Tag: Sam Shirley
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
Tenney NH: Back from the Ashes!
There were only about 15 skiers all day at Tenney. It was a warm spring day, and everything was skiable. There are a few bare spots and rocks starting to show through, but cover is still generally goo... Read More
Owl’s Head Redux
Following up on our earlier report, here’s Sam’s take on the popular throwback resort in Quebec… I finally decided to make the long drive north to ski in Quebec at Owl’s Head. ... Read More
12/18/17 Whaleback! Weekend! Woody!
Plenty to talk about after a busy weekend of openings in the east, some familiar names on the World Cup tour, and a troublesome lack of snow in parts of Colorado. But first we get a terrific report fr... Read More
12/14/17 Sam Reports on Ragged Pow
Photo above taken by our New England correspondent Sam Shirley, who enjoyed some fabulous powder yesterday at Ragged Mountain, NH. Ragged is one of those under-appreciated gems that is sort of in the ... Read More