Category: News
Ski resort and industry news hosted by Rick Bolger, with correspondents throughout the world
News Roundup: Levi, Openings Galore
We’ll kick it off with FIS World Cup news…No real surprises this past weekend in Levi Finland, where reigning overall champions Marcel Hirscher and Mikaela Shiffrin added another reindeer... Read More
More Snow, More Openings, More News…
Grand Targhee Wyoming kicks off their 50th season today, kudos and congratulations to one of the best underrated resorts around. They’re spinning Dreamcatcher, Papoose, and Shoshone — not ... Read More
Flurry of Openings, Killington gets the Green Light
Ski resorts are jumping into the season like ants at a picnic…Windham New York opening Saturday, this is their earliest since 2004. The northern Catskill powerhouse is mixing it up a little bit ... Read More
More Openings, Ski Rage Assault Trial Postponed
Wyoming’s biggie Jackson Hole Mountain Resort getting plenty of snow from Mother Nature — two feet in the last week — and they’re scheduled to spin on November 24th. Photo abov... Read More
Carolinas Limp into the Season
Well Sugar Mountain in Banner Elk, NC is open for the season, albeit barely. Photo above taken this morning, and we do have at least one hardy soul out there…Cataloochee Ski Area over in Maggie ... Read More
Boreal Takes Cali Honors, Lake Louise Gets Another Look
We salute and thank our veterans today….so Boreal kicked the season off in California on Friday as expected. Photo above taken live this morning; Boreal gets this weird see-saw winter weather wi... Read More
Mountain Creek Sale, Snowmaking Full Tilt Boogie
News from the ski mecca of New Jersey is that Snow Operating has reached an agreement with the Koffman family to take a controlling interest in Mountain Creek Resort. Snow Operating is a group headed ... Read More
More Opening Scheduled, SkiCo Suit Resolved
Leading off with a retraction; reported yesterday that eastern Pennsy’s biggie Blue Mountain would be adding a new intermediate trail this season — they won’t. They’re not sure... Read More