by Dan Giesin | Mar 1, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
A new lift is always an occasion for excitement and anticipation among skiers and snowboarders as they bring the promise of the opening of new terrain or a quicker, more efficient way of getting to existing terrain. And sometimes a new lift can change the whole...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 22, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Do you remember the first time you really played in the snow? The sheer joy of ascending a hill, jumping on a sled or inner tube, racing back down the slope — often in bumping and tumbling manner — and laughing and screeching the entire way? And repeating the process...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 15, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
There are many things in this world that can bring you down. Luckily, there’s one sure way to beat the blues — music. Add a little skiing and/or snowboarding to the mix, and you’ve got a pretty good antidote to most things — if not everything — that are bothering you....
by Dan Giesin | Feb 8, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
I’m starting to think it’s never going to snow in these parts again. From Deepcember, when we in the Sierra Nevada were buried by a record 214 inches of snow in just under three weeks, we’ve passed through Juneuary and are enduring Februdry, a six-week period without...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 1, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The XXIV Winter Olympic Games get underway on Thursday (U.S. time) in and around Beijing, and the whole world is expected to tune in with great anticipation and wonderment. But enough about politics. Nearly 3,000 athletes will be on hand to slide, skate, jump or do...