By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont-schooled snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis has won her second gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The Stratton Mountain School graduate first snagged gold at the women’s snowboard cross Wednesday, Feb. 9 —16 years after infamously stumbling […]
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Park Affair at Killington brings lady snowboarders together
By Brooke Geery Burlington-based besties Mercedes Ortega and Hailey Ranconi brought their female-focused camp event, Park Affair, to Killington Resort on Saturday, Feb. 12. The goal of the event is to bring together anyone who identifies as a she/her in […]
Then Again: Fred Harris and the Woodstock rope tow fueled early skiing in Vermont
By Mark Bushnell/VT Digger If Fred Harris’ diary is any guide, it’s a miracle that skiing ever caught on. “[L]anded hard,” the Brattleboro native wrote one January day in 1904. “Tore the strap off the buckle part of my footgear. […]
Olympians with Vermont ties face challenges in opening Olympic events
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin stood atop the Beijing 2022 Olympics giant slalom hill as a television announcer recalled how she won a gold medal in the same race at the last Winter Games. Seconds later, the 26-year-old […]
Ryan Cochran-Siegle wins silver in Super-G
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle has scored Olympic silver in the Super-G at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Cochran-Siegle, 29, of Starksboro won his medal almost 50 years to the day his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, snagged […]
Hundreds attend local watch party for Hannah Soar
By Katy Savage Hannah Soar didn’t get a medal in her first Olympics on Feb. 6, but that didn’t matter to those who watched her grow up skiing. About 200 people got up before the sun on Sunday to cheer […]
Killington’s Hannah Soar heads to Olympics
By Katy Savage Hannah Soar heard it growing up. As she bumped down the moguls of the Outer Limits trail at Killington Resort as a child, other skiers told her, “You’re going to be an Olympian,” Soar remembers. Soar, a […]
Two dozen athletes with Vermont ties named to U.S. Olympic team, races begin this week
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Two Vermont-trained gold medalists will join almost two dozen other athletes with ties to the Green Mountain State at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Mikaela Shiffrin, who learned alpine skiing at Burke Mountain Academy, and Jessie […]
100 Day Club turns 10, some aim for perfect record
By Ethan Weinstein Since its founding nine years ago, the Killington 100 Day Club has garnered hundreds of members. At least 10 are hoping to make this season their 10th straight with at least 100 days on snow — what […]
Major reset in Epic Pass prices a game changer
Reinforces strategy to boost skier market By Karen D. Lorentz Vail Resorts announced an epic decrease in the prices for its 2021-22 season pass products on March 24, a day later than anticipated due to the tragic shootings in Boulder […]