It’s hot; it’s July and you’re more than just a visitor to this vacation town of Park City, Utah. But can you really say you’re a “local?” 

Vermont’s Killington Resort and Pico Mountain have announced $11 million in capital improvements for the 2013-14 winter season, the most significant capital spent since Powdr Corp purchased Killington Resort and Pico Mountain in 2007. 

There are two things I vowed I would never do -- I would never let my kid be seen in public without her hair brushed and I would never jail my dog behind metal bars in my car. 

With an initial go-ahead from the U.S. Forest Service, Crested Butte Mountain Resort will begin working on upgrades this summer that aim to solidify the resort’s stature in both winter and summer seasons.

World Cup schedules for U.S. stops have been approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS) and each one will have implications for selections to U.S. Olympic teams in alpine and freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the Sochi Olympics in February.