Skiing
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For the first time since Lindsey Vonn’s retirement, the U.S. women’s ski team is no longer solely dependent on Mikaela Shiffrin for World Cup success. Shiffrin was responsible for all 34 American podium results on the women’s circuit in the past two seasons, but three months into the current campaign, two team members have scooped…
Sleeping Giant’s new owners and management team are augmenting the ski area with new infrastructure, new initiatives, and a goal toward zero-loss operations. Owner Nick Piazza admits everyone is “both excited and a little terrified” to be taking over operations of Cody’s ski hill. Piazza, a Cody native, has already created a strong business plan…
Sleeping Giant will stay awake in 2021. In a press release yesterday, the Yellowstone Recreation Foundation announced that the Sleeping Giant Ski Area is quote “committed to winter operations and beyond” unquote. It was only recently announced that Sleeping Giant was ending its winter season after 2020 due to a consistent pattern of unprofitable seasons.…
THE NORDIC SKIING STATE MEET TOOK PLACE AT THE PAHASKA TRAILS IN CODY LAST WEEKEND. THE BRONCS AND FILLIES EACH FINISHED 7TH AS A TEAM. THE JACKSON BOYS AND GIRLS CAME AWAY AS STATE CHAMPIONS. TOP PERFORMER FOR THE BRONCS WAS MARSHALL BROOKINS WHO FINISHED WITH A TIME OF 19 MINUTES IN THE 5K FREESTYLE.…
When Sleeping Giant goes to sleep this spring, it won’t be getting up again in winter. In a press release yesterday, the Yellowstone Recreations Foundation announced that Sleeping Giant will suspend operations beginning in the 2020-2021 winter season. Despite the ongoing support of the community, the operation doesn’t attract the critical mass of winter sports…
THE CODY ALPINE AND NORDIC SKI TEAMS WERE IN ACTION AS WELL. FOR THE ALPINE SKIERS IT WAS THEIR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON AS THEY WERE IN LARAMIE FOR A TWO-DAY INVITE. JACKSON SWEPT THE TEAM TITLES WHILE CODY AND KELLY WALSH WERE SECOND AND THIRD, RESPECTIVELY IN BOTH GENDERS. LOOKING AT SOME INDIVIDUAL…
The Sleeping Giant gets to sleep in . . . Sleeping Giant Ski Area previously announced their opening for the 2019-2020 Winter Season for this Friday, December 13th. But this plan hit an unavoidable complication – turns out, you need snow to ski. There currently isn’t enough snow pack for any of the area’s trails…
The rest of 2019 is all downhill – and that’s a good thing. The 77th ski season awakens the Sleeping Giant Ski Area this Friday, December 13th. This is the 10th season since Cody stepped in to help fund much need improvements and save the popular resort from deteriorating into abandonment and closure. Through the…
WITH THE WINTER SPORTS SEASON RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER MANY HIGH SCHOOL’S ARE PREPPING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SEASONS. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF TEAMS BEGIN THEIR WINTER SPORTS SEASONS MONDAY THEIR IS ONE SPORT IN WYOMING THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN PRACTICING: NORDIC SKIING. FOR CODY HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS A YOUNG GROUP CONSISTING OF FRESHMEN AND…