by Jack McNary | Apr 13, 2023 | Blog, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Saving the best days for last? Well folks, it has been a phenomenal ski year out West (sorry East coast skiers, maybe next year!), and with that comes the most heart-wrenching time of year, when we must say goodbye to our beloved mountains and let the beauty of summer...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 15, 2023 | Beginner, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
So, you’re stuck in a rut. You’ve been skiing — and, let’s admit it, oftentimes flailing — at Mt. Wannabe for years, and you still can’t seem to make that next step that will up your game. And though you thoroughly enjoy puttering around the hill, skiing over the same...
by Jack McNary | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing, Top 10 Best Snow
About 7 hours south of Denver, striated cliff bands welcome you as you make your way up through the town of Durango to Purgatory Mountain Resort. The name of the resort is certainly a misnomer – Purgatory appears to be anything but! Protected by its remote location,...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 8, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Skiing has been around for quite some time — there are cave paintings of our Ice Age forebears chasing game on wooden slats — but it’s only been in the last century or so that the activity morphed from a mundane, generally pastoral and/or hunting activity into an...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 28, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
No matter where you are in snow country, the winter of 2022-23 has been something of a challenge: Too much snow out West, too little back East, and too much down time because of that. So I say it’s high time we bid Old Man Winter adieu — for better or for worse — and...
by Jack McNary | Feb 25, 2023 | Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Let’s talk about the snowpack. It’s not just your imagination, 2022-23 has been an excellent snow year so far. The West in general is still dry as ever, but it is nice to at least take a moment to enjoy the snow we do have. In California, reeling from a couple years...
