by Dan Giesin | Sep 24, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The last week of summer was pretty unseasonal in parts of the West, with high peaks in Colorado, the Northern Rockies, the Wasatch, the Sierra and Cascades all receiving a touch of winter and a coating of snow. And then over the first couple of days of autumn, the...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 15, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
There’s an old saying that there’s only two season’s in ski country: Winter and Construction. Well, it’s been a busy latter season for mountain resorts throughout the United States this summer as ski areas played catch-up from pandemic-related work deferrals to...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 29, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Apres ski. Are there two more collegial words in the French-English lexicon? Just the very notion of the phrase — particularly in the spring — conjures up an idyllic state of relaxing after a enjoyable day on the slopes by lazing in the afternoon in the sun, kicking...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 22, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
It’s baaack! That annual ritual to goofiness, a.k.a. spring shenanigans, has risen from its COVID-19 enforced hiatus and is resurfacing at many ski resorts across the continent. From pond skims to music festivals, from slush bumps to retro costume contests, skiers and...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 15, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Ski Industry News
We all gotta start somewhere. Just as nobody has sprung fully formed from the womb, every skier and snowboarder — no matter how adept he or she is now — had to begin from scratch, making tentative early attempts to learn the sport. Many of these birthing grounds are...
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...