by Dan Giesin | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Go Ski a Volcano. More than 40 years ago, that epigram was emblazoned on souvenir tee-shirts purchased at Northern California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, which had a small lift-serviced ski hill on the property. But though you can no longer ride the lifts on Mt....
by Dan Giesin | Dec 24, 2019 | Beginner, Blog, Ski Industry News
Looking for some last-minute holiday shopping tips? How about giving the gift of skiing and/or snowboarding? For a very low price, you can introduce a never-ever to the sport during January, which has become semi-officially Learn to Ski or Snowboard Month. Many...
by Greg Colquitt | Dec 20, 2019 | Blog, Ski Industry News
[ featured image photo credit Carl Scofield | flickr ] The snow gods don’t always play fairly. Across the West snow has been falling, albeit a bit unevenly. While Utah, Colorado, and parts of California have been getting hammered, folks up in Washington and...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Glossary of Ski Terms – A to Z Every sport has its jargon, and skiing and snowboarding are rife with it. Many of these words are self-explanatory, but some have hidden — arcane, even cryptic — meanings. The following is one person’s take on some of these words’...
by Greg Colquitt | Dec 13, 2019 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Big Sky is rad and here’s why. 1. It’s Huge Let’s start this lift off with some stats: 5,850+ acres of skiable terrain 4,350 of vertical feet 4 mountains 36 chair lifts 400+ runs 1 big ass smile In 2013, Big Sky purchased adjacent Moonlight Basin...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 10, 2019 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Lift rides: Some take forever, and some only seem that way. Having to be hauled up a mountain by a chairlift is one of the banes of our sport. You’re jonesing to hit that powder stash only you know about but the Jerrys keep causing the lift to stop or the resort has...
