On March 8, International Women’s Day, I went skiing with women, a bunch of women, about 80-90 women, on the final day of a multi-week women’s program at Eldora Mountain Resort. It was also the final day of my six-day MAX Pass tour of Colorado’s northernmost ski resorts, or as I’ve been calling them, the North Stars. […]
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Five Reasons to Look Forward to the Coming Ski Season
If you’re like me, you probably already have a very long list of reasons why you’re looking forward to ski season. Or maybe your list is super short, starting with “skiing” and ending with “skiing” (or riding). In any case, my family and I were having dinner recently and we created a list of five […]
Why It’s Good to Be A 5th Grader
My sons, like most kids, are all about growing up. They want to be older, taller, able to do more things and go more places independently. Once they graduated grade school, they deemed it “the worst.” Middle school is something they’ve tolerated on the way to high school. While I want time to slow down, […]
Kick Off Ski Season With A “Mystery” Giveaway
What Will You Win? Gift cards, product samples and more from Mountain Khakis, Liftopia, VISA, Hestra, PortaSki, Helmet Huggers and FOSY Originals. Later this week, the calendar will mark a change from summer to fall. This means ski season is only one month away in parts of North America. What better way to kick off fall […]
Tight Turns: EpicMix Racing, Liftopia Update and One Horn Tooting
New This Winter: EpicMix Racing This season, Vail Resorts is replacing NASTAR with EpicMix Racing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Northstar. It’s a big blow to NASTAR. In 2011, Vail Mountain had 6,849 NASTAR racers with 29,310 starts, making it the most popular NASTAR mountain in the country. So how will EpicMix racing work? […]