Ski News from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineUp-to-the-minute ski and snowboard news from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineVail Resorts' Skiing is Gone With the Wind- August 1, 2006 Vail, CO (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) - Vail Resorts Inc. announced today that the Company will offset 100 percent of its energy use by purchasing nearly 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy for its five ski and snowboard resorts, its lodging properties including RockResorts and Grand Teton Lodge Company, all of its 125 retail locations (operated through Specialty Sports Venture) and its new corporate headquarters in Broomfield, Colo. By purchasing renewable energy credits equal to the Company's..http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115444591696974.shtm International Ski Teams Train in New Zealand- August 1, 2006 Wanaka, New Zealand (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) - World Cup ski racers are descending upon New Zealand's Treble Cone ski area to train on the mountain outside of Wanaka...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115444182677843.shtm FIS Ski Racing at Treble Cone- August 1, 2006 Wanaka, New Zealand (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) - Treble Cone made New Zealand ski history this past weekend by hosting the first ever Entry League FIS event to be held in that country. More than 49 participants from across the globe took part in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events at the Wanaka ski field, run in conjunction with the Wanaka Ski Club. Competitors had two runs each over the Slalom and GS courses, which were based on Treble Cones new, super-wide Big Skite trail...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115444099565889.shtm |