How do you make a great family ski resort better? If you’re Deer Valley Resorts, the new owners of Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah, you do these things: New Lifts New Restaurants New Attitude In April, Deer Valley Resorts finalized the purchase of Solitude and began announcing upgrades and changes for the coming season. These include a […]
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Life is Better…On a High Speed Lift
For at least a decade, I’ve complained about the main lift at a nearby resort. I grew up skiing Powderhorn Mountain Resort, and while I’m loyal to this small resort’s amazing glades and often-deep powder, the 13 minute lift ride (sans footrest) made me crazy. Like many skiers and snowboarders, I’ve come to expect high […]
Find Your Ski “Family” at Alta’s Goldminer’s Daughter
The first time we visited Alta as a family, our sons were 12 and 9. It was the first winter that they didn’t ski race, so we were enjoying the sweet freedom of free skiing. Being more familiar with red rock Moab than white powder Wasatch, our Colorado boys were skeptical of skiing in Utah, for […]
Win An $11,000 Skisperience from Skis.com
Are you feeling lucky today? While the Brave Ski Mom giveaways are over until the end of the year, here’s one more opportunity to win big (really big). With a prize valued at over $11,000, Skis.com is giving away a ski trip for two to Utah in March (March 26-31, 2015 to be exact) plus full gear […]
A Family Guide to Utah’s Canyons Resort
The first time we skied Canyons it was spring, the sky was blue and the snow was soft. While it should have been a perfect day. It wasn’t, because we didn’t know how to navigate this massive mountain. That afternoon, we left the resort unsatisfied. We knew we’d missed the magic. We just weren’t sure […]