Stuart Winchester of the Storm Skiing Journal has published a stunning article on walk-up peak-day lift ticket price in America. Clearly a single day pass is no longer affordable and not being positioned as an option. Peak 23/24 lift ticket prices...
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Dan Egan Named GM of Reimangined Tenney Mountain
Extreme skier-turned-media professional Dan Egan has been named general manager of Tenney Mountain, N.H. Egan previously served as GM at the ski area, which was purchased by a new ownership group last year, from 2002 to 2004. Egan gained notoriety...
Backcountry Avalanche in The Remarkables
Nine skiers narrowly escaped injury following an avalanche in the Remarkables backcountry near Queenstown, New Zealand. Three separate groups were on the mountainside when the slide was triggered, rated a three on a scale of one to five. At one...
Cottonwood Canyon Gondola Approved
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) yesterday released its final record of decision (ROD) to move forward with construction of a controversial eight-mile-long gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The ROD, the final step in the Environmental...
Cannon Tramway Project approved for $18 Million
State-owned Cannon Mountain, which is part of Franconia Notch State Park, can move forward with major improvements to its iconic aerial tramway after the state legislature approved an $18 million appropriation to the Department of Natural and...
Historic Snow Impacts Summer
Several ski areas in the West are reporting that their summer operations and activities will move forward mostly as scheduled despite receiving historic snowfalls and extending their winter operating seasons late into the spring. In many cases...
Mont-Sainte-Anne: let’s not play in the same movie again
Avenir Mont-Sainte-Anne, a group of political leaders, business people, representatives of the tourist industry, high-level athletes and citizens, was created in December 2021 to mobilize the greater Quebec City region and ensuring that Mont-Sainte...