by Dan Giesin | Jan 25, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Young children are great ski buddies. The stoke level is generally on 10, and every run — every turn almost — can seem like a brand-new adventure. But continually running up and down the local hill can feel restricting at times, for both you and your little buddy....
by Dan Giesin | Jan 18, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
So, you and your significant other have agreed: It’s time to take the little ones — we’re talking 6 years old or younger here — on a first-time ski holiday. But as simple as that concept seems to be, it can be totally fraught, full of potential pitfalls that could...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 11, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Most people consider skiing and snowboarding a high-end activity. The cost of lift tickets or season passes, equipment, food and beverage, accommodations, travel expenses and the like generally are not for the seriously budget-minded. The sport, for good or bad, can...
by Dan Giesin | Jan 3, 2023 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Colorado is known as Ski Country USA, with its 28 resorts and hundreds of lifts and thousands of runs supplying winter-time fun to all levels of skiers and snowboarders. And when the sun goes down — or even earlier for some folks — Colorado becomes Apres Country USA,...
by Dan Giesin | Dec 6, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Sliding down an icy or snow-covered slope under control is an inherently dangerous pastime. Throw in any number of assorted outside influences and you’re looking at potential catastrophe. Last season, 57 people died and another 54 suffered catastrophic injuries in...
by Dan Giesin | Nov 29, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
A little more than a year ago, Sierra-at-Tahoe general manager John Rice faced a grim prospect: More than 700 acres of his 2,000-acre ski resort had been torched by the Caldor wildfire. In the aftermath of California’s 16th largest-ever wildfire, which consumed...
