Snow Ski News

• EpicMix Launched By Vail Resorts; Track Your Riding Day, Then Brag About It August 31, 2010
  You can get bragging rights and track your ski/ride days and vertical at Vail Resorts mountains simply by buying a lift ticket. The EpicMix online and mobile app has just been announced....
• EXCLUSIVE: $40,365.79 Purse Offered In 'Cheap Ski Movie' Trivia Contest August 30, 2010
  OnTheSnow.com has learned Jack Turner, producer of the wacky Cheap Ski Movie, has teamed with Powder Magazine to conduct a movie trivia contest with the winner taking home $40,365.79 in cash.
• Decade Gone Cuchara Looks To Rebuild And Make Comeback In Colorado August 26, 2010
  Funding is nearly complete to start rebuilding Cuchara Resort in southern Colorado.
• Smuggs Doc Says Set Goals, Not Mandates, On Helmets August 24, 2010
  "The time has come when we shouldn't be fooling around with this issue any more," Dr. Robert Williams said.
• Bubble Chair With Heated Seats, New Gondola At The Canyons Announced August 20, 2010
  New lifts announced by The Canyons include an orange, bubbled gondola with butt-warming seats, a new direct-connect gondola, and more.
• Chairlift Talk May Need Translators August 17, 2010
  Better bone up on your languages for this winter. Your chairlift partner might be coming from Turkey or Russia.
• Top Resorts For Pre-Season Skiers August 13, 2010
  Kick off the winter season as early as mid-November at a handful of high-altitude Alpine resorts.
• Skiing In Miami? Fuhgeddaboudit August 9, 2010
  Alas, those waiting to ski or snowboard next to Biscayne Bay in Florida will still have to head for the airport. Solar Mountain is kaput.
• Sepp Kober, ski genius of The Homestead, dies at 88 August 5, 2010
  Austrian native taught with Sepp Ruschp.
• Summit at Snoqualmie East Reopens; Season Ski Passes On Sale Through Sept. 15 September 3, 2010
  The Summit at Snoqualmie is installing two new lifts at Summit East for this winter and is offering season passes on sale.