across Cook Inlet from Anchorage has become the center of a court fight between a heli-skiing company and the Trump administration, reports the Anchorage Daily News. The company, Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, is accusing federal land managers of jeopardizing clients’ safety by issuing a permit to a competitor without proper review. At issue are the peaks, ridges and valleys of the Tordrillo […]
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Connecticut Woman is Suing Mount Snow, VT after her Husband Died During a Snowboarding Trip

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A Connecticut woman is suing Mount Snow, VT after her husband died during a snowboarding trip there early last year, reports Chris Mays for reformer.com. Arthur David Deacon III fell and hit a tree while snowboarding at Mount Snow on Jan. 24, 2016 on Ripcord, the “steepest and most difficult trail on Mount Snow’. Attorneys said Deacon fell about a […]
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Squaw Valley Appeals OSHA Citations Following Ski Patroller’s Death

Squaw Valley has appealed two citations that have stemmed from the January 24th death of ski patroller Joe Zuiche. Both of the accidents are non-incident related but were discovered during the investigation of Zuiche’s death. Cal-Osha was unable to make any accident related citations because of a lack of evidence and witnesses for the incident. “Squaw Valley was issued two citations classified […]
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6-Year-Old Girl Being Sued Over Skiing Accident

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A 6-year-old girl is being sued for $38,530 USD for causing a ski collision accident that seriously injured a woman in Austria. It’s being reported that injured woman can no longer ski due to this accident. The accident took place at the Hochhäderich ski resort near the border with Germany. The 6-year-old girl was in a ski school group at the time of the accident. She allegedly made a sudden turn into the path of the woman. The case has been brought to court and will be heard by a […]
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Salt Lake City, UT Gets Sued by Steamboat Springs, CO Over “Ski Town, USA”

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Last week, Steamboat Spring ski resort filed a legal complaint against Visit Salt Lake and 4 Salt Lake area ski resorts. The complaint was filed with the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado. Steamboat claims they need to protect its “Ski Town, U.S.A.” trademark. This legal action was in direct response to the Visit Salt Lake’s recent branding of Salt Lake City as “Ski City, USA”. Visit Salt Lake just began using this slogan in September. […]
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Alta is for Skiers | Judge Dismisses Snowboarders’ Lawsuit

Alta Ski Area is known for some of the deepest powder on the planet and its policy banning snowboarders from their lifts. Because of this, Alta “Ski” Area has been in the cross-hairs of Snowboarders for years who wish they could ride the lifts, and now thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson, Alta can breathe a sigh of relief. If you haven’t been following the debate for nearly the last year, a group called Wasatch Equality has claimed their 14th Amendment rights were being violated by Alta Ski Area for not allowing them […]
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