When most people think of skiing today they think of high-speed quads, gondolas, multi million dollar lodges, computerized snowmaking systems and fifty dollar lift tickets. In terms of location, most people recognize either Vermont or Colorado as skiing meccas, home to conglomerate or corporate owned resorts. A vast difference from the day of the ropetow, … Continue reading Peak Adventures
Most skiers have the natural tendency of trying to force their skis to turn. This force can take different guises: many people throw their shoulders into the turn to rotate their skis, others hold their feet together and shove out their hips, and some people even actually jump and just twist their skis in the … Continue reading Tip-toeing Like a Beast: Smooth and Powerful Skiing
Powder. To skiers the word means many things. Some associate it with cold, wet, floundering. Others perhaps see it as a good shoveling chore for the kids! However to many skier’s powder represents the ultimate in skiing pleasure. The Western U.S. is known worldwide for its amazing powder skiing. However anyone who has spent much … Continue reading Skiing Powder
The war is over, though as in most wars* there are still some snipers lurking in the woods and housing developments. So who won? Everybody. Instead of two dueling sports, arguing and posturing for domination — the industry is starting to see a real synergy between the two. Even though snowboarders still only accounted for … Continue reading Snowboarding & Skiing: Common Ground
There is a strange code of honor with ski bums. Some things that are considered “cool” to the die-hard skier are a mothers worst nightmare. There are guys who live in caves and old mines in the mountains above Telluride, all they own is their ski equipment and season pass. A good friend of mine … Continue reading On Display: Living in the Richard Allen Ski Museum
Cyprus –In our days, when people hear of the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the usual /images that enter their minds revolve around golden sandy beaches with warm turquoise waters, high-end hotels, hot sun, and perhaps a few might even think of the Cyprus Problem, one of the few remaining unresolved conflicts … Continue reading Cyprus: Where Sun, Sea and Skiing Merge Into One
The Monashee Mountains in southeast British Columbia are probably best known to skiers for helicopter skiing, as they’re blessed with plentiful and consistent snow (about 700 inches annually) falling on large and varied terrain (up to 8000 vertical feet from peaks to valley floors). A heli-ski guide once told me that 90% of the heli-skiing … Continue reading Spring in the Monashees