by Kirsten Dobroth | Jan 19, 2017 | Ski Industry News
The town of Breckenridge, Colorado, is once again in the history books, but probably not for the reason that you think. Breckenridge just claimed a world record for the world’s longest shot ski, reclaiming the title from Park City with a 1,997 foot long shot ski...
by Greg Colquitt | Jan 18, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Remember that river of moisture that we couldn’t stop hearing about that dumped 20 something feet of snow on Mammoth Mountain in California? Well in case you missed all the other posts about it, that put them at the top of the list for the deepest snowpack in...
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 Kirsten Dobroth | Jan 12, 2017 | Ski Industry News
The western United States is getting buried in snow. So much snow, in fact, that two Colorado resorts closed, along with a handful of others in California at various points this week. At some mountains, like Mammoth, the lifts are still spinning, but only at partial...
by Greg Colquitt | Jan 11, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Too much snow?? Are you *%&@ing kidding me?! There we were, drinking a beer, watching the snow continue to unleash its merciless onslaught on the poor lifts that had shut down for the day. It was 1pm, and for those who don’t know, that’s about 3 hours...
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...
