by Kirsten Dobroth | Nov 13, 2017 | Ski Industry News
When Vail announced it was building a new gondola to replace its longtime quad-charlift (Chair 16, for all those who remember) from Vail Village to Mid Vail in honor of the resort’s 50th anniversary, the only thing more buzz-worthy than the announcement itself was the...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Nov 6, 2017 | Ski Industry News
If you live in a ski town, frequent ski towns, or just generally ski a lot, you’re familiar with the age old question; what’s the most badass resort in North America? Everyone has his or her own opinion — Jackson has the cliffs, Whistler has the...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Oct 30, 2017 | Ski Industry News
It’s official! November is fast approaching, and snow making operations are in full swing at ski resorts around Colorado. While you can already get your ribbon of death fix at Arapahoe Basin (opened Oct. 13) and Loveland (opened Oct. 20), other ski resorts are...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Oct 23, 2017 | Ski Industry News
I remember my first friend who had a smart phone; it was 2009, and I was rocking one of those slide Nokia phones that would unveil a numerical typing pad for texting purposes (the cell phone equivalent to the rotary dial). At the time, I remember thinking, “I will...
by Kirsten Dobroth | Oct 16, 2017 | Ski Industry News
Photo Courtesy of Johannes Waibel. Travis Rice is at it again, and his newest snowboarding epic “Depth Perception,” has us salivating over the results (see below for the teaser). Coming off last season’s The Fourth Phase (which, no disrespect, kind of lost me –...
