INDY PASS BECOMES THE TEMPORARY OWNER OF BLACK MOUNTAIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE From the press release: Black Mountain will open for its 90th season and will implement a community-operated (co-op) business model by the start of the 2025/26 season JACKSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE—Indy Pass and Entabeni Systems have purchased Black Mountain, New Hampshire’s oldest ski area...
Resorts across America have released projected opening days. Some of them may be optimistic, especially in the east, but the good news is, snow is falling. Some light dusting hit Colorado last week, the signal for everyone to start breaking out the boards and trying on the boots. And of course, we’ll be at Snowbound Expo in Boston to open the season. Your...
FROM THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: ISHPEMING, MI — The U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is excited to announce the ten-member Hall of Fame Class of 2024 that will be inducted, along with Class of 2023 member Jeff Brushie, at the annual Snowsports History Celebration in Lake Placid, NY in March 2025. The Class of 2025 was unveiled at...
BOISE, ID – While east coast boarders and skiers routinely high-five each other when they review the Murderer’s Row line-up of Indy Pass resorts – two free days each year at Cannon, Waterville, Jay Peak, Magic, and Saddleback for openers – west coasters would be well advised to consider Indy as well for its breadth and depth in both the...
The US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame hosts its 4-person golf tournament in Lake Placid, N.Y. at the Whiteface Club on Wednesday September 11th, 2024 with a 9 am shotgun start. The golf outing will be followed by the CLASS of 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT & MEDIA PARTY at the Whiteface Clubhouse from 3-5 pm. SCHEDULE September 11th, 2024 | 8-8:30am | Check in at...
What an honor – my first story in Skiing History, the official publication of the International Skiing History Association, Viva Catedral. It was the ski trip of a lifetime. Huge shout out to Aaron Scorsch and Savor the Journey, the athletic and culinary outfit I hooked up for my ten day Patagonian sojourn. Shortly, I’ll publish my Mountain Gazetteer...
GRANBY, COLORADO—Indy Pass announced today that Ragged Mountain in New Hampshire, three others in New England, four in Japan, and one each in the Southeast and Nova Scotia will join the pass, adding skier capacity for the 2024/25 season. A limited number of passes will be available for purchase starting today. Newly added resorts include: Anihari Ski Resort, Japan...
(PICTURED ABOVE, THE BOSTON GLOBE’S MOIRA MCCARTHY STANFORD WAS HONORED AS ONE OF NASJA’S AWARD WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN WINTER SPORTS JOURNALISM) MANCHESTER CENTER, VT – The North American Snowsports Journalists Associatin has announced its writing and media contest winners for 2023-24. Recreational cross-country skiing pioneer Bill Danner is the...
Finally, the dominos are set. After interviews is three different languages and four different time zones we will have stories of skiing in the northern regions of Patagonia. There are so many thank yous to too many people to list here, but I look forward to taking everyone back in time to the formative years of skiing in the Bariloche area and Cerro Catedral from...
JAY PEAK RALLIES BACK FROM FORMER OWNER’S EB-5 PONZI SCHEME SCANDAL You can’t discuss the history of Jay Peak without a timely, candid, open assessment of the Ponzi scheme scandal in which Jay Peak was embroiled from 2016 when the SEC seized Jay Peak from its owners and put it under receivership of one Michael Goldberg until 2023 when Goldberg permitted...
Major announcement from Indy Pass: INDY PASS WILL END SALES ON MONDAY, MARCH 18 NO GUARANTEE OF FALL SALES Adult Base Pass $349 Kids $199To stay true to the independent, less-crowded nature of member mountains, Indy Pass will halt pass sales starting at midnight on March 18. GRANBY, COLORADO—Indy Pass announced today that pass sales for the 2024/25 season will...
INDY ANNOUNCES 200 RESORT GUARANTEE FOR 2024/25 – NO PRICE INCREASE FOR RETURNING PASSHOLDERS Â Indy Passes go on sale March 1 for all current passholders, all past passholders, and all waitlisted individuals. On Sale to the General Public March 8, while supplies last. Â Adult Pass Just $279 GRANBY, COLORADO – Indy Pass announced today that prices for...
PART 1 OF THIS STORY IS HERE. PLEASE READ IT SO YOU DON’T WALK INTO MACBETH AT THE BEGINNING OF A CT IV🙂 1962 – GUNSTOCK ARRIVES 1962 saw the next great step for the mountain:Â renaming and modernization. A new $250,000 Mueller double chair finally reached the summit of Gunstock Mountain, a lift that became the backbone of the resort and a seed from...
McCALL, ID – So shoot me, I never learned what a shot-ski was until long after college. “You don’t spend enough time in ski town bars,” my skiing wingman intoned, chuckling, and he’s right. That’s because I didn’t spend much time in ski towns period. As a kid it was condos at Sugarbush, my cousin’s house (and big, BIG...
***STOP THE PRESSES!*** Saveur the Journey, perhaps the country’s premiere skiing/snowboarding and culinary tour operator has just announced openings for their imminent French Alps tour at reduced prices. Saveur the Journey specializes in bucket list trips for skiers, snowboarders, fisherfolk, and other outdoorsy types who also are foodies in the biggest way...