by Dan Giesin | Dec 20, 2016 | Ski Industry News
Ever wonder how high you could get riding a ski lift? No, not that kind of high. We’re talking about elevation, as in feet above sea level. Well, the answer would be 15,420 feet, which is the top of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain resort in Yunnan province in...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 14, 2016 | Ski Industry News
The family that skis and snowboards together is a family that, well, knows how to have a great time. But it’s not all face shots and ball-room groomers when trying to get a bunch of individuals to cooperate, particularly when said individuals happen to be of...
by Dan Giesin | Nov 21, 2016 | Ski Industry News
The Lake Tahoe area will kick the 2016-17 ski season into second gear on Wednesday when three major resorts — Alpine Meadows, Heavenly and Northstar — start spinning their lifts. Thanks to a series of storms over the past weekend and the return of...
by Dan Giesin | Nov 8, 2016 | Ski Industry News
Mammoth Mountain, historically the last Sierra resort to close for the winter, will be the first one to open this season when it starts spinning its lifts on Thursday, Nov. 10. Thanks in part to a Halloween-weekend storm that dropped two feet of snow at the...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 25, 2016 | Ski Industry News
In our hearts we’re all about the steep and the deep: Hucking the cornices at Squaw’s Palisades or cutting a line on the shower curtains outside Valdez or getting face shots at Silverton. But even though our hearts are in the right place, our minds and...
