Where to Put the Skis? On the Ski Bumper! This is what happens when we go skiing. We take the skis out of the rocket box and a) if I’m in charge, I lean them against the car. I don’t like to put them on the ground where there is rocky, dirty snow. I also […]
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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? […]
Tight Turns: Improve Skills With Ski Camp, Books and Better Skis
Lazy? Busy? Crazy? Actually, I’m not sure which of those applies, but this winter season, I am continuing my off-season schedule of two posts per week. This means, as least once a month, I will combine several short topics in a post titled “Tight Turns.” Today marks the Tight Turns début. Topic? Learn-to-Ski (and a […]
Even When I Feel Like a Loser, It Turns Out I’m A Winner
On October 10th, I was feeling sorry for myself. It was raining —again – a not uncommon experience in Colorado during the fall of 2013. My husband was in Aspen partying with friends from college, many of them my friends too, but since it was a “guy thing,” I was at home. My kids were […]
Ski Fashion: Curves or Turns?
Last month, while skiing at Heavenly in California, I found myself on a chairlift with three men. These men were friends and had skied together at Heavenly for over 40 years. We didn’t have a lot in common, other than the enjoyment of a beautiful ski day, so I didn’t mind when they began a […]