Category: Ski Industry News

This week we bring you what is sure to be our most competitive Top Five Fridays of the year. Due to sheer luck, this past week we saw a number of different competitions go down, covering just about every angle of the sport. In ski racing, the 2021 World Championships in Cortina came to a close, but not before Mikaela Shiffrin could sneak in one more medal. Plus, the annual Kings and Queens of Corbet’s contest was held, the 2021 X Games Real Ski edits were released, and the Freeride World Tour hosted not one, but two stops of their 2021 series. We’ve got a lot to cover this week, so check in to find out all you need to know from the world of competitive skiing in this installment of Top Five Fridays!

This week in ski news, we kick things off with coverage of what was an amazing week in ski racing, particularly for the U.S. Women’s Team and Mikaela Shiffrin. We’ll share as many details about that as we can before shifting gears to bring you the latest update from Ischgl, Austria, where last March’s Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in an opportunity to learn more about the virus’s antibodies. From there, we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest from transportation considerations in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon before rounding out the week with a pair of essential stories regarding racial diversity within skiing. Find out all you need to know from this week’s news in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

Well, we’ve got a bit of a mixed bag of ski news for you this week, as we cover everything from the latest FIS results, to ski resort strategies for combating climate change. In ski racing news, Mikaela Shiffrin pulled off an improbable podium finish while Travis Ganong put up a number of quality finishes. We’ll also check in on the Covid-19 situation in regards to the ski industry worldwide, before unfortunately having to bring you up to date on even more avalanche tragedies. Fortunately, we’re able to end the week on a high note as a number of great edits were released this week. Find out all you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

Well, it’s been an admittedly tough week in skiing. On the competitive front, it was tough going for both the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Ski Teams, and while we got to enjoy another year of X-Games, the results from that competition haven’t sat well with many in the freeski community. We’ll fill you in on all of those details, as well as a story from Time Magazine highlighting the difficult Covid-19 dynamic in Jackson Hole this winter. Finally, we also have the regrettable duty of sharing a number of stories regarding avalanche deaths in what was an absolutely brutal week. Fortunately, we do have a few great edits this week to help lighten the mood. Find out what you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays.

This week in ski news, we’ve got one of our most video-heavy recaps ever. If you’re a visual learner, this one’s for you. We’ll kick things off as we always do this time of year, with a recap of the latest FIS races, before previewing this weekend’s upcoming X-Games. From there we’ll share the latest perspectives on the ski industry from the CEO’s of Aspen Skiing Co. and Vail. Finally, we’ll round this week out with a cool story about the world’s first nordic ski-sharing program as well as a number of incredible edits. Find out all you need to know from this week in the world of skiing, in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

This week in ski news, we start out with a bang, particularly if you’re a fan of ski racing, Mikaela Shiffrin, or both. We’ll tell you why you should be excited about last weekend’s results, before shifting gears to take a closer look at how the ongoing pandemic is affecting the ski industry in different ways, in different places. From there we’ll share some alarming news regarding avalanches in Colorado and make our case for avalanche awareness. Finally, we round things out this week with an excellent article from Forbes highlighting the rising career of freeskier Alex Hall before finally sharing our favorite edits from the week. Find out all you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

This week in ski news, we once again find ourselves unable to escape Covid-19’s ongoing influence on skiing. That said, we do manage to start the week by focusing on FIS race results, which brings good news for the men’s team. From there we’ll focus on updates from Lake Tahoe and Vail, as well as France where ski resorts are suing the government in an effort to win the right to operate their lifts during the holiday season. Finally, we round things out with an update from the X Games as well as a number of high quality edits. Find out what you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

This week in ski news, we have plenty to talk about as the first ever pandemic ski season is officially few weeks old. We’ll start things off as we always do this time of year, with a recap of last weekend’s World Cup Ski Racing action. From there, we’ll bring you a number of articles that look at how the pandemic is affecting ski resorts in Europe, as well as the political impact it’s having on nations in the EU. Then, we’ll circle back to North America where we’re beginning to see the coronavirus have diverse, regionally focused impacts on the ski industry. Finally, we manage to end the week on a high note as a tandem of ski racing related stories popped up that we think you’ll be excited to learn about. Find out all you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

This week in skiing, the news took a turn for the regular as we were blessed with a cycle that felt almost normal for this time of year. We’ll start, as per usual in November, with a recap of the latest FIS World Cup Ski Racing. From there we’ll briefly check in on the latest Covid-19 news by focusing on a pair of stories coming out of Colorado, before turning our attention to two University of Utah scientists who think they know how to make powder. Finally we’ll round out this week with an amusing story from the New York Times that deals with ski patrollers, facial hair, and sacrifice. Find out all the stories you need to know from this week in skiing in this edition of Top 5 Fridays!

This week’s ski news brings a bit of a mixed bag, as we cover some exciting, worrisome, and downright interesting news. For starters, we’ll preview this weekend’s upcoming races in Levi, Finland, where Mikaela Shiffirn is set to return to competition after exactly 300 days away. From there, we have the unfortunate task of keeping you up to date with the latest in ski resort operating procedures, as well as how the pandemic is affecting ski town economies. Finally, we’ll round things out with the story of Cimarron Ski Resort in Colorado, where the final seven memberships were just sold within a matter of weeks, with a price tag of $3 million a piece. Find out all you need to know from the world of skiing in this week’s Top 5 Fridays!