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Winter of Our Content: The 2018-19 Ski Season Review Jay Flemma LAKE PLACID, NY – It’s a perfect night in the Adirondacks. The scent of burning fragrant hardwoods in the wood stove wafts to us as we sit on wooden chairs on the back porch, biting our nostrils. The snow is still lightly falling as […]
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 4 – Attitash BARTLETT, NH – It could not have worked out more perfectly: get into the White Mountains of New Hampshire before Winter Storm Harper arrived, ski legendary Attitash both before and during the storm, and then leave North Conway the morning after Harper did, right […]
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 3 – Smugglers’ Notch JEFFERSONVILLE, VT – First chair at the place that had the best snow: that was the game plan, but I was having trouble executing it…. But then, like the first ray of sunshine over a mountain’s brow that illuminates the valley below in […]
Ski jump upgrade is underway ORDA eyes autumn completion for new gondola, zipline, elevator ELIZABETH IZZO, Staff Writer May 7, 2019 Decking of Lake Placid’s 90-meter ski jump is ripped off in April, in anticipation of new, refrigerating frost rails being installed to keep the ramp surface cold. (Photo provided by the Olympic Regional Development […]
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 2 – Magic Mountain LONDONDERRY, VT – Abracadabra! Presto, Change-O! Now you see it…now you don’t…and then – happily – now you see it again! Like a rabbit in a conjuring trick, Vermont’s fabled Magic Mountain has once again reappeared, and the winter sports world rejoices at […]
March 28, 2019 Shredding and Good Times: Viva Vonn By The Jaded Local Thirty-five years ago, the most seminal Hollywood ski movie was, um, released on the public, exposing them to the stunt skiing of Tahoe legend Tom Day, the boozy antics of Squaw Valley misfits, a number of questionable scenes, including a 17-year-old runaway being […]
The brand new Epic Day Pass is offered in one to seven day increments with few to no date restrictions. The total days do not need to be used in a certain window of time. Passes are valid at ten western destination resorts and seven additional midwest/eastern resorts. Four day-plus passes include access to […]
March 28, 2019 / SIA In an effort to help solve the issue of participation in our industry, to get more people out on the snow, we will be introducing you to some programs that are making a difference. SIA urges you to learn more and support these amazing organizations. The first is Share Winter, […]
WATERVILLE VALLEY FROM OVERHEAD. Photo Credit: Waterville Valley Resort Excerpt from Jay Flemma WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH – It all started with a snarky T-shirt worn by a local skier at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire: SKI NEW HAMPSHIRE – WE’RE LIKE VERMONT, JUST NOT AS STUCK UP “Bro, them’s fightin’ words!” joked a fellow skier […]
WORDS • KARINA SCHWARTZNAU | PHOTOS • DANIEL RÖNNBÄK When I close my eyes and allow my mind to wander, I find myself standing on top of a snowcapped peak surrounded by the sun, the shimmer of snow crystals under my boots and a soft wind that blows through my helmet and between each fiber of my hair. […]
SnowBrains | March 27, 2019 Utah’s archaic 3.2% beer law, dating back to the Prohibition period, is finally coming to an end after Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB132 yesterday, paving the way for higher-alcohol beers in grocery and convenience stores, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The 86-year-old law, which takes effect Nov. 1st, 2019, will boost the […]
Sometimes Our Bodies Need Help by Jon Weisberg March 4, 2019 There are times when we can benefit from some extra help, especially as we age or develop chronic medical conditions. Nick Manley, a remarkable athlete with a degenerative neurological condition, swears by the Ski-Mojo knee bracing system. The product’s shock absorbing springs reduce the load […]
