Archive for the ‘Area’ tag
Tarek Husevold Snowboard Video
Highlight reel of big cliffs, jumps, drops, and tricks by pro snowboarder Tarek Husevold. Originally from Eagan, Minnesota, he now makes his home in Glacier, WA near Mt Baker Ski Area.
Duration : 0:3:10
Ski Area Report Card
For 10 years, the Ski Area Citizens Coalition has published its ski area environmental report card, a rating system that grades ski resports across the west according to their impact on the natural environment.
Paul Joyce, a conservation assoicate at the environmental protection group Colorado Wild, says a ski resorts grade depends on how well it plays in its own backyard.
When a ski area expands into the back country, expands into habitat, affects wildlife, affects vegetation, thereby affecting water, watersheds, water quality, Joyce said, those things weigh really heavy with the report card.
Resorts owned by the Aspen Skiing Company dominate the highest rated resorts in the west.
People listen to us in part because were an interesting news story, but also because were business people., Auden Schendler, environmental affairs director at Aspen Skiing. Ultimately were not environmentalists. Were business people. And we see climate changes as an existential threat to business.
In this edition of This American Land we explore ski resorts that employ environmentally sustainable practices to protect natural areas that surround their slopes.
Duration : 0:2:47
Some tips about skate skiing