Browsing entries tagged with Utah
20 Aug 2019
Park City in Utah is planning a fourth ski area on 5,000 acres of private land next to Deer Valley that has reportedly been purchased for $1 billion. The new area, to be called the Mayflower Mountain Resort…
15 Jul 2019
British skiers will be able to fly directly from London to Utah next winter, thanks to a new flight from Delta. A non-stop service from Heathrow to Salt Lake City in Utah will be launched by Delta on 2…
20 Jun 2017
Improved avalanche information and awareness are being credited for Utah’s first avalanche fatality-free season in 26 years. For the first time since 1991, the US state has recorded its first ski season…
10 Mar 2016
British skiers will be able to fly direct to Salt Lake City next season, with a new route announced by Delta airlines for 2016/17. Skiers will be able to fly directly to Utah from London Heathrow for…
10 Dec 2015
Uber, the app that connects passengers directly with drivers, has launched its first ski resort service in the US. uberSKI launched in Salt Lake City in Utah last weekend and offers a cost-effective way…
27 May 2015
Deer Valley ski resort in Utah has bought nearby Solitude Mountain Resort and plans to inject a raft of upgrades before the 2015-16 ski season. Solitude is a smart, car-free ski area linked with Brighton…
8 Dec 2014
Ambitious plans have been announced for the linking of Park City and Canyons Resort in Utah which, if they go ahead, will create the largest linked ski area in the US, with more than 7,300 acres of skiable…
12 Sep 2014
Vail Resorts have bought the Utah ski resort of Park City for a cool $182.5million (£112million), further strengthening the company’s grip on the US ski industry. Vail Resorts already owns the lease…
1 Sep 2014
A dispute over the lease of ski terrain at Park City is threatening potential disaster for the Utah ski resort and nearby Deer Valley and Canyons this coming winter season. The top of the mountain and…
9 Jul 2014
Record snow conditions in the Rockies resulted in a similar record ski season in Colorado — with the state’s 25 ski areas logging 12.6 million visits over the 2013/14 season, a 10 per cent jump…
30 Aug 2013
The Three Valleys in France is the latest ski area to join Vail Resort’s Epic Pass, which already includes ski days Verbier and the Arlberg as well as the entire season in ten USA ski resorts. The Three…
24 Jul 2013
Crested Butte in Colorado and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California are among 12 ski resorts in western USA that have joined forces to form the Powder Alliance. The alliance of 12 resorts in nine different states…
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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