May 2011 - Skiing Reviews

With new owners at the helm, New Jersey's Mountain Creek
ski area is dropping US$14 mil on a new base lodge and
mountain coaster this summer.

They are also adding more tubing lanes, cutting a new trail
and redesigning the learning area and support buildings.

The new base lodge will be 44,000 square-feet and feature
metro-skier essentials like an over-priced Starbucks and
sushi lounge. And let's not forget a "private club" for those
who hate to mingle with the common people.

Also look for a new Zipline at the former Great Gorge/Vernon
Valley complex.

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MILLION DOLLAR ZIPLINES FOR GUNSTOCK

May 24th 2011 13:56

New Hampshire's Gunstock Mountain ski area is rolling the
investment dice by installing US$2.1 million in ziplines, ladders
and obstacles high in the trees this summer.

If all goes according to plan, their Aerial Treetops Adventure
Course and Mountain Segway Tours will open to the public
on Memorial Day weekend.

In July, an eight zipline tour, dubbed the ZipTour is expected to open.
When completed, this attraction will feature 3,900-ft ziplines, the
longest in the U.S. Maximum airborne travel speed is estimated
in 56 mph.

Ziplines for ski areas is the latest "big thing" for summer operations,

particularly in the northeastern United States.

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ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN, A SLOW DEATH

May 22nd 2011 22:34

OVer the past half century and change, it seems that one
person or corporate entity, can not make Vermont's Ascutney
Mountain ski area, a viable, profitable enterprise.

Why? The mountain has great, challenging terrain, six lifts,
snowmaking systems, two base lodges and an operating
HOLIDAY INN hotel at its base.

Mismanagement, lack-of-infrastructure investment over the past
17 years perhaps?

Meanwhile, unless some entity with a few dollars behind them,
steps up to the plate soon.......this historic ski area will be liquidated.

Lifts will be removed and sold at bargain-basement prices to bottom
dweller ski areas. A shame really.

The property has great potential as a year-round resort. However,
it will take someone with vision, backing and the drive to make
it happen.

Otherwise, it's bye-bye Ascutney Mountain ski area.

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CANADIAN SKI MUSEUM LOCKING ITS DOORS

May 20th 2011 14:48

The end is near for the Canadian Ski Museum in Ottawa. Due
to anemic levels of donations and funding, this bastion of Canada's
ski history will be packing up the exhibits and locking the doors

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AMERICANS PUMP UP RUSSIA'S OLYMPIC SNOWMAKING

May 19th 2011 13:31

Russians excel at making nuke weapons and tanks, but when it
comes to pumping up the 2014 Winter Olympics' snowmaking
system, who do they call? An American firm in Indiana, of course

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CATAMOUNT'S BARGAIN SEASON PASS

May 16th 2011 15:21

One of the best values in season passes within the New York
metro area's drive market is currently offered by Catamount
ski area. An unrestricted, adult season pass is currently priced

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SUGARLOAF CHAIR OF HORRORS GONE

May 13th 2011 13:43

In the aftermath of a horrible chairlift derailment that injured
seven riders last December, Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain Resort
has removed the 1975 Borvig Spillway East chairlift

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WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SKI LIFT

May 12th 2011 13:19

This summer, the Doppelmayr ski lift company of Austria is
building the world's most powerful aerial tramway ski lift
in Sochi, Russia---the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics

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SKI CLUB CARVES OUT CANCER

May 11th 2011 14:28

Rather than simply have a good time together, as ski club
members throughout the world usually do, the Flying Dutchmen
Ski Club of Reading, Pennsylvania hosted two fundraisers to

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SNOWMAKERS MERGE

May 5th 2011 13:08

Plans are currently underway for two major North American
snowmaking equipment manufacturers to merge this summer.
Turbocristal, a major player in fan snowmaking technology will

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SKIS TUCKERMANS RAVINE

May 3rd 2011 13:46

Republican U.S. Presidential candidate, Gary Smith skied
down Mount Washington's mighty Tuckerman's Ravine
on April 23. In spite of 60 mph plus winds, freezing rain

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AUSTRALIAN SUPER SKI PASS

May 1st 2011 15:02

With the Australian ski season getting underway next month,
a few season passes of note are now on sale. Hotham, Falls
Creek and Perisher ski resorts are offering their "Super Pass

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