Skiing News May 2008

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FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
	Colorado Ski Hall of Fame 2008 Inductees Announced
	VAIL, Colo. - In announcing its inductees for the Class of 2008, the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame celebrates the careers and lives of five distinguished individuals whose contributions to the sports of skiing and snowboarding have helped shape the snow sports industry as we know it today. The five inductees - Paul T. Bailey, Chuck Ferries, Merrill G. Hastings Jr., Bill Jensen, and Kn Read Full Story
	Queenstown Snow Centre Revamped
	The newly developed centre is centrally located on Duke Street directly opposite the Sofitel Hotel and is the place in downtown Queenstown to purchase mountain products and ski packages for Coronet Peak and The Remarkables. NZSki Ltd CEO James Coddington said the Queenstown Snow Centre had been redesigned and tripled in size to ensure customers receive first class service. "Seven sales desks Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
	Deer Valley Resort to Invest $8M in Improvements
	DEER VALLEY RESORT, PARK CITY, UTAH - While Deer Valley Resort operates a full compliment of summer activities this season (lift-served hiking, mountain biking and scenic rides, lunch at Royal Street Café, Summer Adventure Camp, and plenty of outdoor summer concerts), resort staffers will also be working on investing $8 million in improvements on the mountain. "Even though we’ve just begun to Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
	European Ski Resorts to Offer Summer Activities
	With the advent of effects of global warming and the short winter season observed this year, European ski resorts have gone to offer summer sports. Alpine towns are hosting summer activities such as golf, cycling, and cross-country trekking to compensate for loss of profit due to the shortened winter season. Decreased snowfall has become a major problem for ski and snowboard resorts this seas Read Full Story
MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
	Summer Activities in Ski Resorts
	The winter sport season has ended as snow melts in ski resorts, but along with the rising temperature, adventure seekers are turning ski resorts into summer destinations. The 11, 053-foot Mammoth Mountain, for example, has attracted many mountain bikers to tread the trail of the summit. Deer Valley, Utah is also opening up its resort for the summer with many activities such as hiking or adven Read Full Story