Category: News
Ski resort and industry news hosted by Rick Bolger, with correspondents throughout the world
4/5/18 News, News, and more News!
Any guess at the photo above? Answer below…Season is winding down despite wall-to-wall snow at areas east, west, and midwest…first we’ll do some real news and then kind of cover some... Read More
4/3/18 News Update; Remembering Bob Beattie
Just as Warren Miller was arguably the biggest influence on recreational alpine skiing in the last 60 years, Bob Beattie was unquestionably his counterpart in the sport of alpine ski racing. As head c... Read More
3/30/18 Happy Easter, Happy Passover…Hit the Slopes!
Above we have the one and only Easter Bunny (needs no introduction), the venue here is Plattekill Mountain in New York…don’t forget to drop an e-mail with your name and address to sticker@... Read More
3/29/18 News Roundup
Final weekend for a bunch of areas, including one of our webcam favorites which is Michigan’s Caberfae Peaks. They’re banging it up this Sunday, although as you can see from today’s ... Read More
3/21/18 Conditions Improve, Prices Drop, Nobody Shows Up.
Looking at some of the best conditions of the season in much of the country — especially the northeast and Utah — yet skier numbers are dropping like a stone as thoughts turn to springtime... Read More
3/20/18 Spring Silly Season
Spring has sprung and the rumor mill is running amok…first we head to Maine, where the deal to sell currently-shuttered Saddleback Ski Resort in Rangeley Lakes area seems to be falling apart. Th... Read More
3/19/19 Monday News & Sam’s New England Adventures
Photo above courtesy our New England correspondent Sam Shirley, who sampled the snow at back-from-the-dead Tenney Mountain New Hampshire yesterday. Just seeing a functional lift at Tenney with a skier... Read More
3/16/18 News & Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Photo above is our buddy and SkiBum.net correspondent Bill O’Hara enjoying fabulous conditions this morning at Windham Resort in New York’s Catskill region…Not a game-changer but new... Read More