New Hampshire Ski Areas Announce Openings Bretton Woods: Opens Today! MOUNTAIN STATS Summit Elevation: 3,100 feet Vertical Drop: 1,500 feet Trails and Glades: 97 Skiable Acreage: 464 acres Lifts: 10 #1 FOR A REASON. We are proud of the Ski Magazine Reader’s Poll results and would like to thank all of our guests for supporting us over the years. Bretton Woods has been ranked #1 IN […] Robin Azer | November 22, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA’s Official December Outlook for the USA NOAA’S PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER: NOAA’s official December Outlook has been released. As resort openings are slowly gathering steam, snow enthusiasts are all hoping that their home mountain is a projected winner in the snow race. Precipitation projections for December: The northern Rockies, the Great Lakes area and western Alaska are all expected to have wetter than normal conditions. […] Robin Azer | November 21, 2016 0 Comments
World Cup News: Audi Birds of Prey Cancelled Due to Poor Conditions Guess Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. Due to unseasonably warm and dry conditions in Colorado, the Audi Birds of Prey World Cup event in Beaver Creek has been cancelled. Anticipated to be held in early December, it was the only men’s World Cup stop scheduled in the United States. Despite recent drops in temperatures at the mountain, there was simply […] Robin Azer | November 18, 2016 3 Comments
Vail Resorts Eliminates 60 Jobs at Whistler Blackcomb In the world of business, mergers and acquisitions go hand-in-hand with layoffs and restructuring – the ski industry is no exception. With the ink barely dry on the 1.4 billion purchase, Vail Resorts announced yesterday it will be eliminating 60 jobs at Whistler Blackcomb. Rob Katz, Vail CEO, announced that these positions will now be carried out at the corporate offices in Vail, […] Robin Azer | November 17, 2016 0 Comments
World Cup Report: First Time in 29 Years Lake Louise Men’s World Cup Cancelled Due to Lack of Snow For the first time in 29 years the FIS has cancelled the men’s Lake Louise World Cup. Weather conditions prohibited the preparation of the race track to meet World Cup requirements. Scheduled for November 26-27, FIS Race Director Hannes Trinkl and Lake Louise Chief of Race Darrell MacLachlan had no other option than to cancel the World Cup Super-G and Downhill […] Robin Azer | November 16, 2016 0 Comments
2016-17 Ski Season Progress Report: Whistler and Sunshine, BC Likely Best Early Skiing 2016-17 Ski Season Progress Report as of November 13, 2016 October 2016 was exceptionally stormy over the northwestern quarter of North America. However, most of the moisture was subtropical so snowfall was confined to the highest elevations. So far in November storms have been confined mainly to the Northwest and Western Canada. Most of the western US has been dry […] Robin Azer | November 15, 2016 1 Comment
Three Groups Making an Impact – Sustaining Skiing, Saving the Snow This past election season went off the rails, with environmental issues taking a backseat to email scandals and locker room talk. That, along with other hurdles, has the Federal Government struggling to make “going green”a reality. Fortunately, some stalwart ski enthusiasts are holding it down, eye on the bigger picture, doing their part to help the environment. They like what […] Robin Azer | November 8, 2016 2 Comments
Powder in Canada – Revelstoke Stoked with over 100 Inches and Counting The snow is falling in the Great White North and western Canada is the beneficiary. It remains predominately pre-season for most resorts, but Revelstoke has taken an impressive early lead with over 100 inches of snow already on the ground. Kicking Horse (71 in) Whitewater (64 in) and Sun Peaks (47 in) round out the next highest accumulations in western Canada. Whistler […] Robin Azer | November 7, 2016 0 Comments
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