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| Utah Ski Resort Starts Bottling Mustard | 27/08, 7:00 |
| Park City, UT - Deer Valley Resort’s food and beverage operation has long been lauded and appreciated for being on the cutting edge of what is fresh, savory and delicious. Now the Utah ski resort has created homemade gourmet mustards, which are served at some of the resort’s ten on-mountain restaurants. One of the creations, the Fireside Fig Mustard, is now available for purchase through Deer Valley’s "Signatures stores" in person, by telephone or online.
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| New Zealand Snowboard Union Is Born | 27/08, 7:00 |
| New Zealand - Two years ago the New Zealand snowboarding scene was beginning to lose it governing body, the New Zealand Snowboard Association (NZSBA). As this decline in the NZSBA’s ability to govern and support the sport of snowboarding in New Zealand continued a few people began talking about the future of snowboarding in New Zealand and came to the conclusion that the New Zealand Snowboarding scene needed a voice to take over from the NZSBA.
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| U.S. Moguls Ski Team Trains in Chile | 27/08, 7:00 |
| El Colorado, Chile - U.S. Freestyle Ski Team moguls skiers are experiencing flawless slope conditions during a two week camp in Chile where, according to Moguls Head Coach Scott Rawles, the athletes have all made improvements on their skills.
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| Ski Area Worker Electrocuted at Whiteface Mountain | 26/08, 23:44 |
| Wilmington, NY - A 44 year old electrical contractor was killed early Tuesday morning while performing annual maintenance at a transformer site at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in Wilmington.
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| Lake Placid Hosts U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships in October | 26/08, 7:00 |
| Lake Placid, NY - The 2009 U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships will feature an added element of excitement as the nation's finest nordic athletes compete on plastic jumps and inline skates for the first time in championship history this October in Lake Placid, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced. The championships will take place Oct. 11th during the town's annual Flaming Leaves Festival that coincides with the Columbus Day holiday weekend and will have athletes competing on dry land as opposed to snow.
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| Angel Fire Resort Hires New Food and Beverage Director | 26/08, 7:00 |
| Angel Fire, NM - Following a nationwide executive search, Angel Fire Resort has announced the appointment of Douglas Peters to the position of the New Mexico ski and snowboard resort's Food and Beverage Director. Peters started the position on August 15th.
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| New Bronze Sculpture in Vail Honors Ski Town's Past Champions | 26/08, 7:00 |
| Vail, CO - Vail Resorts and the Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places recently hosted a public unveiling and dedication of "The Edge," a two-times life-size bronze sculpture of a downhill skier that honors and pays tribute to winter Olympians, World Champions and skiers who have lived, skied, trained, and raced in the Colorado ski and snowboard resort town over the past 50-plus years.
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| Utah Ski Resorts Ready Improvements | 26/08, 7:00 |
| Salt Lake City, UT - Following last winter's snowfall of up to 700 inches that blanketed Utah's ski and snowboard resorts and a fifth consecutive record-breaking year of skier visits, the state's ski areas are rolling out a number of improvements for the 2008-09 season.
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| Vermont's Jay Peak Ski Resort Breaks Ground on New Slopeside Hotel | 25/08, 7:00 |
| Jay, VT - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new slopeside Jay Peak Hotel will take place today, in front of the Vermont ski and snowboard resort’s Tram House building. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, State Secretary of Commerce Kevin Dorn and other local and regional officials and representatives are expected to be in attendance.
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