Skiing News November 2007

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WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2007
	Telluride Resort to Host Jeep King of the Mountain
	KETCHUM, Idaho – When the Jeep King of the Mountain Series, a 15-year-old professional snowsports series, joined forces with The Ski Tour / Basecamp Music Experience, an event that blends music and world-class competition, the result was the birth of a movement that kicks off in Telluride, Colo. on December 14-16. Highlights of the weekend-long festival include: Professional Ski an Read Full Story
	Snowboard Outreach Society to Include Skiing
	The Snowboard Outreach Society recently announced that aside from snowboarding, they will now incorporate skiing in their program to develop kid’s character and self-esteem. The group also reveals that they will now be called the Snowsports Outreach Society. Among their first projects under their new name SOS will be taking over the operation of Vail Resorts’ outreach program. Vail R Read Full Story
	Ski Mountaineering Trip Kicks Off in South Georgia
	A French mountaineering team joined a French expatriate to engage in a sea-supported ski mountaineering expedition to an island in South Georgia. The team is composed of Philippe Batoux, Manu Cauchy (a.k.a. Doc Vertical) and Lionel Daudet. The French expatriate Isabelle Autissier is a famous sailor. The expedition will continue until early January. As early as now, the team has completed Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2007
	Academy for Global Exploration Climbs in S. Africa
	Academy for Global Exploration (AGE) has just returned from a two-month climbing trip to South Africa’s Western Cape Province! Students climbed at Silvermine Crags in Cape Town, spent two weeks bouldering and climbing in world-famous Rocklands (featured in several issues, including the December issue of Climbing Magazine), two weeks climbing the endless walls in Montagu, and smearing the limes Read Full Story
	YES Launches Ski/Snowboard Program for Boston Kids
	BOSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) -Youth Enrichment Service (YES), a non-profit educational institution that offers low- and moderate-income Boston area kids outdoor and practical learning activities, announced the kickoff of its 40th annual ski/snowboard program in December. Since 1968, YES has helped more than 100,000 Boston area kids build self-esteem and foster life-long respect for themselves, Read Full Story