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First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
- U.S. Ski Team Names Marbler Moguls C Team Coach
<b>Park City, UT -</b> The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team has a new addition heading into the 2010-11 winter season, with Harald Marbler being named moguls C team coach. The noted Austrian coach brings eight years of coaching experience at the World Cup level to the U.S. Ski Team. - Improvements Abound at Utah's Ski Resorts This Season
<b>Salt Lake City, UT -</b> Workers at Utah's 13 ski resorts have been hard at work all summer adding new terrain, on-mountain enhancements, luxury accommodations, programs and packages for the ski and snowboard ahead, according to a compilation of the improvements released by the resort marketing group Ski Utah on Wednesday. - New Terrain, Technology, and Teaching Facilities Spotlight Improvements Across Colorado Ski Country This Winter
<b>Denver, CO -</b> Many Colorado resorts have invested in improvements for the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season. According to Colorado Ski Country USA, which this week announced improvements at its 22 member ski areas in the state, they're adding new lifts, updating lodging and base areas, improving park and pipe profiles, and expanding into new terrain. - New Snowmaking the Centerpiece of Loon's $1.8 Million Upgrade
<b>Lincoln, NH -</b> Loon Mountain officials have invested $1.8 million in upgrades for the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season at the New Hampshire resort. While primarily spent on upgraded snowmaking, improvements this season also touch upon grooming, increased lift capacity and a new zip line. - 19th Annual Oktoberfest Celebrates Foliage Season at Whiteface
<b>Wilmington, NY -</b> The 19th annual Whiteface Oktoberfest is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2-3 at the ski area in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. During the two-day festival, the Olympic mountain dusts off its lederhosen, fires up the oompah band and enjoys a tall mug of German beer. Activities include original vendors, arts and crafts, children's rides including the popular hayride, Bavarian food, drink, entertainment, and new this year: 60-second challenges. - Killington Celebrating Fall Color in Vermont with Gondola Rides, Special Events
<b>Killington, VT -</b> Fall colors bathe Vermont hillsides from early September through mid-October, and Killington Resort will honor the annual progression toward winter with scenic rides aboard the ski resort's gondola and a calendar of special events and activities. - New Ski Lifts This Winter at Les Gets
<b>Les Gets, France -</b>Two new lifts will greet skiers and riders this winter at Les Gets, part of the giant Portes du Soleil complex straddling the French/Swiss border. - Australia-New Zealand Cup Continues at Coronet Peak
<b>Queenstown, New Zealand -</b> Ben Griffin, of Ohakune, and Sarah Jarvis, of Whakapapa, led the way for New Zealand on Thursday in the opening races of the Australia-New Zealand Cup FIS races, besting their Australian counterparts.
