Mikaela Shiffrin Signs With Leki in Leadup to 2018 Olympics One of the U.S. and worlds best ski racers, Mikaela Shiffrin, has agreed to renew her sponsorship with Leki through 2022. This means the deal would last through both the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics as well as the 2022 Bejing Olympics. The 22-year-old looks to add to an Olympic Gold Medal and a World Cup Championship in the coming years of her career. She has spent […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | September 7, 2017 0 Comments
Big Storm Brings Endless Pow Turns in Australia This Week & Closes Road to Hotham It’s been dumping the past few days in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia with up to 65cm of snow in some spots. Hotham experienced road closures from Harrietville, and the road has still not opened. The road is opent to Hotham from the other direction and people are skiing what has been called the storm of the year. Two […] Conditions Report Jake Rubnitz | September 5, 2017 1 Comment
Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows Sees Opportunity in Chinese Outdoor Retailer In a bid to attract more Chinese skiers and snowboarders Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows has partnered with Toread, one of the leading Chinese outdoor retailers. Toread is responsible for the design, development, production, and sale of all sorts of outdoor equipment. Their products range from shoes, clothing, tents and sleeping bags to hardware, office equipment, electrical and more. The Squaw partnership […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | August 30, 2017 3 Comments
Castle Rock, CO Plans Year Round “Snow Sports Park” The Town of Castle Rock, CO is 30 minutes from Downtown Denver, 45 minutes from Colorado Springs, and 2 hours from Breckenridge. Despite this residents are hoping to be able to ski year round in Castle Rock. A joint venture between the Town and P3 advisors is planning to build a snow sports park using Snowflex® skiing surface. Ultimately, the plan […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | August 29, 2017 0 Comments
Snowboard Recovered 6 Months After Avalanche After being lucky enough to escape an Avalanche unscathed, having his lost snowboard found was just the icing on the cake for Brian Goodwin. He was in the backcountry with a group of friends in Stein Valley just east of Pemberton B.C. earlier this winter. One of the snowboarders triggered an avalanche the luckily missed the group but buried their four snowboards and […] Avalanche Jake Rubnitz | August 25, 2017 0 Comments
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 […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | August 17, 2017 0 Comments
U.C. Davis Launches Underwater Drone In Lake Tahoe Two weeks ago, Scientists from U.C. Davis released an underwater autonomous vehicle into Lake Tahoe. The robot will collect data from the lake for a few weeks up to two months. It looks just like a glider and works by adjusting its buoyancy to move freely through the lake. The drone will dive up to 150 feet and continuously measure […] Jake Rubnitz | August 16, 2017 0 Comments
Colorado 14er Sold! An anonymous buyer just bought the Cielo Vista ranch and Colorado’s southernmost 14er, Culebra peak, for an undisclosed price. The peak is the highest privately owned peak in the world and is a part of the Cielo Vista Ranch. The ranch is an incredible property that includes 83,368 acres and deeded ownership to eighteen 13,000′ peaks and one 14er spread over […] Climbing Jake Rubnitz | August 15, 2017 0 Comments
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