by Dan Giesin | Feb 18, 2020 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
They call it Ski Town USA, and for good reason. Steamboat Springs has been the home base/training ground for 89 Winter Olympics athletes, the largest contingent of American Olympians — Summer or Winter — from any community in the country. And it’s also the home of...
by Greg Colquitt | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Welcome to mid-Feb. Most of the Western US and Canada is maintaining an excellent snowpack and California is getting hosed. The usual suspects like Alta, Steamboat, Jackson Hole and Revelstoke are sitting pretty around 110-140% above average for the season, and the...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 11, 2020 | Blog, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Lots of people talking about bucket lists lately: jumping into Corbett’s, hucking big cliffs, sending Chugas pow, skiing Mad River if you can. Now these are fine aspirations for proficient skiers and snowboarders. But what about your average Joe and Jane Snowrider?...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 4, 2020 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Welcome to the Enchanted Circle in New Mexico. Do you believe in magic? If not, there’s a piece of real estate in northern New Mexico called the Sangre de Cristo Mountains that will point you in the right direction. In fact, it’s so magical it is encased within the...
by Greg Colquitt | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Humans like to jump off of stuff. For millennia (it seems), people have been finding ever more creative ways to leap off of incredible heights into something soft that will arrest their landing and allow them to keep seeking that high-octane adrenaline rush. When did...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog, Ski Industry News
There’s more to skiing and snowboarding than ripping up the hill. You’ve got have a base camp, a place where you can recharge your batteries overnight so you can rinse and repeat the next day. But you’re more discriminate than most, and just any old hotel-motel simply...
