Category: News
Ski resort and industry news hosted by Rick Bolger, with correspondents throughout the world
10/31/17 Midwest is Go! Bode’s Farewell & Happy Halloween
Believe it or not, small but very mighty Wild Mountain MN got snow toward the end of last week, so they fired up the guns and opened this past Sunday. Yes, it’s just a rope tow, and yes, it̵... Read More
10/26-27/17 Weekend News Roundup
Great news out of Tahoe, Mt Rose Nevada opened this morning for four hours, serving up beginner terrain off the Wizard quad…Photo above shows construction progress at the base terminal of Bellea... Read More
10/25/17 Throwback Thursday News: Coleman Eyes Elk Ridge
Some throwback news today, it’s not yet Thursday but whatever…first up, semi-throwback…US Forest Service and the Save Our Canyons group waging a public relations battle over proposed... Read More
10/24/17 Fire and Ice
Fire: Weird warm weather pattern keeping radically unseasonable warmth in the northeast, not upsetting too many people enjoying the extended golf season but sure to be raising eyebrows at Killington; ... Read More
10/23/17 Stuhec out for season, More EB-5 chicanery
Biggest news from the weekend concerns World Cup Ladies Downhill defending champ Ilka Stuhec (pictured above), who injured her left knee yesterday in a pre-season training run in Pitztal, Austria. ... Read More
10/20/17 Loveland Up, Rose Next
Photo above taken around noon time from Loveland’s chair 1 cam; this is the start for their white ribbon of death that combines parts of the Catwalk, Mambo and Home Run trails. While it is indee... Read More
10/19/17 Here, There, Everywhere…
Photo above shows the remains of overnight snow at Big Sky MT, winter can’t be far off now…Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort has announced plans to turn the guns on November 1st. The ‘... Read More
10/18/17 Loveland Friday, Prepping back East
Loveland’s 80th season will indeed kick off Friday. Big L sez they expect to have an 18 inch base with tree-to-tree coverage on the usual Catwalk/Mambo/Home Run early season route…southwes... Read More