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Spring Festivals: Last-Gasp Parties Of The Season Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Andy Dennison The coming of spring is a bittersweet time for skiers and riders. But it’s also time to party hearty at a plethora of spring festivals and fun dots the calendar during the final weeks of the year. SnoCountry.com went looking for some of […]
Don’t Believe the Hype: Youth Snowboarding is Thriving March 6, 2018 / Morgan Tilton If you recently questioned the deterioration of snowboarding’s popularity, rest assured: The sport’s decline is debunked by evidence of a growth spurt. Last season, the number of youth snowboarders increased by 6 percent compared to the year prior, according to the 2017 “Participation […]
Build Your Next Ski Trip With These Travel Apps We designed a winter getaway from front door to first tracks. February 26, 2018 By Kade Krichko Between flights, gear, and unpredictable weather, the thought of ski travel is enough to ground many an annual ski trip before it can even take off. With those looming hassles […]
Learning from Injury Correspondent Ends Her Season In “Routine” Fall, Provides Us With Lessons Learned. [Editor Note: We’ve heard correspondent Yvette Cardozo’s story numerous times, especially the part about immediate post-incident denial. Perhaps there is some biological reaction, perhaps a form of shock, that masks the pain of more serious injury. In any case, her […]
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 […]
