A guest post today from my friend Martin Griff. Martin is a New Jersey based snowsports journalist and photographer. With the symbolic flip of a switch surrounded by 7,500 solar panels, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in western Massachusetts became one of the greenest four-season resorts in the nation on Tuesday, October 27. The 12-acre 2.3 […]
Guest Posts
Successful Skiing with Your Spouse or Partner
A guest post from Brave Ski Dad, James Lummis. My wife is my main skiing partner. Lifelong skiers, we met in college and have skied together long enough to raise two teenage skiers. We are very fortunate to enjoy such a great sport together. Participating in sports with a spouse, partner or girl/boyfriend can be […]
A Brave Ski Dad’s Vow: Every Ski Day Is A Great Ski Day
A guest post from my husband, and super brave ski dad, James Lummis. This season, I’m taking a vow. No longer am I going to let having fun take the back seat. Instead, I declare that Every Ski Day is a Great Ski Day. As a Coloradan, there should be no shortage of fun in […]
And I Thought It Was Just A Fashion Show
A guest post from Cassie Harnett, Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont (Note from the BSM: I met Cassie when I was at the North American Snowsports Journalists Association Annual Meeting in Killington, Vermont this winter. A communications major, Cassie and I started talking about the cute ski clothes she was wearing — it was a […]
How I Found the Courage to Speak Up and Ski Better: A Guest Essay from a BSM
In April, I received an email from a reader named Cora Helm in response to my post on burn out. In her email Cora mentioned that as a relatively new skier, she often finds herself alone, unwilling to hold other, better skiers back. Reflecting on her last ski day of this past season, she wrote this essay and shared […]