Stories from First Tracks!!
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Skier from Georgia Found Dead in Trees at Keystone
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Keystone, CO - A 58-year-old Georgia man died of blunt force trauma following an incident while skiing on Sunday morning at Keystone Resort in Colorado. Odo Lessacher, of Griffin, Ga., was found in the trees near the intersection of the… Full Story »
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Snowboarder Dies at Castle Mountain in Attempt to Avoid Collision
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Pincher Creek (AB), Canada - A snowboarder in his 30s died following an incident at Castle Mountain on Saturday afternoon after sustaining a high-speed collision with a tree stump. The unidentified man, from Calgary, Alberta, was said to be riding… Full Story »
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Seppe Smits Claims 2012 TTR Big Air World Tour Title
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Innsbruck, Austria - Pro snowboarder Seppe Smits of Belgium took home the TTR Big Air Tour Trophy 2012 on Saturday night by coming in second in the 6Star Billabong Air& Style held at the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck behind Finland's… Full Story »
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Season-to-Date Snowfall Total Breaks 500-inch Mark at Alyeska
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Girdwood, AK - Earlier this season we told you that Alyeska was the place to go for deep snowfall this lean winter. That message has now been reinforced as the ski and snowboard resort south of Anchorage in Alaska has… Full Story »
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Skier Killed as Avalanche Strikes B.C. Snowcat Tour
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Meadow Creek (BC), Canada - A skier was killed on Friday morning while on an organized cat skiing outing when an avalanche swept down on him on Meadow Mountain, in the Kootenays north of Nelson, British Columbia. We are deeply… Full Story »
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Crotched Mountain to Get Southern New Hampshire's First Detachable Quad
First Tracks!! &bull Yesterday
Bennington, NH - Workers will be busy this summer at New Hampshire's Crotched Mountain, constructing the first high-speed detachable quad chairlift to be built in the southern part of the state. The installation of the lift, a used chair recovered from the… Full Story »
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Statue of Jesus Allowed to Remain at Montana Ski Resort
First Tracks!! &bull Feb 3, 2012
Whitefish, MT - A Wisconsin-based atheist group has vowed a court fight after the U.S. Forest Service this week reversed an earlier decision to deny a permit for a plot of land upon which a statue of Jesus has sat for decades at… Full Story »
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Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Postpones Stop at Kirkwood
First Tracks!! &bull Feb 1, 2012
Kirkwood, CA - The upcoming Subaru Freeskiing World Tour (FWT) event scheduled at California's Kikwood Mountain Resort for Feb. 22-27 will be postponed until Apr. 4-9 due to inadequate snow cover on The Cirque at Kirkwood, tour officials announced this… Full Story »
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Shovel Race Championships Return to the Slopes at Angel Fire
First Tracks!! &bull Feb 1, 2012
Angel Fire, NM -Competitors of all ages are once again waxing their snow shovels for the legendary Angel Fire Shovel Race Championship happening Feb. 11-12. The challenge is fairly simple. Competitors sit on the scoop of a standard aluminum snow… Full Story »
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Snowbasin to Hold 2002 Winter Games Volunteer Appreciation Day
First Tracks!! &bull Feb 1, 2012
Huntsville, UT - In honor of the 10 year anniversary of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games, Snowbasin Resort in Huntsville will be hosting a volunteer appreciation day on February 16th. Snowbasin will offer a special $20.02 day… Full Story »
