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 Jack McNary | Feb 1, 2022 | Blog, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Buttery, corduroy goodness As it’s a few more days until we get the next round of the fluffy stuff, it pays to have something else to do on the mountain. The bumps start to get a bit hard, our friend the sun can start to affect the slopes below, and all but the most...
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...
by Greg Colquitt | Jan 28, 2022 | Blog, Ski Industry News
So you’re back on the hill after a 10 year hiatus. When you left the resort all those years ago, your skills were top notch. There was no run you couldn’t tackle and you could ski from open to close. Then life happened and all the sudden you couldn’t...
by Jack McNary | Jan 27, 2022 | Ski Industry News, Top 10 Best Snow
“Cut a path through the trees. Then, in the spring, cut down every tree with blood on it” – Réal Boulanger Ever since our man Réal, one of the founders of the fabled Mont Sutton in Québec, had the inspiration to ski through the trees, they have been a ‘if you know,...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 25, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Everyone who has spent any time on a ski hill has a story to tell about skiing too fast. One friend of mine — we’ll call her June — was skiing at a popular and well-known resort a few years ago, zooming down a super-long, top-to-bottom groomer when she encountered...
