by Dan Giesin | Jan 26, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Call it what you want — Snowpocalypse, Stormaggedon, Snowzilla, Janubury, whatever — the Sierra, sitting right in the crosshairs of a series of atmospheric rivers, has seen a month like no other in recorded history. Through the first 23 days of January,...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 23, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Although Grand Targhee resort in Wyoming and Powder Mountain in Utah are separated by a couple of hundred miles, they have a lot more in common than Interstate 15, the main access route to the resorts. Both are on the western-most edge of the Rockies; both claim more...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 17, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Safety is no accident, as the old industrial work-place motto goes, and the same holds true with skiing and snowboarding. Every year hundreds of injured wintertime frolickers are carted off North American mountain resorts on a daily basis, and many of them could have...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 10, 2017 | Ski Industry News
When it comes to assessing a ski resort, does size really matter? Shouldn’t we be we be more concerned with esthetics, experience and entertainment value? Quality over quantity? Nah. We believe the bigger the better. Not surprisingly, the largest resorts are...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 3, 2017 | Ski Industry News
If you or anyone you know has ever had a hankering to be part of a Guinness World Record attempt, Friday, Jan. 6, will be a golden opportunity. On that day, various segments of the U.S. ski industry will attempt to hold the largest ski lessons and the largest...
