Late Summer Update: Peak to be Assimilated
News that Vail Resorts would be buying Peak Resorts recently hit the ski world like a ton of bricks. For Vail, it is a disruptive strategic move that gives them influence unlike anything in the hi... Read More
Sam Closes the Riv
I made it over to Sunday River for a beautiful closing day. As usual on closing day, they offered free skiing to everyone. The snow started out as hardpack under cloudy skies, but quickly softened as ... Read More
Miki Tops the Million Mark
As in, one million Swiss Francs, 1,000,386 CHF to be precise. In addition to scoring the most victories (17) in a single season, Mikaela Shiffrin became the first skier in FIS history to pass the mill... Read More
Spring Storms Keep Coming
For the majority of the country, the season is over. But for a fortunate few who either have time or proximity to the remaining snow pack, this is shaping up as one of the finest spring ski seasons in... Read More
April Madness
To ski or not to ski…checking the photo above taken yesterday, the answer would definitely be to ski! Now let’s see how well you know your Beehive State lift lines — answer belowR... Read More
Encore Weekend on the way
This is the time of year when the non-destination resorts have banged it up for the season, but in some cases the snow keeps lingering. In other cases, a rare April storm blankets the shrinking snowpa... Read More
Ship of Fools
Photo above shows how the season makes April Fools out of many skiers: We line up to buy overpriced tickets for a white ribbon of death in early December, but by the end of March we’re ready to ... Read More
Season Speeds Along
Recent FIS World Cup women’s downhill globe winner Nicole Schmidhofer recently participated in the FIS Speed Skiing World Championships in Vars (FRA) and posted a top speed of 217.590 kph, good ... Read More