Articles tagged with: world ski news

The Fortress Investment Group LLC which owns Intrawest, which owns the leading Canadian resorts of Mont Tremblant and recent Olympic venue Whistler, is reported to have reached agreement with its creditors to extend the time it needs to refinance…

In a week where the Winter Olympics came to an end, the main skiing news unsurprisingly came from the slopes and streets of Whistler Blackcomb and Vancouver. But, don’t despair. If after 2 weeks you’ve had enough of staying up…

A new study by the University of California Davis has determined that creating a ski run by clearing trees and foliage manually but leaving the underlying eco-system otherwise intact is better than using heavy machinery to re-grade the slope.…

Rock slides blocking prominent alpine routes have become a prominent issue in the Alps. Due to global warming, the permafrost is unfreezing by degrees, giving way to a fast erosion of high peaks like the Swiss Matterhorn.

What is it? Freestyle ski/board event
Where is it? Tignes, France
When is it? March 10th-12th, 2010

So, the Winter X Games will finally land in Europe. It’s about time. But will the inaugural Winter X Games…

Panorama ski area in Canada’s British Columbia was sold for an undisclosed sum by former owners Intrawest recently.

The centre has a number of new initiatives for this year including the new Showoff Terrain Park alongside the Mile 1…