Park City During Peak Ski Season
North America has its fair share of iconic ski towns; places frequented by winter sport enthusiasts, particularly skiers and snowboarders at this time of year. On one level, the experience in most of...
View ArticleNew Season, New Resort
Winter in Colorado is off to a solid start. Several major snowstorms have brought significant snowfall to the Colorado mountains. Also, unlike in recent winters, all parts of the state have received...
View ArticleWaiting for the Ski Lift
Remember the first time? Perhaps you were a young kid, or perhaps you were a teenager first learning how to ski or snowboard. Already uncomfortable, taking part in an activity that is kind of...
View ArticleTwo Powder Days at Aspen Snowmass
It was quite possibly the best circumstance to make my first trip to Aspen Snowmass, the only ski resort in Colorado with a vertical rise of over 4,000 feet! In almost any circumstance, skiing two...
View ArticleVariable Conditions at Steamboat
Each day was somewhat different from the others. Monday was a great day to start off a multi-day ski trip. Skies were kind of a mixture of clouds and sun. And, there was several inches of fresh...
View ArticleWinter Slowly Comes to an End
We just shifted our clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time. For the first time this year the sun will set later than 7:00 P.M. Each footstep we make in the snow feels like a crunch through cycles of...
View ArticleBreckenridge During the Pandemic
Last March, when the Coronavirus first swept across North America, all the ski resorts were shut down in the name of “flattening the curve”. Luckily for those of us who love to ski: The pandemic...
View ArticleCrested Butte January 2021
The way we talk about the weather is quite peculiar. There are many that consider the weather amongst the most mundane topics of discussion, the thing people talk about when they don’t have anything...
View ArticleThe Search for the Most Ideal Conditions
The lift lines at the ski resorts were so long that images of them made the rounds on social media, and the news even reported on how long these lines were. They were the longest lift lines I ever...
View ArticleLess Than Ideal
At Keystone Ski Resort February 15th, 2022 February and the first half of March are typically seen as the most ideal time for skiing in North America. Weather varies quite a bit from year to year, but...
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