[Author’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series on Sugarbush. Click here for A Sugarbush Love Story] MOUNTAIN GAZETTEER – SUGARBUSH RESORT With the exception of the gondola being eliminated and the Slide Brook Express added to connect Mt. Ellen to Lincoln Peak, Sugarbush remains much the same as it was in the glory days of “Sugarbush North,” the...
It’s always an announcement that generates excitement in golf circles: what will the defending Masters champion serve to the former champions gathered for dinner the night before the Masters par-3 contest begins? Angel Cabrera served Argentinian steaks – well received! – while Sandy Lyle served haggis – not so popular – and Tiger...
PRESS RELEASE FROM ENTABENI AND INDY PASS: “ENTABENI SYSTEMS AND INDY PASS RELOCATE HEADQUARTERS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE; REASSUMES FULL OWNERSHIP OF BLACK MOUNTAIN Historic Ski Area Reborn as Innovation Hub for Independent Ski Areas JACKSON, N.H. — March 12, 2026 — Black Mountain will operate both as a ski area and as an “Independent Mountain Laboratory.” Erik...
A SUGARBUSH LOVE STORY Early 1964 was bitterly cold along I-90 in upstate New York. The Beatles “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” was in the midst of a seven-week run as number one song on American Top 40. NASA’s Ranger 7 spacecraft snapped and transmitted back home the first close-up photographs of the Moon. American Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse...
Two tidbits of skiing news for this week: First, Indy Pass is announcing the addition of sixteen new ski areas for the 26/27 season, including Les 7 Laux, France; Bergbahnen Hohsaas AG, Switzerland; Valmorel, France; Stöten i Sälen, Sweden; Levi, Finland; Murray Ski Ridge, BC; Pebble Creek Ski Area, ID; Thrill Hills, ND; Stranda Ski Resort, Norway; Bethel Village...
The field is set for the 2026 FIDE World Classical Chess Championship Candidates Tournament, and for once Americans are favored to win not only the Candidates Tournament, but the entire FIDE world title later in the year. Eight players from seven different nations will play each other twice – once each as white and black. Players score one point for each win...
Doug Fish’s appearance on Jay Flemma Sports Report revealed the latest on Snowvana – the new Boston ski and snowboard show replacing Snowbound which moved to Connecticut. Click here for the full interview. Snowvana has had a terrific run in Portland, Seattle, and now Minnesota. Word from Fish is EXPANSION! And more than just Boston. Meanwhile, the Boston...
Best-selling author and former New York Daily News sports columnist Hank Gola joined us on Jay Flemma Sports Report to talk about his amazing book racing up the charts, Ryder Cup Rivals. We’ll have a more in-depth review soon, but clearly this is the front-runner for Golf Book of the Year. Impeccably researched, painstakingly thorough, and written with...
Snowsports industry magnate Doug Fish, the founder of Indy Pass and the genius behind the Snowvana series of winter sports trade shows, will sit for a probing interview with North American Snowsports Journalists Association vice president Jay Flemma on Thursday, February 12 at 7pm Eastern. Fish’s impact on international skiing and snowboarding cannot be...
Free solo climbing wizard Alex Honnold has done it again. The man who was first to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park has summited…err…climbed the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101, topping out at a dizzying 1,667 feet and 101 floors. Honnold made it look easy, topping out after 02 minutes. His post-climb interview seemed to confirm...
BOISE, ID – NASJA, the North American Snowsports Journalists Association, will host a meeting and party at New Hampshire’s Black Mountain March 8-10, 2026. This marks one of the first times since Covid that snowsports writing’s most historic and venerable body will hold an on-mountain confab. NASJA brass and rank-and-file members have all been eager...
JACKSON, WY – Mighty, venerable Jackson Hole celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend with a blowout party that would have impressed even Bilbo Baggins of the Shire. Tree lightings, DJs, costume contests, and holiday good cheer had the hundreds of weekend patrons absolutely stoked to the nth degree. All the joy and camaraderie of our sport was on full display for...
The Fox and the Wolves (Set to the tune of Rush’s song “The Trees”) There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble in the trees, For the wolves spotted a red fox, But the fox escaped on skis. The trouble with the wolfpack (And they quite insist they’re right) Is that they think the fox too simple He will fall beneath their might! But the red fox...
A South Carolina woman and two of her accomplices are the tip of the iceberg of a scandal rocking the ski pass industry as hundreds of fake passes were sold by thieves masquerading as discount retailers. A complicated scam involving a on-line ads in ski-centric social media sites and marketplaces, stolen credit card numbers, affected both IKON and EPIC passes...
There’s a young lion out there who’s taking the skiing and YouTube world by storm. Meet Sam Weintraub and his YouTube Channel Peak Rankings. Sam has been globetrotting like mad lately, taking groups of his channel followers and colleagues to destinations both home grown and far-flung. Better still, Sam is always on the cutting edge of what’s...