by Dan Giesin | Jan 15, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Riding a chairlift, the engine that helps drive our passion for skiing and snowboarding, can be fraught with danger. Particularly for little kids. I remember a blustery day at a Tahoe-area resort some 25 years or so ago when I was skiing with my daughter Grete, my...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 8, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Life in the fast lane is not for everybody. Take Tahoe Donner, for instance. The small ski resort in Truckee is as bland and vanilla as the 400 inches of Sierra Nevada snow that annually cover its 120 acres of skiable terrain. But that’s just fine for the folks at...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 1, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Capturing the antics of skiers and snowboarders on film is as natural as falling down the mountain. From the black-and-white travelogues of Otto Lang, to the droll, humorous vignettes of Warren Miller, to the outrageous stunts (and puns) of Greg Stump, to the high-res...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 25, 2018 | Ski Industry News
If there is any mountain resort in North America that best defines high-altitude alpine skiing and snowboarding it has to be Arapahoe Basin. Tucked up against the Continental Divide in Colorado, A-Basin’s base lodge at 10,780 feet is higher than the summits of most...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 18, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Attention skiers and snowboarders. Do you have a friend or loved one who is considering taking up the sport but isn’t sure he or she wants to commit the time and/or the money necessary to get started? Well, the National Ski Areas Association, in conjunction with...
