by Dan Giesin | Apr 10, 2018 | Ski Industry News
It’s as seemingly inevitable as the first robin of spring or the swallows returning to Capistrano: Your local ski hill will punctuate its spring fling — and its winter season — with a pond skim. To the uninitiated, a pond skim is simply a competition to see who can...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 27, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Easter is this Sunday and you know what that means — the death knell for the ski and snowboard season is about to sound. But so what? You can still have a blast as the 2017-18 season comes to a slushy end in a spasm of pond skims, music and beer fests and costumed...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 20, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Today being the vernal equinox, it’s time to put your party hats on. And what better way to celebrate the arrival of spring — other than sweet corn and slush bumps, sunny days and cold beer — than to attend some on-mountain blow-out. Preferably one that lasts more...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 13, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Vermont’s Killington Resort, long known as the Beast of the East with the longest season in New England and some of the region’s most advanced ski terrain, it taking steps this summer to improve trail flow geared toward the intermediate-level skier and...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 13, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Well, it didn’t take long for Alterra Mountain Company to get down to business. On Monday, March 12, the Denver-based conglomerate, which was formed last year when investment firm Henry Crown and Co. (Aspen et al) and KSL Capital Partners (Squaw Valley et al) embarked...
