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The Top 20 Ski Resorts In North America With The Most Lifts When evaluating a ski area, its important to factor in the number of lifts that the resort has because that number influences the time that you will spend in line, the terrain that you can shred, and the number of other skies that […]
10 reasons why you need to get to Valle Nevado this summer April 30, 2018 by FREESKIER Whether you’re a seasoned veteran of Southern Hemisphere skiing or planning your first trip to make turns below the equator, there are a few locales that you’ll find on most every skier’s bucket list. One of them, situated 10,000 […]
Summertime shred: Six South American ski trips that make yearlong winter a reality June 6, 2018 by FREESKIER So your buddies have hung up their ski boots and settled their undercarriages into padded chammies for “bike season.” But that doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to solo ski-porn binges in your basement just yet—there are […]
Shred the land down under: Nine reasons to ski Australia May 23, 2018 by Colin Levitch When you think of foreign and exotic places to ski, you probably picture mountains in Europe, South America and maybe even New Zealand. But, what if I told you the Land Down Under has world-class skiing, too? There’s more than […]
The 5 Most Livable Ski Towns in the USA SnowBrains | May 24, 2018 Durango, CO. Earlier this month, we published: The 5 Least Livable Ski Towns in the USA Today, we’ll look at the other half. This is where you wanna move if you’re a ski bum. Outside Magazine released what they are calling the 5 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two skiers face ban after illegal descent of Everest’s Lhotse face May 12, 2018 by Donny O’Neill Header image by Göran Höglund / CC BY According to the Himalayan Times, two climbers made an illegal ski descent of Mt. Everest’s Lhotse face last week. While on-site conducting research for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Willie Benegas and Matt […]
NEW YORK’S HUNTER MOUNTAIN SET TO EXPAND 25% FOR ’18-’19 SEASON May 01, 2018 By: Max Ritter New York City-based skiers are in for a treat for this upcoming season, with the Catskills’ Hunter Mountain set to expand with five new runs and a high-speed six-seater chairlift. Thanks to a $9 million improvement plan, work is currently […]
NSAA NAMES 2018 SUSTAINABLE SLOPES GRANT WINNERS SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., May 1, 2018—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) selected four member ski areas to receive its annual Sustainable Slopes Grants: Blue Mountain Resort, Pa., Mountain High Resort, Calif., POWDR Resorts, and Snow Creek Ski Area, Mo. The Sustainable Slopes grant program provides cash and in-kind […]
