by Dan Giesin | Oct 9, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 4, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...
by Greg Colquitt | Oct 4, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 2, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 27, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 25, 2018 | Ski Industry News
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...