It’s a wide, wide world….but not for skiers and riders this year
1st March 2021 | Craig Altschul
Italy s ski resorts are closed Copyright: Mercurynews.com
It all depends on where you live. That is clearly the upshot of the pandemic winter for skiers and riders the world over.
Consider ourselves among the lucky ones who can continue to enjoy our favorite sport at the resorts we know and love as long as those resorts are in the United States, Canada, Austria and Switzerland and we live there. OK, so we wear a mask, grab lunch on the go and consider our cars as mini base lodges.. But, we can ski or snowboard, right?
Ligety woke up to severe back pain Friday and announced via social media that “a scan revealed my back was herniated to the point it’s not safe to ski.”
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Oh Chute: Sun Valley turns “back country” on; Big bucks Utah terrain coming next season
8th February 2021 | Craig Altschul
Sun Valley adds new steeps Copyright: Sun Valley Resort photo
Get started on 380 acres of new steep and deep terrain right now at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. Then next season, if your bank account is seriously overflowing, enjoy your own slice of heaven on skis as the uber-private Wasatch Ranch Club cranks up its opening salvo for skiers.
We’re only at the mid-point of the season, so you have plenty of time to explore the long-awaited Sunrise Ski Zone, 380 acres of “ski it if you can” expert terrain on the southern flank of Sun Valley’s Bald Mountain. It opened last week following a dump of 51 inches of new snow the previous seven days.
Snow skiing competition held at Padum
Snow skiing competition held at Padum
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KARGIL, Jan 30: As part of Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival 2021, a Snow skiing competition was held at Padum, here today.
Secretary Youth Services and Sports Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar was the chief guest and he inaugurated the competition.
Councillor Cha Stanzin Lakpa, Under Secretary Power Dr Ashwani Hansa, Under Secretary Sports Chand Singh, OSD to Secretary Sports Dr Tanzin Thakchos, Under Secretary Tourism Shabir Hussain, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Zanskar Sonam Dorjay besides Sub-Divisional officers, sports lovers and large number of local people were also present.