ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–A new tow rope on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park is complete, according to the Erie County Department of Parks and Recreation. The department says it will provide ...

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality. In an ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Free skiing and snowboarding is coming to Chestnut Ridge Park, thanks to a new tow rope. The rope was purchased over the summer from a company in Austria and shipped over a ...

A newspaper article this month about a young girl falling off a ski lift brought back a vivid memory of my first-ever chairlift ride. My parents had taken me to a commercial ski place somewhere in ...

The instructions for time travel are as follows: Step one: On a winter weekend, follow Interstate 90 east to Exit 62, then drive south until the road ends. Step two: Haul your gear to the southeast ...

Skiers who enjoy engaging in a backcountry skiing may be interested in a new compact portable rope tow which has recently launched via Kickstarter and blasted past its required pledge goal. Designed ...

Turn out at Chapman Hill Ski Area has been strong this year, but staff members feel like they are “living on borrowed time” in regard to the two-decades-old rope tows used to take skiers part way up ...

On Thursday, October 9, 2025, the sport of skiing will surface in the broader cultural consciousness when the inventors of the PL1, a portable rope tow system, appear on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. Similar to ...

Rope tows certainly make life easier if you're skiing at a groomed, established hill, but what if you're more into backcountry skiing? Well, that's where the Zoa PL1 comes in, as it's a portable rope ...

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Editor’s Note: Summit’s Historic Yesterdays by local author Mary Ellen Gilliland is featuring old-time ski stories this winter. Today’s excerpt comes from her historical book, “Breckenridge, 150 Years ...

Town of Manlius, N.Y.- Four Seasons Golf & Ski Center, in operation for more than 60 years, is closing permanently. The ...