Articles tagged with: world ski news

To mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada, CairnGorm Mountain in the Scottish Highlands is inviting the public to take part in or watch “Olympic Flame Descents” on Wednesday 17th February 2010.

A second new quad chairlift has been announced as being under construction in New Zealand ahead of the southern hemisphere’s 2010 season.

Novices and families will benefit from new Express Chairlift at Coronet Peak ski resort which accompanies a…

Team GB Results – Tuesday 16th February

After a slowish start to Vancouver 2010, Team GB looked to some of its biggest medal hopes on Tuesday 16th. We had the men’s curlers, snowboarder Zoe Gillings and Lee Jackson becoming…

Innergex, the company operating the new hydro-electric power plant at Whistler Blackcomb, which will meet 100% of the resort’s energy needs, has announced that it has started commercial operation of its Fitzsimmons Creek power plant, located between Whistler and…

A drunken man is reported to have stolen an ambulance that had been called to the Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area in Wisconsin, USA last Monday. The man, who is reported to have been from the Chicago area…

Grouse Mountain ski area in Vancouver, currently open 24 hours a day for snow sports in celebration of the Olympic Games, is also celebrating the inauguration of its impressive new 65m high wind turbine, The Eye of the Wind.…