Massive Landslide Tears Through Residential Area, Blocking B.C.’s Highway 99 Saturday, December 14th at 9:00 am, residents of the Lions Bay area woke up to 70 mph winds tearing down power lines leaving around 300 with no power. Not even an hour later, residents heard a loud boom as a landslide began tearing down from the mountain, stretching across the highway connecting Vancouver and Whistler. Traffic was halted as the […] Miles Nagel | December 20, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, Kicks Off Season With Unusual Opening Weekend There are a select few resorts that offer night skiing in Utah, if riders are brave enough to fight against the frostbite. Brian Head, Brighton, and Sundance are some of the resorts where skiers and snowboarders can ride sometimes as late as nine at night. However, on December 6, 2024, Powder Mountain started its opening weekend at 4:00 pm for […] Industry News Miles Nagel | December 11, 2024 0 Comments
Aspen One’s Unique Sustainability Report Focuses Less on Gathering Data and More on Getting People Engaged Aspen One recently released a sustainability report with an unorthodox approach. Compared to other resort companies who all track things like carbon emissions, offsetting their carbon footprints and recycled material use, Aspen Skiing Co.’s parent company, Aspen One, boldly states, “We reject conventional sustainable business practices—carbon footprinting, operational tweaks instead of systemic solutions, fixating on net zero—as complicity.” The 13-page […] Industry News Miles Nagel | December 9, 2024 0 Comments
Park City Mountain, UT, Set to Open This Friday Despite Ongoing Labor Negotiations Park City Mountain Resort in Utah plans to spin its lifts to kick off the 2024-25 season this Friday, November 22. However, despite opening day right around the corner, the ongoing contract negotiations between Vail and the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) have still not reached a satisfactory conclusion. With the PCPSPA’s last contract expiring in April, workers […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 21, 2024 0 Comments
New Study Highlights Climate Change Threat to Winter Olympics With Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, poised to host the 2026 Olympic Games amid global climate change concerns, researchers are investigating the longevity of potential hosts for the Winter Games. Under the direction of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the University of Waterloo’s professor, Daniel Scott, in conjunction with the University of Innsbruck examined records from 93 of the previous […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 19, 2024 0 Comments
Special Planning Commission Discusses Plans for Snow Park Project in Deer Valley, UT In a proposed plan to alleviate traffic concerns, construction of a new village space, and installation of a new gondola in the Snow Park base of Deer Valley, Utah, Park City special planning held another meeting on October 30, to discuss further plans for reconstruction of the area. This was the continuation of their meeting on October 9, which laid […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
Home Mountain Shoutout: The Versatility of Park City Mountain, UT Armed with a pair of thrifted junior rental Völkl skis, boots weathered with years of abuse from equally negligent seven-year-olds, and a haphazardly assembled ski kit that only a protective mother could concoct, I took to the bunny hill at Park City Mountain, Utah, for my first season of ski school. Only two runs down “Turtle Trail” after what seemed like countless […] Miles Nagel | November 1, 2024 0 Comments
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