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Swiss Villages Band Together to Buy Flims-Laax-Falera Ski Resort to Block U.S. Takeover Julia Schneemann | September 28, 2025 | In a bid to keep one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts in local hands, the municipalities of Flims, Laax and Falera announced plans on Wednesday, September 24, to jointly purchase the infrastructure of the Flims-Laax-Falera ski area for CHF […]
U.S. Resort Operator to Create Largest Ski Area in South America Colorado-based Mountain Capital Partners to buy Chile’s La Parva, combine it with neighboring Valle Nevado. Published May 10, 2024 SAMANTHA BERMAN The majestic and sprawling Tres Valles region of the Andes—7,000 skiable acres that stretch as far as the eye can see—is home to some […]
The master plan for Big White Ski Resort. Image courtesy of Big White via the Government of British Columbia. Big White, BC’s Master Plans Up to 2089: Doubling Lifts, Skiable Terrain, & More Liam Abbott January 12, 2021 Big White is known by many as one of the go-to destinations for skiing and snowboarding in British Columbia […]
First-ever Backcountry Ski Area Opens In Colorado Bluebird Backcountry at Peak Ranch will offer $50 access, $50 guided instruction on 1,500 acres of gladed terrain below Whiteley Peak in the Rabbit Ears range. January 27, 2020 Jason Blevins he country’s first human-powered ski area opens next month near Kremmling. Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward and […]
Why Boomers Are to Blame for the Declining Ski Industry SnowBrains January 24, 2020 Skiing is the quintessential winter pastime. But recently, the multi-billion dollar industry is in decline. The number of skiers is falling fast and the industry is scrambling to make up the difference. Is this going to be the end of the ski […]
SKI Magazine’s content producer pops her Aspen cherry. Jenny Wiegand Mar 26, 2019 I was a 31-year-old Aspen-virgin. Despite having lived in Crested Butte, Colo.—just 24 miles south of Aspen as the crow flies—for a number of years, I’d never made it to the ski mecca located just on the other side of the Maroon […]
Each time a new generation transitions from adolescence into adulthood, the other generations often struggle to understand why they do what they do and like what they like. How do we convince more of them to give skiing snowboarding a try? Are you trying to reach out to the millennials? The NSAA Journal, Winter 2016 […]
Credit: AP/ORDA/Whiteface Lake Placid This Jan. 14, 2015 photo provided by ORDA/Whiteface Lake Placid, shows Megan Gardner, right, as she teaches participants in a lesson at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, N.Y., near Lake Placid. By JOHN KEKIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: January 15, 2017 at 1:48 a.m. WILMINGTON, N.Y. — When Aaron Kellett peers […]
Ski season kicks off November 24, 2016, at Telluride Ski Resort, where there is something for everyone to enjoy both on and off the snow. ( Ben Eng/Telluride Ski Resort/TNS) TELLURIDE, Colo. — A sapphire sky on a sunny day. The aroma of rich, creamy mushroom soup. Larmandier-Bernier Champagne chilling. Bon Vivant restaurant puts […]
After 29 years of publishing The National Ski Club Newsletter, I’ve had a lot of fun meeting, partying, and skiing with many club and council officers in club and council meetings, trade shows, and on the world’s ski slopes but, due to continuing health issues, I am retiring as editor of The National Ski Club […]
