Browsing entries tagged with Utah
24 May 2013
Last night, Killington in Vermont decided to wrap up its ski season this weekend, by offering free skiing and snowboarding. The resort had been aiming to keep going into June, but after pouring rain on…
13 Mar 2013
Three major North American ski resorts have been added to the Mountain Collective pass for next season. Mammoth Mountain in California, Snowbird in Utah and Whistler Blackcomb in Canada have joined Alta…
28 Oct 2012
Winter has arrived in ski resorts across Europe and North America. While we were digging out our winter coats in the UK this weekend, snow started to fall across the Alps. It’s dumping in Verbier, Tignes,…
20 Apr 2012
Snowbird, Utah, has announced plans for two new fast quads, one in place for next season and the other the following season. The resort’s key improvement for the 2013 season will be the replacement…
15 Nov 2011
The first avalanche-related death of the US winter season has claimed the life of Pro skier/snowboarder Matthew Jamie Pierre, in Snowbird Utah. Jamie Pierre is best known for his world record achievement…
7 May 2011
Eight US ski areas are reported to have signed up for the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) 2011 Climate Challenge – to encourage resorts to target their plans and developments towards a more eco-friendly…
19 Apr 2011
With four Utah ski resorts still open for business and the bumper snowfalls in the US this winter, it’s not surprising that heliskiing has proved even more popular than usual. For one company, Wasatch…
3 Jan 2011
Two Utah ski resorts are reported fine after they were rumbled by an earthquake on Monday 3 January. According to local reports the quake hit Circleville in central Utah’s Tushar Mountains, and was…
18 Oct 2010
Closed eight years ago but brought back from the mountain ashes, a Utah ski area is set to reopen to the public this winter. Located near Beaver, and the Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, the…
2 Oct 2010
Readers of a leading North American ski magazine have voted Utah’s Deer Valley Resort best in the US, for the fourth time. Deer Valley first topped the poll in Ski Magazine in 2005/06. And the…
17 Jun 2010
Ski-keen fathers in Utah are pretty lucky: they get to enjoy a special day on the slopes this weekend. It’s the last day of the winter season for Snowbird. What’s more, they can combine it…
25 May 2010
The Utah ski season keeps going, with plans for Snowbird to remain open until 20 June. Recent late spring snowfalls and continuing flurries have meant the resort’s Little Cottonwood Canyon area still…
17 Nov 2009
The ski season began for a handful more resorts last weekend, from the Alps to Canada – where Whistler displayed lots of dreamy powder pictures last week: the heavy snowfalls also prompted the first…
3 Oct 2009
Colorado isn’t the only one: several days of snowfall left a juicy covering of the white stuff in parts of Utah this week. See our pics from The Canyons, where they received 10cm snow. Lovely, eh? Snowbird…
22 Jan 2009
It might seem daft but there was method behind the madness as a team of skiers and boarders set out to ski all 13 Utah resorts in one day.The enthusiastic bunch of locals set themselves the challenge to…
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