While the U.S. economy remains unstable with declines in major indicators including continued high unemployment rates and flat retail and real estate sales, the overall travel industry continues to rebound.  Mountain destinations participating i...(read all)

Wayzata, MN-based Hart Skis has become the latest snowsports company to relocate its U.S. headquarters to Ogden, Utah. The 55-year-old ski maker confirmed it is relocating to the city, which is already home to Amer Sports, Descente North America, Nid...(read all)

National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) Director of Communications Larry Weindruch has been appointed to serve as the second president of the National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association (NSSRA), succeeding Thomas B. Doyle, who is retiring t...(read all)

Vail Resorts, Inc. has announced changes within the senior leadership team at Beaver Creek, Keystone and Heavenly Mountain resorts. Keystone Resort Chief Operating Officer Doug Lovell has been named vice president and chief operating officer of Beave...(read all)

G3 said it would become the first alpine-touring/backcountry ski binding manufacturer to offer a liability reduction and indemnity program to its North American dealers. The program, the first of its kind in alpine touring and backcountry skiing, i...(read all)

Swix Sport USA, the maker of ski and snowboard accessories, entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Sport Import AS of Norway to become the exclusive distributor of Swenor brand roller skis and accessories for the U.S. market. Like Swix,...(read all)

Klymit disclosed a supply agreement and partnership with the snowmobile industry’s premier outerwear brand MotorFist. Creator of NobleTek insulation, Klymit gives outdoor enthusiasts the power to “Kontrol The Elements” and adjust...(read all)

Ski Lake Tahoe and its seven ski and snowboard resorts - Alpine Meadows, Heavenly, Kirkwood, Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Northstar-at-Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe, and Squaw Valley USA - reported a 17 percent increase in skier visitation for the 2009-10 winter sea...(read all)

The Ski Channel entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Comcast that will provide the channel’s original programming, Warren Miller movies, Greg Stump films, destination travel, instructional videos and events to Comcast On Demand...(read all)

Fischer Skis US announced the the addition of two Competition and Promotions staff members. Pearson Neal, is now our Eastern Competition and Promotions Representative and Chris Smith, the Western Competition and Promotions Representative. Pearson co...(read all)

What began as a sluggish summer start for mountain travel destinations across the western United States is looking increasingly like a relatively strong season according to the latest report released by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP)* i...(read all)

Colorado Ski Country USA is no longer providing the number of skier and snowboard rider visits that each of its member resorts recorded last season. This change in a decade long policy of releasing such information comes on the heels of one of the to...(read all)

Angel Fire Resort announced the appointment of John Kitts to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective July 23, 2010. Kitts, who has been the resort’s Chief Financial Officer for the past two years, will oversee Angel Fire Resort&rsquo...(read all)

LevelNineSports.com said it recently acquired the entire remaining Cloudveil inventory in a transaction involving Spyder Active Sports, out of Boulder Colorado. As reported, Cloudveil in February was sold by Spyder to Windsong Brands, a private equit...(read all)

There have been two attempts now for Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) to expand its current terrain by 276 acres with the addition of three lifts and a gondola onto the neighboring Snodgrass Mountain, and the . In November of last year, the first...(read all)