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 JANUARY 7-Snowbird Wins Tram-Off
A team of four women skied and snowboarded a record 30
Snowbird Trams Tuesday logging a team total of 348,000 vertical feet and 75 miles, beating the Jackson Hole team by a scant 324 vertical feet.
 JANUARY 2-Ski Seven Areas in One Day
In an ultimately successful stunt last week, Ski Utah members led a team of snowsports journalists on an all-out assault of the seven Salt Lake City-area resorts: Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, The Canyons, Deer Valley, and Park City Mountain Resort.
 DEC. 30 - Jackson-Snowbird Tram Off
In what could begin a great rivalry in skiing, four Snowbird athletes riding the Snowbird tram will race four
Jackson Hole athletes riding the Jackson Hole tram in a head-to-head,
most-vertical-skied-in-a-day-wins competition next Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003.
 Mammoth Mountain January Midweek Madness
Mammoth Mountain January Midweek Madness
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in January. (January 7-30, 2003)
 Viva La X
French rule the roost at Boarderweek Val Thorens Winter X Games slopestyle qualifier.
 DECEMBER 19-Whistler Blackcomb Blessed with 5 Feet of Fresh
If any area needed the recent storms raging across the West, it was the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Whistler got the goods.
 DECEMBER 18-Jackson Plans Gondola, Sublette Opening
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has received enough snow to open their legendary upper mountain providing
over 3400 vertical feet of terrain by the weekend.
 Dec 18: Easley wins Val Thorens Superpipe
Boyd Easley wins the Winter X Games superpipe qualifier in Val Thorens, France. Thomas Rinfret and Henrik Winstedt also secure spots. Moseley receives wild card invitation.
 DECEMBER 16-Cline, Puckett Claim Victory in 14th Annual Audi 24 Hours of Aspen
After 24 hours, 63 laps, 205,821 vertical feet (62,748
meters) Casey Puckett of Aspen, Colorado, won the men's division in the 14th
Annual Audi 24 Hours of Aspen walking away with the $10,000 first prize. Winning the women's division was Aleisha Cline of Canada, claiming victory by 38 seconds over Aspen local Asia Jenkins.
 DECEMBER 14-Skiing in the name of...
J.T. Holmes, a full-time student and skier, doesn't have a lot of disposable income to donate to charities. Instead, he and other high-profile skiers, like Jonny Moseley and Darian Boyle, are contributing to a meaningful cause by donating their skiing talents and personalities to the Duke Peterson Scholarship Memorial Ski Day.
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