by Dan Giesin | Feb 12, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Cleaving the mighty Wasatch range on the southeastern outskirts of Salt Lake City are two drainage systems that every skier and snowboarder should be familiar with: Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons. And although the two canyons are separated by a common...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 6, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Down there in the southwest corner of Colorado, not far from the New Mexico border, lies the delightful town of Durango. A railroad and mining hub in the late 19th century, Durango is now one of the cultural centers of the Four Corners area, and its downtown area has...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 29, 2019 | Ski Industry News
On the surface, skiing and snowboarding in Europe and North America aren’t very much dissimilar. After all, how different can sliding down a snow-covered slope with a board or two strapped to your feet be? Dig a little deeper, though, and you’ll find that the sport on...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 22, 2019 | Ski Industry News
For years, particularly in the decade just before and just after the Millennium, there was great deal of friction, if not downright animosity, between skiers and snowboarders at Mt. Wannabe. “Dark Side knuckledraggers,” spat the skiers, who tended to be older,...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 15, 2019 | Ski Industry News
Riding a chairlift, the engine that helps drive our passion for skiing and snowboarding, can be fraught with danger. Particularly for little kids. I remember a blustery day at a Tahoe-area resort some 25 years or so ago when I was skiing with my daughter Grete, my...
