by Dan Giesin | Mar 9, 2018 | Ski Industry News
The second Nor’easter in less than a week has delivered the best conditions of the season to resorts through the northeast, with some resorts reporting more than three feet of snow. Resorts throughout Vermont, including Okemo Mountain, which received more than two...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 6, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Is history about to repeat itself? A little more than a quarter-century ago, the Sierra was experiencing one of its driest winters on record, with less than 20 percent of average snowfall lying on the ground by the end of February. Without the extensive snowmaking...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 27, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Humans descending snow-covered hills and mountains on slats attached to their feet has been a popular subject for movie-camera-wielding auteurs since the early days of the medium. And it wasn’t long before Hollywood — and other international film centers — found the...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 20, 2018 | Ski Industry News
There is a saying that if you want to rob a bank in Nelson, B.C., do it on the morning of a powder day because everyone in town is skiing up the road at Whitewater. The same can also be said about the nearby town of Rossland, which sits at the foot of Red Mountain...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 13, 2018 | Ski Industry News
Up in the northern reaches of western Montana sits a jewel of a resort town known as Whitefish. Surrounded by lakes, rivers and rugged mountains, Whitefish has just about everything anyone — visitor and local alike — could want in outdoor recreation: Fly fishing and...
