by Dan Giesin | Mar 16, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
There’s an old saying that good things come in small packages. Much the same can be said for ski resorts. The United States is speckled with such ski hills, little mom-and-pop operations that cater to the local populace, have relatively inexpensive lift tickets/passes...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 11, 2021 | Aspen Ski Vacation, Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Get those fatties out. Colorado is about to be nuked. Hard. A slow moving storm across the southern Rockies is expected to dump huge amounts of pow over Colorado — particularly in the Front Range region — in the next few days. A prolonged period of heavy...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 10, 2020 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
With all the consolidations of ski resorts these days and their mega passes and lift tickets, you sometimes get the feeling you’re simply a faceless cog in a corporate machine. Look at your pass: It has a number and that’s basically what and who you are. But there are...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 3, 2020 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News, Top 10 Best Snow
With the vernal equinox just around the corner — March 19 to be exact — perhaps it’s time to starting thinking about a spring fling in the mountains. But where, exactly, should one consider taking a holiday this time of year? It generally depends on a multitude of...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 25, 2020 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Mountains and music simply go together. I mean, is there a better way to end a day on the hill than to kick back with a cold one and groove to some live tunes? But we’re not talking ‘bout some local guitarist banging out a set on the sun deck on a Saturday afternoon....
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...
