by Dan Giesin | Oct 26, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
A bomb cyclone washed ashore on the West Coast last weekend and exploded all over Northern California. As a results, the folks at Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe will be having a blast. The monster storm that ravaged California was a result of an atmospheric...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 19, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The age of the multi-resort pass in upon us. And that is a good thing. Some locals may bitch — many of them vociferously — about them, saying these multi-resort passes are taking the soul out of skiing and bringing too many outsiders to the hill and clogging up the...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 12, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The massive forests of the Sierra Nevada range have been under siege in recent years by California’s relentless wildfire season. It was only a matter of time before a ski resort got in the way. The Caldor Fire, which began on Aug. 4 in the foothills east of...
by Dan Giesin | Oct 5, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
The Great Pandemic of 2020-21 put the brakes on a whole lot of things around the world, and the ski industry was no exception. Many projects expected to be completed in time for the 2020-21 ski season were put on hold because of the coronavirus. For instance, of the...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 28, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Probably the most common thought-about subject in the ski and snowboard world right about now is, “What the heck is the coming winter going to be like?” Are we going to have epic pow days? Or will we simply be doing lap after lap on a white ribbon of death? Well,...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 30, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Closing time. Two of the saddest words in the English language. And that usually pertains to the ski and snowboard season as we sadly watch the dirt and mud creep higher up hill and realize the lifts will soon stop spinning and our on-snow fix will have to wait until...
