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Mountain High’s Disc Golf Course is Southern California’s Highest

May 15, 2013 11:23 am
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(photo: Mountain High Resort)

Wrightwood, CA - Get out onto the ski slopes in summer and play a round of disc golf at Southern California’s only course above 6,000 feet. Originally designed by Dave Dunnipace, owner of Innova Disc Golf, one of the country’s largest manufactures of discs, baskets, and accessories, Mountain High’s Sky High Disc Golf Course is…

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Snö Mountain Renamed Montage Mountain Once Again

May 15, 2013 11:09 am
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(file photo: Montage Mountain)

Scranton, PA - With the sale of Pennsylvania’s financially beleaguered Snö Mountain now finalized, its name will revert to its former moniker, Montage Mountain. The 440-acre ski area was sold to its largest creditor, DFM Realty, an affiliate of National Penn Bank of Boyertown, Penn.,…

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Blackcomb Skiers Killed When Boulder Falls on Tent

May 15, 2013 10:46 am
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Blackcomb Glacier

Whistler (BC), Canada - A father and daughter camped on Blackcomb Glacier as part of a backcountry skiing trip died on Saturday night when what has been described as a bear-sized boulder came crashing down onto their tent. A 10-year-old female and her 49-year-old father,…

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Pennsylvania Ski Resort Loses Lawsuit Over Water

May 15, 2013 10:12 am
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Union Dale, PA - Robert Frost dryly quipped that “good fences make good neighbors.” Apparently the same cannot be said for gates. A long-simmering dispute between Pennsylvania’s Elk Mountain and…

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PHOTOS: Early Snow Dusts Australia’s Snowy Mountains

May 14, 2013 7:18 pm
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(photo: Perisher Resort)

Perisher Valley (NSW), Australia - The ski slopes in Perisher were looking frosty white this morning as some of the season’s first snows dusted Australia’s Snowy Mountains. Temperatures hung below…

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Ski Vermont Announces Winners of the Green Mountain Awards

May 14, 2013 11:15 am
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Bolton Valley's wind turbine earned the resort a Green Mountain Award for Environmental Excellence. (file photo: Bolton Valley Resort)

Montpelier, VT - In honor of Green Up Day, a statewide spring tradition of environmental beautification by removing roadside debris, the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) has announced the winners…

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Ski Museum of Maine Adds Golf Fundraiser

May 14, 2013 10:59 am
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(file photo: Nonesuch River Golf Club)

Scarborough, ME - Nonesuch River Golf Course in Scarborough will play host for the 1st Annual Ski Museum of Maine Golf Classic on Monday, June 10th. Players of all abilities…

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California Senate Passes Ski Resort Safety Legislation

May 14, 2013 10:28 am
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Snow Summit, in Big Bear Lake, Calif. (file photo: BBMR)

Sacramento, CA - By a vote along party lines, the California State Senate on Monday passed a bill requiring all ski resorts in the state to prepare and make public…

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Grassroots Group Organizes to Fight Scale of Squaw Valley Village Expansion

May 14, 2013 9:00 am
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The Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan (image: Placer County)

Olympic Valley, CA - A grassroots organization has formed and begun raising funds to fight what it contends is an unnecessarily large expansion of the Village at Squaw Valley. In…

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Whitefish Doubles Downhill Mountain Biking Trails

May 13, 2013 4:36 pm
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Work is already underway on Whitefish Mountain's new "Overflow" trail. (photo: Whitefish Mountain Resort)

Whitefish, MT - Mountain bikers will soon have more than double the downhill experience at Whitefish Mountain Resort as five miles of new trail will be added this summer. Work…

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Belleayre Schedules First Ever Skitember Festival

May 13, 2013 4:26 pm
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(file photo: Belleayre Mountain)

Highmount, NY - Belleayre Mountain officials are planning the mountain’s first SkiTember Fest, scheduled for 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the New York State ski and snowboard area’s Overlook…

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New Mexico’s Angel Fire Resort Sets Up Fund to Aid Fire Season

May 13, 2013 12:45 pm
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(file photo: Angel Fire Resort)

Angel Fire, NM - The wildfire season of summer 2012 was a tough one for firefighters in New Mexico, and following another dry winter they’re bracing for another challenging summer…

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Ski and Snowboard Retail Industry Hits $3.4 Billion in Sales in 2012-13

May 13, 2013 12:38 pm
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Source: SIA RetailTRAK™ Data Produced by Leisure Trends, includes carryover sales.

McLean, VA - SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and Leisure Trends Group have released retail numbers for the period from August through March 2012-13, and total market projections based on data…

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Colorado Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday on the Slopes

May 13, 2013 12:22 pm
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(photo: Arapahoe Basin Ski Area)

Arapahoe Basin, CO - When she turned 90, Elsa Bailey celebrated her birthday schussing the slopes of Arapahoe Basin ski resort in Colorado. So, how could she top that when…

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Telluride Ends World Cup Stop

May 9, 2013 2:45 pm
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Scenes like this World Cup Snowboardcross in Telluride are now a thing of the past, following the Colorado ski resort's decision to abandon the annual December stop on the circuit. (file photo: FIS/Oliver Kraus)

Telluride, CO - Telluride has decided to end its run of World Cup ski and snowboard cross competitions that have been held annually in December since 2009 at the Colorado…

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Kirkwood to Host Annual Near Death Experience Bike Camp

May 9, 2013 9:00 am
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(file photo: Death Ride)

Kirkwood, CA - Riding 129 miles and climbing 15,000-plus feet all in one day demands a rigorous training schedule, and Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s annual “Near Death Experience” bike camp June…

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Aspen Skier Collision Generates Lawsuit

May 9, 2013 8:00 am
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Aspen Mountain (file photo: ASC)

Aspen, CO - A skier collision on Aspen Mountain in March has resulted in a lawsuit between those involved. Thomas Waltner, of Basalt, Colo., filed civil litigation in Pitkin County…

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National Geographic Goes Behind the Scenes to Build Terrain Parks

May 9, 2013 7:00 am
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Chris Gunnarson of Snow Park Technologies (photo: National Geographic Channel)

Washington, DC - When snowboarding’s super stars like Shaun White, Louie Vito and Mark McMorris perform insane freestyle tricks in the halfpipe, it’s a soaring, exploding sight to behold. One…

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