The Brave Ski Mom

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Family Skiing Traditions, Montana Style

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For more decades than I care to admit, I’ve been skiing with my family. I started skiing with my parents at age three. A few years later, my brother joined in. For the last 18 years, my husband and I have skied with our sons. Over these many, many years, I’ve come to believe a […]

Ski Montana By Snowcat or Chairlift

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Sometimes, I see something that shakes me up (in a good way) and inspires. This video produced by Visit Montana featuring Great Northern Powder Guides is one of those somethings. The images and sentiment make me want to immediately board a northbound plane. But what makes this video extra special is that it features a family. Cat […]

We Asked. You Answered. More Of North America’s Best Tree Skiing

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  Last season, we pulled together two totally random, social-media generated lists of favorite resorts for tree skiing and powder skiing in North America. These were posted here at Braveskimom.com and also at the Liftopia.com blog. In each post we asked for more suggestions, for help in building out the lists. Tree-skiers responded enthusiastically, with specific shout-outs, suggestions […]

Montana Couple Logs 144 Ski Days at Big Sky in 2015-16

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This winter, Montanans Bob and Sylvia Torter logged 144 ski days at Big Sky. They skied the equivalent of every day of the resort’s regular season, despite a fractured ankle, a bout with pneumonia and cancer treatments in Florida. Their season began on November 7, 2015 when Big Sky opened for one day to take advantage […]

North America’s Favorite Powder Day Resorts

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Here’s something you may have already guessed: I’m the mom who let’s her kid skip school on powder days. When they were entering grade school, a teacher/friend told me this was a bad idea. “It makes it hard on the teachers. They have to repeat material just for your kids,” she explained. I didn’t listen […]