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Vail Resorts to acquire Crested Butte, three other resorts The Epic Pass will be good at Crested Butte and VR’s other new acquisitions next season By John Meyer, The Denver Post Jun 4, 2018 Vail Resorts has announced that it is buying Crested Butte Mountain Resort and two other resorts from the Mueller family, making The Butte […]
The art of ski tuning: 10 must-have essentials for your at-home repair kit by Paddy O’Connell You’re having an all-time day. The snow is blower, double overhead. You’re feeling the flow—you’re in the zone. You are one with your skis, one with the mountain, one with the universe and WHACK! You face plant after a snow […]
Pro Skiers Are Maximizing Shorter Winters With Dry Land Training — and Lobbying May 18, 2018 / SIA It’s May. We just came out of another lackluster winter with snowpack recordings as of April being less than 25 percent of normal in the Western U.S. According to NASA, 17 of the 18 warmest years in the 136-year record all […]
The Top 9 East Coast Ski Resorts & Why You Must “SKI THE EAST”: Andy Hays | May 23, 2018 Killington, VT. photo: killington So you’ve finally tucked the skis away, the jacket has been hung up, or at least thrown into a heap in the corner and it’s time to think about the joys of […]
Blacktail Mountain, MT is on the Market Katy Shipley | May 18, 2018 Forget buying lift tickets, buy the whole resort. Priced at a modest $3.5 million, this little gem overlooking Flathead Lake is up for grabs. With three lifts, a rope tow, 1,000 skiable acres, and a 17,000 square-foot lodge, Blacktail Mountain is fully operational and ready for the taking. […]
Meet Kristoffer Turdell, the hardest working FWT champion you’ve never heard of May 16, 2018 by Jordan Grant-Krenz Kristoffer Turdell entered his very first Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) just three years ago. In 2018, he was crowned the Freeride World Tour (FWT) champion, and that’s not even the most impressive thing about Kristoffer’s lifestyle. While […]
There will be no 10,000 person resort at Wolf Creek, for now May 16, 2018 by Jordan Grant-Krenz Over the past 30 years, the Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture developers, headed by billionaire Texan B.J. Combs, has been trying to build a behemoth resort property at the base of Colorado’s resident powder wonderland ski area, Wolf […]
8 Travel Safety Tips You Probably Ignore (But Shouldn’t) CAROLINE MORSE TEEL Be honest. How many times have you read a safety tip for travelers and thought: “Yep, that makes sense” … and then just totally ignored it next time you took a trip? We’ve all been there. So let’s make a pact together to […]
Skiing Grandparents Play Major Role Introducing Grandkids To Winter Sports by Jon Weisberg — May 16, 2018 Courtesy: Daily Mail Grandparents who ski or board play a major role introducing their grandchildren to the sport. This is one of several significant findings from the April reader survey. It was the fifth SeniorsSkiing.com reader survey, and it produced […]
10 Airport Apps You’ll Actually Use ED HEWITT There are heaps of travel apps that sound great in theory, but are not so great in practice. When you’re in a full-out sprint between gates on a tight connection, loading a couple of airport apps to find the pretzel stand nearest to your gate is not […]
First turns into Dodge’s for Brian Dupee with Wildcat Mountain in the distance. PHOTO: Noah Howell The Ridiculousness and Joy of Skiing Tuckerman Ravine A Westerner opens his eyes to skiing New England’s most famous backcountry line for the first time May 16, 2018 By Powder Magazine By Noah Howell Of course, I’d seen images of the […]
May 7, 2018 by Donny O’Neill There’s a whole lot wrong with this video—I’m still questioning the move to ditch the gloves but bring the whippet, which, as you’ll see above, didn’t do this guy much good. In fact, the only thing right in this clip is that this skier seems to be uninjured following his […]
