Expert Alpine Skiing Advice

The Wausau West boys and Wausau East girls ski teams put forth dominant performances at Tuesdays Granite Peak Ski Invitational.

Although it generally basks in sunshine among sparkling peaks on the east slope of the Cascades, a fine trail system overlooking Lake Chelan tends to be in the shadow of the region's better-known Nordic skiing destinations.

Austrian skier Nicole Hosp is out for six weeks and will miss next month's Alpine World Ski Championships after injuring her left knee on Sunday.

World Cup alpine ski racers went to spectator-friendly night slalom skiing last week in their first races of the New Year, held dat Zagreb, Croatia and in Moscow, Russia.

ASPEN - The accolades keep coming for Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club alpine skiing standout Bobby Moyer.

Perhaps they hoped to sharpen their turns or improve their balance. Or they just sought something, anything, to make their skis glide faster.

When a team returns its top seven athletes from a state championship team, the only suitable goal is another state title.

The American, who loves and excels in speed events, has put the rest of the women's elite Alpine circuit on notice with her results in the slalom, the slowest of the five World Cup disciplines.

Lindsay Vonn has put the rest of the women?s elite Alpine circuit on notice this winter with her results in the slalom, the slowest of the five World Cup disciplines.

PITTSFIELD ? The Alpine season kicked off with a tight finish and a bright start. Three boys' skiers finished within one second of each others, while no female came within a second of Lenox's Erin Barry.