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safely for the larger features in the Spillway terrain park. The resort also has new intermediate and expert trails, and has
resort also has upgraded its rental fleet with new Learn to made improvements to its snowmaking infrastructure, nearly
Ride gear from Burton Snowboards. doubling capacity on the frontside with new pipe, access to
electricity, and additional energy-efficient snow guns and fans.
ASPEN SNOWMASS, CO, commemorates its 50th anniver-
sary this season with a variety of events, including a festive ARIZONA SNOWBOWL is purchasing ELK RIDGE SKI AREA near
weekend of activities Dec. 15–17. The resort also will debut Williams, AZ, including it in the Mountain Capital Partners
its new year-round Breathtaker Coaster, a 5,700-foot track collection of resorts (Arizona Snowbowl; Purgatory Resort,
spanning 410 vertical feet. Snowmass is undergoing the CO; Hesperus Ski Area, CO; Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort,
largest ski resort development currently in North America, NM; and Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, NM). Elk Ridge is
totaling $600 million. Ten buildings are planned for the a 37-acre ski area with an elevation of 8,150 feet, known for
base area, including a 99-room Limelight Snowmass hotel, providing low-cost skiing for beginners and families.
Four Mountain Sports store, public plaza, and Ice Age
Discovery Center. BEAVER CREEK RESORT, CO, has a new 200-acre family
learning area at the top of the mountain. The Red Buffalo
MT ROSE SKI TAHO, NV, has recently invested more than $2 Park has 13 trails dedicated to beginner and learning
million in capital improvements, including an enclosed terrain served by a new high-speed quad. Other features
dual-conveyor lift offering protection from the elements as include Kids Adventure Zones, a Ski School Skills Zone,
well as unprecedented access to learning terrain. The resort snow sculptures, and a new Cookie Cabin serving freshly
also has expanded snowmaking and snow grooming capabil- baked cookies.
ities at the Winters Creek Lodge base area.
ASSOCIATIONS
PURGATORY, CO, has opened a new year-round mountain THE US SKI AND SNOWBOARD HALL OF FAME has named eight
coaster that is 4,000 long and spans 300 vertical feet. The noted skiing athletes and sport builders as inductees to the
HOF’s Class of 2017. The inductees include freestyle icon
“Airborne” EDDIE FERGUSON; freestyle somersault king,
HERMAN GOELLNER; legendary cross-country coach MARTY
HALL; and two of the most accomplished ski mountaineers
still living, twin brothers MIKE and STEVE MAROLT. Also
named are STEVE MCKINNEY, the late, 130-mph record
holder in alpine speed skiing; SHAUN PALMER, motor sport
and snowboard pioneer; and THOM WEISEL, a passionate
fundraiser for the US Ski Team whose work over four
decades helped bring home 200 Olympic and World
Championship medals.
The formal induction ceremony will be April 14, 2018,
in Olympic Valley, CA, site of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Visit SnowsportHistory.com to purchase tickets to the
induction ceremony and for details about the US Ski and
Snowboard Hall of Fame Snowsports History Celebration
April 12–15 at Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows.

SNOWPORTS INDUSTRIES AMERICA has hired RYAN
COOMBS for the newly created role of research manager.
To further SIA’s investment in research, the organization
also announces it will collaborate with Adapt Analytics and
graduate students from the David Eccles School of Business
at the University of Utah on new research projects.
TELLS ITS OWN TALE Member of the Doppelmayr group Also at SIA, KELLY DAVIS has stepped down from her role
as director of research after 10 years to accept a new position

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