RESORT BLOG

“Yea! “ “Awesome!” “waa hoo!” are many of the words that get tossed around “The Lake” as cheezy as it sounds, it’s hard to resist hollering out in shouts of sheer joy when touring around Lake Louise with friends. Lake Louise is only 1 hour west of Banff and has one of the bet views in the Bow Valley. The Terrain at Lake Louise has pretty much everything you could ever want, steep lines, cliff drops, park laps and punter runs. With 7 lifts spread over one and a half mountains you’ll only have to come here once to see it’s the best resort in the Rockies!! Thanks to Rebeckah Hornung, Jen Dykstra and The Resorts of The Canadian Rockies our time at Lake Louise was totally awesome.

Check out a snowEDUCATION with Tim Nelson from Lake Louise park HERE

Snowshoe is the largest resort in the southeast and is different than most
resorts in that everything is at the top of the mountain. There are many
dining, shopping, nightlife, and lodging choices to choose from. The riding
is a lot of fun, there is many natural features to ride and there are 2
parks with table tops, rails, boxs.

180 inches average annual snowfall
4,848 foot summit elevation
1,500 feet vertical drop
Longest run: 1.5 miles
100% snowmaking
57 slopes and trails (41% easier, 36% more difficult, 23% most
difficult)
14 slopes open for night skiing
14 lifts include 2 high speed detachable quads, 2 handle tows
and Magic Carpet lift

22,900 people/hour total lift capacity

Resorts now have a blog where they can post there upcoming events, press releases, resort updates, news and more. This is a blog dedicated to resorts that allow Snowboarding which pretty much includes them all. If there are any resorts that don’t allow snowboarding move on to another blog. This one is for the true resorts.

RESORT COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORS, PARK STAFF, MEDIA REPS, PR and anyone else that wants to represent your local resort REGISTER HERE and stay up with the Resort Blog.

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Photo Credit: Josh Spaulding
VIDEO: CLICK HERE

STORY:
Suburban Blend, The Boardroom, Phatman and many more snowboard shops showed up at Holiday Valley for the Western New York regional shop wars. The teams were throwing down and everyone had a great time. Chris Perks and the park staff put together a dope slopestyle course that put the teams to the test.

The Slopestyle Course:

1st Obstacles: Left Side Flat Down Box, Right Side Down Rail

2nd Obstacles: Left Side 15 foot kicker, Right Side 20 foot kicker

3rd Obstacles: Left Side 20 Foot Kicker, Right Side 25 foot kicker

4th Obstacles: Left Side Down Flat Down Rail, Right Side Flat Down Rail

Shops Entered-

The Boardroom
Mud Sweat N Gears
245 Snowboard Shop
Ski Chalet
Sliders
The Shop @ Swain
Curleys
Suburban Blend
The City Garage

RESULTS
Ski Division
1st Mud Sweat N Gears
2nd The Shop @ Swain
3rd The City Garage

Board
1st Phatman
2nd The Boardroom
3rd The Shop @ Swain
Disqualified for not wearing helmets: Suburban Blend

This competition will be for snowboarders only on March 10th at Peek’n Peak Resort in Findley Lake, NY. There will be an entry fee of $3 which will go to Habitat for Humanity. Registration 9am-11am in the Retreat Lodge. Contest will start at 11:30 at the top of the Doncaster jumps.

There will be a male and female division. Children ages twelve and older will be accepted and there will be set age ranges for the competition to keep it competitive. They will be 12-15, 16-18, 19-29, & 30 and up. Each competitor under eighteen will need a parent or guardian to sign a release form. Competitors eighteen and older will also need to sign release forms. Helmets are required for all competitors.

The event will be held on Doncaster Jumps Rails and Boxes. Prizes include snowboards and gear.
Sponsors include:Buffalo Wild Wings Bar & Grill, Bay City Orthocare, Karbon, and ROME Snowboards
All images from the evemt will be posted on the Peekn.com user forum