Smaller, non-corporate resorts generally can’t afford the luxury of early season snowmaking, as it tends to vanish with the warm days that pop up in late November and early December. This season...Read More
Leading off with photo above taken this morning at small but mighty Oak Mountain in Speculator, NY., which, if you aren’t familiar with it, is about as southern Adirondacks as you can get withou...Read More
Photo above, sunrise this morning on the Olympia delle Tofane course at Cortina, where the ladies are competing in speed events this weekend. As you can see from this photo, the terrain may not be qui...Read More
Some throwback news today, it’s not yet Thursday but whatever…first up, semi-throwback…US Forest Service and the Save Our Canyons group waging a public relations battle over proposed...Read More
30 March 2017 — Pleased to announce that New England skier extraordinaire Sam Shirley is joining the ranks of correspondents here at SkiBum.net, serving up terrific photos and insights on ski ar...Read More
9 March 2017 — Some resorts making snow, some resorts digging out the snow, some resorts closing due to wind, some resorts closing due to lack of snow. I call that March Madness…particular...Read More
2 March 2017 — Photo above courtesy Seven Springs Resort PA. Not exactly a throwback place; they’re about as modern as it gets. But they’re promising to relive the days of dayglo rom...Read More
16 February 2017 — So much snow falling around the country I can’t even wrap my head around it…snow stacking up and ready to fall any moment at throwbacks like Anthony Lakes up in Or...Read More
2 February 2017 — That little marmot in the order Rodentia really doesn’t know how to predict the weather, let’s get that out of the way. But the movie was cool…hard to talk ab...Read More
26 January 2017 — Past readers of SkierNet.com et al may recall “throwback Thursday” was a regular column in which I set my sights on the little guys, the hidden gems, small-but-mighty, etc....Read More