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Midwest Skier magazine is a bi-annual publication for ski & snowboard clubs, their members and active outdoor winter sport enthusiasts.  Each edition includes destination profiles on top ski destinations worldwide, ski club profiles and news and updates from the Chicago Metropolitan Ski Council.  View our latest edition below!

Features

West: Steamboat Springs

International: Grindelwald

Midwest: Wilmot Mountain
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Departments
President’s Message
Editor’s Letter
New & Noteworthy in the West
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Club Profiles
Oak Park Ski Club
American Blind Skiing Foundation
Skunk Hollow Ski and Snowboard Club
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Bad Gastein, Austria

The Austrian Alps have long been considered an equally challenging and dignified destination for skiers around the globe. Along with Switzerland, France, Italy and the Spanish Pyrenees, the resorts on the Austrian Alps have consistently ranked on various top ten European ski destination lists.
Nestled in the ancient forests that edge the mountainsides are a vast array of quaint, secluded villages and resort-towns. One of the most luxurious of these is Bad Gastein. Once considered a premier destination for spa-goers, the Bad Gastein Valley has made a name for itself as a skier’s paradise, in the last half-century. To read more about the Bad Gastein valley, visit: Bad Gastein

New and Noteworthy: West

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming is looking forward to the completion of a two-year building project for a new aerial tram in December 2008. One of the most expensive and technically challenging aerial trams in the United States, it will carry 100 passengers (double the capacity of the original 1966 tram) in sleek cabins, launching from an unrivaled base terminal. Skiers will enjoy 360-degree views of the rugged Tetons as they are whisked up 4,139 vertical feet of the mountain in merely nine minutes. Contact: 307-733-2292, www.jacksonhole.com.

Telluride Ski Resort in the Colorado Rockies opened two new hike-to playgrounds for public access. After a ride on Prospect Lift and a short hike on Prospect Ridge, experienced skiers can enjoy the expansive Black Iron Bowl terrain that includes the Mountain Quail couloir (previously accessible as guide-only), European-style faces, open glades and steep chutes.

Shortly following the opening of Black Iron Bowl and seven other new runs this season, Telluride gained approval to open Palmyra Peak, east of Black Iron Bowl. After hiking for an hour or so past Mountain Quail, skiers can enjoy over 200 acres of terrain and almost 2,000 vertical feet on the north face of Palmyra Peak. Contact: 800-778-8581, www.tellurideskiresort.com.

Some $9 million has recently been invested at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort. Part of this investment has gone to the creation of a new high-speed detachable quad chairlift in the Empire Canyon area that brings skiers to over 200 acres of skiable terrain. This new terrain includes nine new ski runs catering to all skill levels with three expert runs, one intermediate run and five beginner runs.

Deer Valley also installed energy-efficient heating systems in its 22 chairlift terminals, bought 51 new snow guns and set up a Snow Scan Ground Penetrating Radar to help staff to more efficiently make snow and groom the slopes. The $9-million venture is part of $115 million invested in the resort since 1990. Contact: 800-424-3337, www.deervalley.com.

The 20th annual USASA Nationals will be held at Copper Mountain in Colorado April 3-12, 2009. The USASA Nationals is the largest snowboarding and freeski event in the world; almost 2,000 top regional finishers compete against the best athletes in the country in slopestyle, superpipe, boardercross, slalom and giant slalom. (The 2008 event was held last month at Copper.)

Woodward at Copper, which debuts as a first-of-its-kind winter action sports training facility in the 2008-2009 season, will offer skiers and riders cutting-edge learning opportunities, with summer camps available next year. Contact: 866-841-2481, www.coppercolorado.com or www.woodwardatcopper.com.