Selection trials to begin for Maharashtra & national-level ski and snowboarding championships
Anand Lahoti, president of the Ski and Snowboard Association of Maharashtra, said players from both the junior and senior categories of the state team will be shortlisted for the training camp that will be conducted in Gulmarg. Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Pune | December 19, 2020 10:45:56 pm
The championship is scheduled to be held between January 24 and February 2 next year at Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Ski and Snowboard Association of Maharashtra will conduct selection trials for the upcoming state and national-level Ski and Snowboard Championships, both in junior and senior categories. The championship is scheduled to be held between January 24 and February 2 next year at Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hailey Swirbul from Dec. 27, 2019, in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times)
Note from AVSC: Hailey Swirbul wrote this note to her 10-year-old self two years ago, just prior to her first season on the U.S. ski team. We are republishing this note in the wake of her first World Cup podium
; she finished third in the 10-kilometer race last weekend in Davos, Switzerland. Way to go, Hailey! We are immensely proud of not only your results, but your character, work ethic and perspective.
Swirbul is a 2016 Basalt High School graduate, an Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club alumna, and a member of the U.S. Nordic ski team.
Lessons from the bears
Through her research and professional career, Sarah Elmeligi has come to appreciate bears in a new light, seeing them as more than just data points and graphs or newspaper articles. Partnering with photographer John E. Marriott, she showcases amazing photos of bear behavior to complement the text of her book, âWhat Bears Teach Us,â to describe what she has learned from the endlessly charismatic creatures over her two decades of conservation work.
The National Museum of Wildlife Art and the Yellowstone to Yukon conservation initiative host Elmeligi for a webinar in which she will share excerpts from her book, personal stories from the field, current science about bear behavior and coexistence starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Vail expanded its open terrain to 785 acres on Saturday with the opening of several lifts. A storm which began delivering snow to the valley early Friday morning still had not stopped as of Saturday evening, with nearly a foot of snow in total recorded on Vail Mountain.
The Riva Bahn Express (Chair 6) began running on Saturday, creating a new loading area for guests looking to access the larger mountain from Golden Peak. From there, skiers can access the Northwoods Express (Chair 11) to reach the top of the mountain.
From the top of the mountain, the beginner terrain in the area known as Bun Bun Bowl surrounding the Sourdough Express (Chair 14) was also made available Saturday via the Timberline Catwalk. In addition to the Sourdough and Boomer runs, Whiskey Jack is also available to skiers and snowboarders who egress the lift to the right and traverse to the skier’s left side of the lift.
David E. Stapleton stands atop Aspen Mountain in 2019. (Courtesy photo)
As a native of Aspen and from a family whose ancestors were some of the first miners to come over Independence Pass, David E. Stapleton had a legacy to follow. He had no trouble doing that, and even elevated it for generations to come.
Stapleton died Thursday afternoon from complications due to COVID-19, his sons said. He was 86.
After decades of service to the Aspen community, the country with his time in the Army and for local and World Cup ski racers, Stapleton was honored through the years with inductions to halls of fame for his tireless work and the ways he helped shape Aspen and the international ski scene.