A Preview of Winter Hits the Rockies

A Preview of Winter Hits the Rockies

Mother Nature provided a tantalizing look at winter over the past week in the mountains of the West. A cold and slow-moving storm has put a significant coating of snow on much of the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains from southeastern British Columbia and...
How to Properly Prepare for Avalanches

How to Properly Prepare for Avalanches

Avalanches are awesome. The power and majesty of massive snow slides — which have been known to hit 80 mph in five seconds — can leave a witness slack-jawed with wonder. But they are dangerous beasts and best viewed from afar. However, for those venturing beyond the...
Winter is Coming

Winter is Coming

Winter is coming! OMG. Maybe you’re in Boston enjoying fall and watching the leaves change color around you, or maybe you’re in Dallas watching your pants change color with sweat wondering how you’re going to make it out of the wet blanket of...
Playing Favorites: A Personal Top-10 List

Playing Favorites: A Personal Top-10 List

If you’ve been checking out the GetSkiTickets.com blogs over the past couple of years, you might have noticed that we try to keep our list of best resorts or lifts or runs or whatever pretty much unbiased, using any number of metrics to keep the playing field as level...
Roadside Assistance for Winter Travel

Roadside Assistance for Winter Travel

Most American skiers and snowboarders, whether going to their local hill or some destination resort in the Rockies or Sierra, travel by car. And because their favorite pastime occurs in the winter, they often encounter some rather challenging road and weather...
‘Tis the Season — for Consumer Shows

‘Tis the Season — for Consumer Shows

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting brisker and the leaves are putting on their usual dazzling display of riotous colors. You know what that means, right? It’s showtime! That annual autumnal rite of passage known as the Ski and Snowboard Show is just...