Park City's Emily Cook was the only American finalist at World Cup aerials at Deer Valley, but made the podium.

Emily Cook flew her way to a 3rd place finish behind a pair of Chinese Women as the only American who qualified for the finals.

Ryan St. Onge stuck the toughest jump of the competition to capture World Cup aerial gold at Deer Valley

Deer Valley's own Patrick Deneen just missed winning his first World Cup moguls gold on his home hill, but finished third

The home crowd was pulling for Patrick Deneen at Deer Valley, and he almost pulled off his first moguls World Cup win, but it was not to be. After a sensational run on the icy Champion mogul course, Patrick owned first place with 2 racers to go. Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada and Gold medal winner Guilbaut Colas of France edged Deneen out.

Hannah Kearney captures gold at Deer Valley. The Vermont mogul specialist moved up from 4th in qualifying to win for the 2nd time in 3 World Cups.

Hannah Kearney is 3 for 3 on the the podium this World Cup season, capturing her second gold at Deer Valley on Thursday.

The Winter Wake Up Call at Heavenly found 6 invited journalists finding powder stashes with 33 year veteran ski instructor "Weavin" Steven Everson

Weavin' Steven Everson, a ski instructor for 33 seasons led a group of media through powder stashes on a snowy day at Heavenly. Dan Giesen of the SF Chronicle, Curtis Fong "The guy from Tahoe" TV and radio personality, Chaco Mohler, publisher of Tahoe Quarterly, Meteorologist Chris Larson from KOLO-TV, and me, Jerry Hoffman of 12 Sports Productions had fresh tracks on Sunday, Jan. 25th

Tamarack mountain resort marketing manager Ken Rider is dealing with the resort being held in receivership without skipping a beat .

Backcountry tour guide John Costa leads a group of journalists into pristine powder above Idaho's Tamarack Resort

Backcountry Skiing at Tamarack. NASJA Board members join tour Guide Dave Williams above Tamarack Resort in Idaho

Fresh powder on a Bluebird day at Brundage mountain, enjoyed by board members of NASJA, as part of our meeting at Tamarack in Idaho

Tamarack Ski Resort in Idaho. The 4 season recreation wonderland needs a buyer having declared bankruptcy.

Sierra resorts recieve major dump as 2008 ends. New year begins with 4-5' of base and cold temperatures. Great snow quality with near 100% open.