Ski News from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineUp-to-the-minute ski and snowboard news from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineAmerican Skiing Considers Selling Steamboat Ski Resort- July 14, 2006 Steamboat Springs, CO (Friday, July 14, 2006) - American Skiing Company (ASC), owner of several alpine ski and snowboard resorts across the United States, today announced that it is "initiating a strategic review of business options" for Colorado's Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation, including selling the popular ski area...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291645749318.shtm Snowboarding Stars White, Teter Take Home ESPYs- July 14, 2006 New York, NY (Friday, July 14, 2006) - You never know if Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) is smiling or not behind his trademark masked-bandit black bandana he wears while competing, but there was no covering up that toothy grin when White suited up in chocolate pinstripes for the 2006 ESPY awards show...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291614024270.shtm N.H. Ski Area to Upgrade Snowmaking, Night Lighting- July 14, 2006 Henniker, NH (Friday, July 14, 2006) - New Hampshire's Pats Peak ski area has announced its capital improvement plan for the 2006-07 winter season, including snowmaking upgrades, increased night lighting, a new 500-foot carpet lift, and a completely reconfigured beginner's area...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291596338796.shtm Treble Cone Ski Area Plans Gondola- July 14, 2006 Wanaka, New Zealand (Friday, July 14, 2006) - Treble Cone Ski Area in Wanaka yesterday announced plans for a new gondola to provide access from the valley floor to the alpine ski and snowboard resort. A resource consent application has recently been lodged to provide for the ski lift link and its associated buildings...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291544132857.shtm Koznick Retires from Ski Racing- July 14, 2006 Eagan, MN (Friday, July 14, 2006) - Three-time Olympian and six-time World Cup slalom winner Kristina Koznick (Eagan, MN) has announced her retirement after more than a decade of World Cup ski racing...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291480136013.shtm Winter Visits Up at N.Y.'s Gore and Whiteface Ski Areas- July 14, 2006 Lake Placid, NY (Friday, July 14, 2006) - An independent economic impact statement has concluded that the events and activities of the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) in Lake Placid, including ski and snowboard operations at ORDA-operated Gore and Whiteface Mountain Ski Areas generated over $356 million statewide in 2004-05. Approximately $323.7 million of that total was felt directly and indirectly in Essex, Franklin, Clinton and Warren counties...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291401574288.shtm Automated Snowmaking Expansion a Monumental Task for Wisp Ski Resort- July 14, 2006 McHenry, MD (Friday, July 14, 2006) - By any standards, a 40% expansion in skiable acreage is an aggressive undertaking. Coupled with a 50% increase in snowmaking capacity and plans for extensive automation to integrate ski area operation and control, it presents a monumental challenge to even the most experienced resort managers...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115291354291536.shtm Ferry Company to Sell Self-Drive Ski Packages to Britons- July 14, 2006 Plymouth, UK (Friday, July 14, 2006) - Brittany Ferries, which offers car ferry service between the U.K., Ireland, France and Spain, will offer self-drive ski vacations to eight resorts in the French Alps for the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/1152911580622.shtm Hight Wins Summer Snowboarding Halfpipe Event- July 14, 2006 Government Camp, OR (Sunday, July 9, 2006) - Fresh off her first Olympics and a month of surfing, Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) stomped a summertime snowboarding halfpipe victory Sunday at the 3rd Annual Abominable Snow Jam at Timberline Resort on Oregon's Mt. Hood. The $5,000 payday was Hight's first major pipe win in the U.S. thanks to big method, back-to-back fives and smooth frontside sevens on the 22-foot pipe...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115250399980211.shtm New U.S. Women Ski Jumpers Train in Utah- July 14, 2006 Park City, UT (Sunday, July 9, 2006) - More than two-dozen young women ski jumpers are participating in a mini-training camp at Utah Olympic Park with the majority of the coaching coming from the nation's top women jumpers...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115250399910327.shtm |