Vail Resorts Epic Pass Available For 2009-2010

Vail Resorts announced that the popular EPIC PASS will be available for the 2009-2010 ski season. This is good news for anyone with the Ski Colorado itch. At $97 a day to ski or snowboard at Vail and or Beaver Creek the $579.00 cost of the EPIC Pass pays for itself after 5 days.
Vail Resorts based in Broomfield Colorado has also released the number of pass's sold for the 2008-2009 ski season at 59'100.
The no blackout EPIC PASS is good at all of Vail resorts including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone or Heavenly Ca.

Shaun White Wins Super Pipe At XGames 09

Shaun White has won the Super Pipe competition at The X-Games in Aspen Colorado.
This win marks the first time any competitor has won back to back gold in any event in the 13 year history of Winter X Games.
The competition was a little shaky as very few of the runs where complete. Most where washing out towards the ends of their runs. Aspen was in the mist of a blizzard which was filling the pipe with snow.
If you would like to attend the X Games make your arrangements early. X Games has locked in with Aspen until 2012. Aspen is big bucks. The earlier you make your hotel reservations the more you will save.

Ski Lift Accedent Leaves Man Hanging By Pants

JANUARY 6--In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Thursday morning. The January 1 mishap apparently occurred after the male skier, 48, and a child boarded a high-speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky Basin. It appears that the chairlift's fold-down seat was somehow not in the lowered position, which caused the man to partially fall through the resulting gap. His right ski got jammed in the ascending chairlift, and that kept him upended since his boot never dislodged from its binding. Read More at Skier Suffers Exposure - January 6, 2009

Unfortunately this is not the only incident that happened at A Vail Resort property over the Holiday's Probably unreported but my brother and myself where skiing at Beaver Creek during the same period of time and witnessed two chairlift incidents.
The first was at Larkspur chair when a woman fell and the operator didn't stop the lift in time hitting the woman in the head. They simply picked the poor lady up and put her on the next chair.
The second indecent was at the rose bowl chair. A snowboarder didn't load properly and fell out of the chair after launch, landing 10 feet in front of the loading area. Again the lifties simply picked the guy up and put him on the next chair.

Do you see a pattern here? None of the lift operators apparently offered any medical attention or even a apology during the incidents my brother and I witnessed.

Lady's Ski And Ride For $39.00 At Okemo Tuesday's

Know that all the holiday crowds have departed gather the girls and head to Okemo
Thats right Tuesday is Lady's Day at Okemo located in Ludlow Vermont. Women, Lady's, Girls can ski and ride for $39.00. Almost half off Okemo's $72.00 weekday lift ticket price.
Resorts are starting to follow ski manufacturers lead whom are designing and building Women's Specific Skis So look for deals for women from Ski Resorts, Ski Shops, and Resort Lodging,
Okemo also has the same deal for Vermont and New Hampshire residents on Wednesday's

Okemo MT Vermont Sold

With the economic down turn and families cancelling ski vacations this is no surprise. One of the last family run ski areas is being sold.
CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc., a real-estate investment trust based in Orlando, Fla., is expected to announce that it will acquire three U.S. ski resorts for $132 million. The purchase includes Crested Butte, Mount Sunapee and Okemo. The company owns several other ski properties, including Sugarloaf in Maine and Mammoth Mountain Village in California, as well as dozens of golf courses and water parks.
According to sources Triple Peaks LLC of Ludlow, Vt., which currently owns and operates the ski areas CNL will buy, will continue as operator of Okemo located in Ludlow VT.
Lets hope Okemo doesnt change with this sale. The Resort has become one of the best run resorts in New England by offering great service and on mountain food at affordable prices. No dried out hamburgers at Okemo. Theirs nowhere else that you can get a taco salad loaded with all the fixings for under $8.00.