It’s time! It’s snowing in the North American mountains and winter is truly “just around the corner.” No matter how fit you are from your summertime adventures, you’ll feel better and ski stronger if you take the time now, to do some pre-season training. For the last two years, physical therapist Bryan Whitesides created pre-season workouts for The […]
Take Your Tele Skills to the Next Level
I know a lot of parents who telemark — sometimes. Many of them took up tele when their kids were small and just learning to ski. The idea was that learning tele would make it more fun to hang out on the bunny slopes. And it was. Then the kids progressed on their alpine gear […]
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What To Do On Skis When the Snow Doesn’t Come
I think La Niña must be a 12 year-old girl. Last year, we were BFFs and she shared her snow with skiers in Colorado and Utah. This year, I don’t know what happened. Was it something we said? Maybe she didn’t like the way we took her for granted, skiing right on through the summer […]
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Ski Trip Report: Alta Moguls, Ski School and More
“We live in Utah, we don’t ski moguls,” my friend Marc told me. I looked at him with complete incredulity. “You don’t ski moguls?” I repeated quite slowly to make sure I had understood him correctly. “No, we don’t ski moguls,” he repeated. “We usually get so much snow that it covers up the moguls.” […]
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Ski Year Round With Rainer, Steph and Ron
Every year, as ski season draws to a close, I don’t want it to end. When I’m in the skiing groove, I want to ski all year. I don’t want the weather to warm nor do I want the sun to shine — too much. I tell people I want to ski year-round. But, inevitably […]
