by Dan Giesin | Oct 12, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The massive forests of the Sierra Nevada range have been under siege in recent years by California’s relentless wildfire season. It was only a matter of time before a ski resort got in the way. The Caldor Fire, which began on Aug. 4 in the foothills east of...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 5, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The Great Pandemic of 2020-21 put the brakes on a whole lot of things around the world, and the ski industry was no exception. Many projects expected to be completed in time for the 2020-21 ski season were put on hold because of the coronavirus. For instance, of the...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 28, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Probably the most common thought-about subject in the ski and snowboard world right about now is, “What the heck is the coming winter going to be like?” Are we going to have epic pow days? Or will we simply be doing lap after lap on a white ribbon of death? Well,...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Those annual harbingers of the ski and snowboard season — the consumer trade shows — are starting to make their reappearance after missing a year because of the pandemic. Some of the huge national productions such as those in Boston and Denver, for example, and even...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Alas, Squaw Valley is no more. The iconic former Winter Games site that sits a few miles northwest of Lake Tahoe and has been the incubator for a plethora of American Olympic athletes and top-notch extreme skiers and snowboarders is still there in all its regal glory...
