Where's the snow? Most of North America didn't get the bumper season they were expecting.

West coast freezes, but much of North Americans left coats in closet

That famous line from Wendy’s commercials, ‘Where’s the Beef’, could have easily been interchanged with ‘Where’s the snow’ forNorth Americans this past winter? Continue reading ‘Little snow in North America leads to warm winter’

Tamarack ski resort is renting the resort for $ 5,500 per day.

Tamarack ski resort, in Idaho, is making itself available for exclusive rental three days per week when the resort is normally closed from public business. Continue reading ‘Rent your own ski resort for $5,500 a day!’

Many European ski resorts were forced with road closures due to a snowstorm.

Heavy snow fell on many parts of the European Alps a couple of weeks ago, cutting access off to some of the more popular ski resorts because of a rising avalanche danger. Continue reading ‘Extreme snow cuts off several European resorts from civilization!’

Hans Olsson clocked the fastest time down Val Gardena's Saslong downhill track Wednesday (Dec. 14) in a fog forced stutter start-stop-start training run.

Bode Miller sits in second place in a tie with Austrian Romed Baumann.

While fresh snow was a major factor, it was fog that caused the delays. The run was halted the first time after just a handful of skiers had tested the track when a thick fog bank settled on the top of the course. There was a lengthy pause after Wiley Maple ran in 45th, and was picked up later and run through Canada's Louis-Pierre Helie in 58, halted and restarted again. There are 79 skiers on the start list. The race had been stopped again with four skiers remaining to run at this report.

Andermatt and Sedrun mountain resorts are to be linked through a massive expansion program

Egyptian billionaire, Samih Swiris, will team up with a Swedish company to link the Swiss resorts of Andermatt and Sedrun under a proposed new plan unveiled earlier this month. A letter of intent proposes that Andertmatt Swiss Alps, a subsidiary of Sawiris’ Orascom development and SkiStar will join forces in a proposed $159.8 million development projects together. Continue reading ‘Egyptian tycoon proposes overhaul of Swiss ski resorts’

BASI snowsport insurance is now available.

The British Association of Ski Instructors (BASI) is introducing a new flexible and customizable insurance program BASI, for all skiers and boarders. The new insurance product is the result of close collaboration with sports insurance specialist Dogtag and is now available for purchase online in advance of this winter season at www.snowsportinsurance.com. Continue reading ‘New ski insurance options are launched to BASI’