The Pyrenees received an abundance of snow last week.

Record snowfall over the past week has transformed the Pyrenees on both French and Spanish sides into a vast winter wonderland. Some of the biggest snowfalls in a decade were recorded  forcing many road closures and logistical challenges throughout the region.  Continue reading ‘Snow pummels the Pyrenees ski resorts’

Sarah Burke as pictured on the Sarah Burke Foundation website

 A new foundation to help those in need, has been set up to honour Sarah Burke  (www.sarahburkefoundation.com) who died last January  during a freerider practice in Utah.

Continue reading ‘Sarah Burke foundation launched in memory of late freerider’

Will it finally open in 2013? The US developer is confident it will be ready for next year's Superbowl.

The New Jersey Star Ledger has listed l the $3.8 billion ‘American Dream | Meadowlands™’ at lucky number 13 in its list of 13 things for New Jersey residents to look forward to in 2013.

Continue reading ‘Is 2013 the year we’ll finally see Meadowlands come to life?’

Red Mountain expansion to be massive by scale. Impressive to say the least!

The announcement that Red Mountain Resort near Rossland, would be expanding its already impressive terrain onto the slopes of nearby Grey Mountain is a bit premature since a new lift will not be fully operational until next season, but Red is currently what just might be the best deal going in all of North American Skiing.  Continue reading ‘Red Mountain expansion a ‘Game Changer’’

Mont Tremblant, in Quebec pictured on Jan. 5th with some fresh snow

Many didn’t believe the Farmers Almanac. As the saying goes, the years may follow but there are no two identical winters. After a devastating winter, Eastern North American ski resort operators are ecstatic after two big snowstorms brought the skiers out in droves their resorts during the Christmas / New Years break.

Continue reading ‘North American skiers come out in masses over holidays’

Protect Our Winters (POW) recently co-authored a report estimating the economic loss to ski resorts associated with climate change

A newly published report concludes the impact of climate change can be linked to more than $1 bn in lost revenues and 27,000 lost jobs in the United States ski industry. 

The reports authors, Protect our winters (protectourwinters.org) and the Natural Resources Defense Council, two environmental pressure groups, concludes that if nothing is done to slow down or negate climate change, there could  be potentially abundance of snow loss anywhere from 25-100% with many more billions of lost revenue and jobs.  Continue reading ‘Climate change study puts ski resorts on slippery slope’

Like Em' top-30 ski resort list on Facebook revealed

Love or hate them, aside from annual magazine reviews, there were not many other ways to gauge which resorts were favoured with consumers until Facebook. All of that has changed, and continues to, by providing new insights, as to which resort may get the ultimate crown as being the most popular with consumers.   Continue reading ‘The most ‘Liked’ winter resorts on Facebook’