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Mountain Capital Partners Adds Brian Head to Roster

Mountain Capital Partners Adds Brian Head to Roster

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Rick Bolger
Southern Utah’s Brian Head Resort announced yesterday that it was sold to Mountain Capital Partners of Durango, Colorado. Mountain Capital, if you weren’t aware, started with a couple of r... Read More
Beat It!  Happy Hump Day

Beat It! Happy Hump Day

February 27, 2019February 26, 2019 Rick Bolger
It’s all smiles at Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff, photo above from yesterday. You can practically see the ear-to-ear grin in our friend Gustave Sexauer‘s words as he sez, “I’m ... Read More
What say you, Groundhog?  It's Magic!

What say you, Groundhog? It’s Magic!

February 1, 2019 Rick Bolger
Welcome to February! Won’t have a report tomorrow, so I’ll ask the question today — let’s hope that Phil can deliver the goods tomorrow…photo above grabbed early this mor... Read More
News Roundup: Levi, Openings Galore

News Roundup: Levi, Openings Galore

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Rick Bolger
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
Flurry of Openings, Killington gets the Green Light

Flurry of Openings, Killington gets the Green Light

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Rick Bolger
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
2/27/18 Western Swing

2/27/18 Western Swing

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Rick Bolger
As promised, a quick tour of the western ski regions…photo above from our buddy Ronnie yesterday at Snowbird UT, which I suppose is kinda obvious. The Bird claimed to receive 11″ overnight... Read More
2/12/18 - Happy Birthday Abe!

2/12/18 – Happy Birthday Abe!

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Rick Bolger
Photo above and below from our New England correspondent, Sam Shirley, who was making some turns at throwback type Black Mountain in Jackson NH. Kudos to Sam for getting out there despite the ghastly ... Read More
10/25/17 Throwback Thursday News:  Coleman Eyes Elk Ridge

10/25/17 Throwback Thursday News: Coleman Eyes Elk Ridge

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 Rick Bolger
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
3/28/17 -- Head to ARIZONA if your local resort is closed

3/28/17 — Head to ARIZONA if your local resort is closed

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 Rick Bolger
28 March 2017 — As we reported yesterday, man killed at Loveland CO last Friday near bottom of Lift 8, only update we have is that he hit a tree and was wearing a helmet. I gotta be honest with ... Read More
News Roundup 12/14/16 -- These are the good old days

News Roundup 12/14/16 — These are the good old days

December 14, 2016January 25, 2017 Rick Bolger
14 December 2016 — At many ski areas coast to coast this is about as good as mid December can get! Great news out of Vermont, now you can’t exactly tell by the photo above but the Mad Rive... Read More

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