Ski News

Middlebury, VT - A St. Johnsbury Academy student and ski team member from China is in a Burlington, Vt. hospital in critical condition with a head injury following a ski accident this past weekend. Chen Lin, whose age is not yet clear, was taking a training run at Middlebury when the crash occurred. Furt…

Kirkwood, CA - Vail Resorts continues to snatch up ski resorts surrounding Lake Tahoe, and this time its Kirkwood Mountain Resort 35 miles southwest of the lake. Vail Resorts, based in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colo., announced this morning that the company is purchasing the ski resort as well as…

Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 13 Episode 14Imagine if you will this scenario. In 2004, freeskier Josh Dueck crashed doing something hed been comfortable doing a thousand times before. He woke from the slam only...

Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 13 Episode 14In this latest episode of Salomon Freeski TV, Chris Rubens and Tristan Knoertzer discover the challenges and triumphs of opening a heli ski operation in the war-torn...

Alta, UT - The Alta Chamber & Visitors Bureau and the community of Alta, Utah, is kicking off a first-ever week of fun in April for skiers and lodge guests called Alta in April. From April 6 - 13, 2012, Alta, Utah locals and visitors will enjoy lodging specials, après-ski events, live music, an on-mounta…

Keystone, CO - Bill Bergman will be inducted to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame this October as a true pioneer of the ski industry and one of the founders of Colorados Keystone Resort over 40 years ago. Keystone Resort’s history began in a cabin called the Alhambra, named after a nearby mine. …

Salt Lake City, UT - Earlier this season one of skiings greats was lost in an avalanche in the Wasatch. Jamie Pierre died last November in a tragic accident at a still-closed Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort that shocked the ski industry. He was one of skiing innovators, a friend to many skiers around the w…

The biggest races of the season are rapidly approaching: State Championships, the Junior Olympics, J1 Nationals, U.S. Nationals, Topolino, and others. You’ve been aiming for these big races all season, working hard in training and doing your best in qualifying races. Hopefully, you feel you’re ready to ski as fast as you can. Those of you who regularly read my posts know that my goal for you is to achieve Prime Ski Racing, which I define as skiing a…

Scuol, Switzerland - Ticket To Ride (TTR) is taking another major step to break down barriers in the world of competitive freestyle snowboarding, as the organization has announced the launch of the universal World Snowboarding Points Lists.  The new points lists will include available results from all ma…

Steamboat Springs, CO - Sixteen-year-old Zoe Taylor of the USA skied to first place in the World Cup Parallel Sprint race in Steamboat Springs on Friday, the first U.S. victory on the telemark skiing World Cup since Cody Thompson of Whitefish, Mont., won a Classic race in 2000. Taylor, of Atlanta, Ga., h…