by Dan Giesin | Feb 7, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The mall. The local burger joint. The corner boutique. Everywhere seems to be wired for sound. You just can’t escape the omnipresent buzz of classic rock or the screech of Auto-Tuned divas of either gender. Even ski resorts are inundated with canned — and sometimes...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 31, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Jackson Hole. The name itself should bring shivers of anticipation to any seasoned skier or snowboarder in North America. Where else can you find a several seasons’ worth of steeps, chutes, couloirs, glades and seemingly boundless snowfields — 4,139 vertical feet of...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 25, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Young children are great ski buddies (when they are not whining regarding being hungry, cold, tired, scared). The stoke level is generally on 10, and every run — every turn almost — can seem like a brand-new adventure. But continually running up and down the local...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 18, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
So, you and your significant other have agreed: It’s time to take the little ones — we’re talking 6 years old or younger here — on a first-time ski holiday. But as simple as that concept seems to be, it can be totally fraught, full of potential pitfalls that could...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 11, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Most people consider skiing and snowboarding a high-end activity. The cost of lift tickets or season passes, equipment, food and beverage, accommodations, travel expenses and the like generally are not for the seriously budget-minded. The sport, for good or bad, can...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 3, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Colorado is known as Ski Country USA, with its 28 resorts and hundreds of lifts and thousands of runs supplying winter-time fun to all levels of skiers and snowboarders. And when the sun goes down — or even earlier for some folks — Colorado becomes Apres Country USA,...