Friday, January 22, 2010 - 11:00 AM

Brighton, UT - In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Utah's Brighton Resort committed a donation of $1 from every lift ticket sold this past Saturday at the Big Cottonwood Canyon ski and snowboard resort. Donations were also accepted from the thousands of guests who visited parent company Boyne Resorts' ski areas during the holiday weekend and the combined contribution to American Red Cross and Canadian Red Cross from Boyne totals $30,528.

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 12:00 PM

Salt Lake City, UT - Groups working to stop a proposed coal strip mine in Alaska partially funded by Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort owner Dick Bass are staging an informational effort at the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market held this week in Salt Lake City.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 09:00 AM

Park City, UT - Stein Eriksen Lodge and The Chateaux at Silver Lake are fundraising to assist the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, located in earthquake-torn Haity 40 miles northwest of Port-Au-Prince. The hospital has been operating continuously since the earthquake, and medical supplies that would have lasted the facility months were consumed in the first days after the massive 7.0 tremblor that took place Jan. 12. The staff at both Utah ski resort hotels will participate in two weeks of fundraising efforts beginning today.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 08:00 AM

Park City, UT - It all comes down to two night halfpipe competitons, 27 athletes, and a chance to go to the world's largest athletic stage - the Olympics. The final two events of the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix are about to touch down at Park City Mountain Resort Friday and Saturday, marking the final shot for U.S. halfpipe snowboard athletes to make the 2010 Olympic Team.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 12:12 AM

Huntsville, UT - Salt Lake City resident Tom Wallisch, 22, won the freeski slopestyle finals on Sunday at the Winter Dew Tour's Wendy's Invitational held at Utah's Snowbasin Resort. Defending 2008-09 Winter Dew Cup champion, Spencer O'Brien of Canada, placed first in the women's snowboard slopestyle finals, and Chas Guldemond of Reno, Nev. took his first ever Winter Dew Tour win in the men's snowboard slopestyle finals.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 10:44 AM

Huntsville, UT - Danny Davis of Highland, Mich., underwent surgery Monday to repair a fractured vertebra in his back mere hours after winning his second consecutive final in men's snowboard superpipe Saturday at the Winter Dew Tour stop at Snowbasin Resort in Utah. The injury will put Davis out of contention for U.S. Snowboarding's Olympic squad bound for Vancouver next month.

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 05:00 PM

Park City, UT - The winning streak continues for moguls superstar Jenn Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, as the 2006 Olympic moguls champion won her fourth consecutive FIS Freestyle World Cup of the season and 25th World Cup of her career with a convincing performance Saturday night at Deer Valley Resort in Park City. Meanwhile, the Olympic dreams of Park City's own Heather McPhie were achieved as she finished second to lock her spot on the 2010 Olympic Team.

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 02:00 PM

Huntsville, UT - Canadian Sarah Burke, 27, won the women's freeski superpipe specialty competition and 19-year-old New Zealand native Jossi Wells took his first ever Winter Dew Tour win in the men's freeski superpipe final at the Winter Dew Tour's Wendy's Invitational held Saturday at Utah's Snowbasin Resort.

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 12:09 PM

Park City, UT - A crowd of around 5,000 gathered around Deer Valley's White Owl ski run on Friday to watch the world's best aerialists land their jumps during the Visa Freestyle International as the freestyle skiing World Cup stopped in Park City. The excitement in the air with the Olympic Games so near was palpable as each athlete attempted to close in on their team spots. In the men's competition Anton Kushnir of Belarus won, followed by Guangpu Qi of China in second and Dmitri Dashinski, also of Belarus, in third.

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 11:59 AM

Park City, UT - A shaky bottom air still couldn't knock Canadian Jenn Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta, off the top podium step Thursday as she tied with the U.S. Ski Team's Heather McPhie for the gold medal in women's moguls at a FIS freestyle skiing World Cup competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City.