Donner Summit, CA – Boreal Mountain Resort, famous for creating exciting snow features and innovative terrain parks for beginner through elite athletes, is expanding its niche in the world of youth action sports with the opening of Woodward Tahoe, a youth action sports freeride and freeski instructional center and camp program.
The program is open to riders and skiers of all abilities. The Nevada County Planning Commission recently approved plans submitted by Boreal to build a 33,000 square foot facility at the base of the resort, the largest of its kind in the United States. Woodward Tahoe is scheduled to open in  … More
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MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — Staci Mannella rides the lift up the slopes of Mount Hood, mindful of the beautiful panoramic view the elevation offers but unable to take it in. She hops off the lift without any assistance, deposited at the top of a slope, the youngest member of the U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing National Team. The 15-year-old from Randolph stands more than 7,000 feet above sea level on Oregon’s tallest mountain, among America’s most talented physically disabled athletes. She looks straight down the mountain but sees only a white plane … More
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This skier really meant it when he said he was going off-piste as he leapt off a mountain cliff face and landed safely 600 feet below.
Daredevil Tomas Bergemalm, 35, decided to try the extreme drop as one of his last challenges before spending more time with his wife and family.
And luckily for his beloved Fia and their young son Noah, he managed to pull it off and made it home without a scratch  … Pictures and more
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