News From Elsewhere
6/19/2007
Like millions of our fellow Americans, we cheered when Interior Secretary Dirk
Kempthorne made a widely reported vow last June 19 that on his watch the National
Park Service will put conservation first in all decisions. Today, however,
the National Park Service is proposing to allow hundreds of snowmobiles to
cruise Yellowstone's roads each day More
6/14/2007
Jackson Hole, WY: The United States Ski Mountaineering Association
(USSMA) is pleased to announce the addition of Pete Swenson
to the USSMA board of directors. Swenson will become the Competition
Director for the USSMA. Swenson is the promoter of the five-race
Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup Series (COSMIC) More
6/6/2007
DENVER - A planned ski village should remain on hold long enough
to give environmental groups a chance to have their lawsuit
seeking to block construction heard in court, a federal magistrate
recommended Tuesday. More
04/10/07
The Ski Trab US race team won the 2007 USSMA ski mountaineering
race series, with Ethan Passant placing 1st and Scott Coldiron
taking 3rd in the grueling season-long competition. More
04/10/07
The season of 2006-07 is likely to go down in history as the
first in which snowmobilers outnumber skiers and snowboarders
killed in avalanches in North America. More
4/4/07
Breckenridge, CO – Roger McCarthy, CEO of the popular Breckenridge
Ski Resort in Colorado, has announced that he will leave that
position and move to Russia to head the Roza Khutor complex outside
of Sochi, which is one of the three final contenders to host
the 2014 Winter Olympics. More
4/4/07
West Yellowstone, ID – Butted against the west entrance
to the nation's oldest and most beloved national park, and with
fewer than 1,000 year-round residents, West Yellowstone is like
a Wild West town where the cowboys ride snowmobiles instead of
horses. During the white months, more snowmobiles are parked
in front of the town's cowboy-branded businesses than cars, and
the unmistakable mosquito-on-steroids whine of snowmobiles is
ubiquitous. More
4/4/07
Sunday River, ME – A new kind of development in Maine's
Sunday River area is "breaking the mold" for land development
by delivering both environmental advocacy and prestige to meet
the needs of a new breed of customer. More
4/4/07
Crested Butte, CO – The Elk Mountains Grand Traverse is
no place for the faint of heart ... or a novice. A solitary racer
approaches Taylor Pass during last weekend's Elk Mountains Grand
Traverse between Crested Butte and Aspen. More
4/4/07 Vail Pass, CO – There are no ski lifts on the Vail
Pass Recreation Area. But there is a quick and easy way to access
acres of untracked snow. Welcome to the world of mutant skiing. More
4/4/07 Montrose, CO – Just weeks after the long-awaited
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest draft plan
was released, both it and scheduled public comments appear to
be on hold. A March 30 federal court ruling prevents the implementation
of the Bush administration’s 2005 planning rules and affects
all 155 national forests. More
04/06/07
The
Holey Grail of Telemark Bindings, Part 2?
04/06/07
Gear
Review: Winter Backcountry Tents
04/06/07
Results:
11th U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championships 2007 in Crested
Butte
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