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Meet the mentors behind Revelstoke’s exploding female ski touring community WORDS ■ Cassidy Randall // PHOTOS ■ Agathe Bernard I’ve lived in my share of mountain towns across the Western U.S. and I’ve always struggled to find consistent female ski touring partners. And seeing an all-female party in the backcountry? That’s like spotting a unicorn. Until I moved […]
It’s time to get pumped up for FREESKIER’s 2018 Ski Test We’re two short weeks away from FREESKIER’s Annual Ski Test, this year being staged in beautiful Snowmass, Colorado from March 5 through March 9. The Ski Test is the most anticipated event of each and every winter. We’ll be gathering in Snowmass with dozens […]
Your Best Ski Vacation: Should You Choose Ikon or Epic Pass? Larry Olmsted , CONTRIBUTOR Yesterday I wrote about the impending debut of the newest multi-resort ski pass shaking up the winter sports industry, the Ikon Pass. Aimed squarely at competing with Vail Resorts’ very popular Epic Pass, the Ikon product is being introduced on March 6 […]
Jim Gaffigan: Skiing is insane There’s still time to get in some winter sports. Just ask our Jim Gaffigan: Because I’m a great father, I took my family skiing last weekend. Yes, it was expensive. No, I don’t own an oil company. I’d rather not think about how much it cost me. I just […]
During the 2016-17 winter, with a 10-month-old baby in tow, the world’s most iconic female skier, Ingrid Backstrom, and her husband, Jim Delzer, set out to ski the top 25 lift-accessed ski runs in North America. What started off as a simple concept quickly evolved into a true adventure–you can watch the complete film Lineage […]
New JetCost App Makes Searching for Flights Actually Fun by Katherine LaGrave There’s swiping, pinning, and you can save flights you want to book. These days, travel apps are as ubiquitous as ugly sweater parties, and it can be hard to parse which ones will actually work for you, and which ones will prove frustrating to navigate when you’re hoofing […]
That Old Ski Poster On The Wall by Jon Weisberg February 20, 2018 Help defray the cost of publishing SeniorsSkiing.com. Click here to make a modest donation. Vintage ski posters are a fixture in many ski chalets and lodges. Since the late 1990s, their values at auction have increased. To learn more about their history and […]
CMO Erik Forsell on How Alterra Mountain Company Came to Be and What’s Next Leveraging the scale of 12 resorts, Alterra looks to improve the mountain experience. February 22, 2018 By Kailee Bradstreet Resort consolidation has been a hot topic the past few years, as more independent mountains become part of larger companies. These types of […]
Ikon Pass announces two pass options, pricing and access details February 22, 2018 by Donny O’Neill Alterra Mountain Company, the recently named joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company that has been acquiring ski destinations across North America since last summer, has announced pricing details for its Ikon Pass. The Ikon Base Pass will cost $599 and […]
National Ski Council Federation Newsbeat February 2018 Alterra Announces Ikon Pass. Alterra Mountain Company, the recently-named joint venture that curated a dozen North American mountain resorts last year, unveiled the name of its highly anticipated season pass product and the mountains it will provide access to. The Ikon Pass will go on sale this spring, […]
12 Life-Saving Travel Hacks for Your Next Trip ED HEWITT Some travel tricks can make your trip better. Others will save you money. But these travel hacks can get you out of a true jam—or even save your life. Life-Saving Travel Hacks The following life-saving travel hacks can help you avoid or escape many risks […]
Snowboarder Jeremy Jones Frames Combating Climate Change as Saving Snow Jobs “Our mountain economies still have a fighting chance, and we will fight for them.” February 16, 2018 By Ryan Brower Professional snowboarder and founder of Protect Our Winters, Jeremy Jones wrote an op-ed for The New York Times Friday that aims to shift the focus of the climate change debate. […]
