by Dan Giesin | Jan 25, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Everyone who has spent any time on a ski hill has a story to tell about skiing too fast. One friend of mine — we’ll call her June — was skiing at a popular and well-known resort a few years ago, zooming down a super-long, top-to-bottom groomer when she encountered...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 20, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Camping in the great outdoors is one of the better ways — if not the best — to get rid of some of the angst that seems to rapidly accumulate in our modern times. Throw in a little skiing and you’ve got makings of paradise on earth. But short of going the full...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 4, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Talk about going from 0 to 60 in nothing flat! The month of December 2021 dawned in the Sierra Nevada range with a less-than-minimal snow coverage at most ski resorts — the big exception being Mammoth Mountain, which was carefully husbanding the remnants of a huge...
by Jack McNary | Jan 4, 2022 | Blog, Expert, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
Why you should bootpack that extra bit We all ski for different reasons – for some of us, it’s to enjoy the beauty of the mountains on a gorgeous sunny day, reveling in the warmth of the high-altitude sun and the wide-open groomers. For others, it’s about charging...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 28, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Ski Resort Marketing
There’s a ski hill in California’s central Sierra Nevada that’s so big they have a word for it: Mammoth. And with 3,100 feet of vertical and 3,500 acres of skiable terrain accessed by an efficient lift system (a two-stage gondola and 22 chairs lifts, 10 of them of the...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 14, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
There’s no denying that Jackson Hole is big-mountain skiing. With 4,139 feet of vertical — the second most continuous vertical drop in the United States — and 2,500 in-bound acres and another 3,000 acres of gate-accessed backcountry, Jackson Hole will test the legs...
