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Tuning Skis (Part 2)

As a young ski racer, I learned the importance of properly tune skis. Now as an old a recreational skier, I can assure you skiing “tuned” skis makes the sport more enjoyable.  Tuning a pair of skis answers three questions. One, do the bindings work as advertised? Two, are the bottoms flat, not convex or concave? And three, are the[Read More…]

by March 14, 2024 5 comments Other News
Dr. Jaime Green (circa 2016)

CADS: Where Are They Today?

Riding a chair lift last month, I saw them on a skier below. Ten days later, I saw them again, this time at an area 2,000 miles away. CADS…  Constant – force Articulated Dynamic Struts … the odd looking, butt-to-boots device designed to keep skiers with knee and other lower body strength and stamina issues on the slopes and skiing[Read More…]

by March 14, 2024 6 comments Other News
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New Don Burch Video: Wonderment of Skiing

This week Don Burch brings us A very personal account of what skiing means to him.  Enjoy!  

by March 14, 2024 14 comments Other News
Skiing Ski Santa Fe

Skiing Ski Santa Fe

When one thinks of the first ski areas in the U.S., one thinks of Sun Valley or Stowe. Few know that in 1936, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe, NM, Robert Nordhaus installed a rope two to haul people up the slopes of what is now Ski Santa Fe. It was used as a training area[Read More…]

by March 14, 2024 4 comments Other News
Buffing

Prepping Skis (Part 1)

Way back when in the last century, after I started skiing, ski bottoms were wood. Then, Kofix, the first polymer bottom, came out in 1956 followed by P-Tex 2000 in 1966. Since then, every ski has a polyethylene bottoms. The lure, besides better gliding over the snow, was that with P-Tex, one didn’t have to ever wax your skis again.[Read More…]

by February 21, 2024 9 comments Other News
The Older We Get- The Better We Were

The Older We Get- The Better We Were

So, I was surprised this week when my friend Eric, from Tahoe (formerly of Vermont), mailed me some pictures from way back when we skied Tuckerman Ravine together. Looking at these 40 year old photos, I thought back to a time when we laid down the only tracks one day in Dodge’s Drop ( and Eric had a cast on his[Read More…]

by February 21, 2024 10 comments Other News
ICYMI for March 2024

ICYMI for March 2024

Days are getting longer and warmer, and spring skiing is the reward we downhillers get for braving frosty fingers and toes until now.  Let’s hope the snow holds until April or May. Until then, enjoy these events and deals happening at the destinations we love.  Here are bits and pieces from here and there for March for skiers and riders. Sugarloaf The[Read More…]

by February 21, 2024 2 comments Other News
Skier/Snowboarder Responsibility Code – More Thoughts

Skier/Snowboarder Responsibility Code – More Thoughts

Let’s face it, unless you’re an active ski instructor trying to instill key concepts to your students, or a parent/grandparent trying to explain this thing to a relative or grandchild, when’s the last time you actually read this “Code”, now with 10 points? Instead of reading each numbered point, let’s think about the most important messages we’re trying to convey[Read More…]

by February 21, 2024 18 comments Other News
Importance of Rental Demo Skis

Importance of Rental Demo Skis

Editors Note: This article comes from SeniorsSkiing subscriber Ron Rosen I love to ski. (My wife says I live to ski).  Most of my adult working life I was too busy  to research new ski technologies and techniques. It is why I wound up skiing the same pair of Head Monsters for a decade until they wore out, and how[Read More…]

by February 21, 2024 12 comments Other News
Photo Credit Hunter Mountain

Personal History of Hunter Mountain

Every time I drive Route 23A to Hunter Mountain, I am reminded of a lifetime connection to the area. I learned to ski here, and so did my kids, but I started visiting Tannersville long before the ski mountain opened in January, 1960. My family spent two weeks each August at the Rose Garden Hotel when I was little. It[Read More…]

by February 20, 2024 11 comments Other News
What A Ski Instructor Wants You To Know About Keeping Warm

What A Ski Instructor Wants You To Know About Keeping Warm

by Stacey Smith I have been a ski instructor for 18 years. I am also a parent to two grown adults who learned to ski as children by going to work with me. Keeping all of us warm and comfortable for entire days on the slopes was my responsibility, and I make sure my clients, at any age, are warm[Read More…]

by February 8, 2024 11 comments Other News
90th Anniversary of the First North Creek Snow Train

90th Anniversary of the First North Creek Snow Train

The first Lake Placid Olympics in 1932 generated a lot of interest in skiing in the USA, especially in New York State – enough to prompt creation of a special ski train.  2024 is the 90th anniversary of that train, the North Creek Snow Train. On March 24, 1934, 378 downhill enthusiasts rode along the Hudson River from Schenectady to the Adirondack[Read More…]

by February 8, 2024 1 comment Other News
France vs. Italy: And It’s Not About Soccer

France vs. Italy: And It’s Not About Soccer

Looking for a traditional French village with a ski resort, I came across Val Cenis in Savoie, at the southern side of the highest paved mountain pass in Europe, Col de l’Iseran, 2,764 meters. In winter the closest airport is Turin and then the Frejus Tunnel. Flying to Geneva is also a possibility. We sought the French atmosphere of a[Read More…]

by February 8, 2024 0 comments Other News
Alterra Buys A-Basin

Alterra Buys A-Basin

Add another mountain to the growing list owned by Alterra – Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin, which everybody calls A-Basin. A favorite of locals and those who prefer an old-fashioned, low-key destination, A-Basin has been part of the Ikon Pass system since 2019. Devoted fans hope Alterra won’t change it into a glitzy resort like its neighbors, Vail and Breckenridge, which are[Read More…]

by February 7, 2024 2 comments Other News
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New Don Burch Video: Skiing Seniors

This week Don Burch brings us a compilation of footage from this and the last few seasons. Skiers are from the Mountain Laurel Ski Club, friends from the North American Snowsports Journalists Association and seniors he meets on the slopes. Enjoy.  

by February 7, 2024 7 comments Other News
Rob Scharf at Sierra At Tahoe

Senior Skier Tries Monoskiing

Editors Note: This article comes from SeniorsSkiing subscriber Rob Scharf I have been on two skis 55+ years, including as a patroller and volunteer mountain host.  So trying a monoski was a challenge that became exhilaration  – and just plain fun. I learned to ski at Mt Lassen Ski Area in northern California, where there were two rope tows and one Poma[Read More…]

by January 23, 2024 5 comments Other News
Titus Skibana

And then there is Titus

High speed detachable quads, gondolas, six-packs and eight-packs, bubble chairs and heated cushions are all part of the growing race to get us uphill faster, even warmer. And then, there is Titus, an independent family-operated, family-friendly destination near the Canadian border in upstate New York. Titus Mountain Family Ski Center is a 1,200 vertical ski area tucked an hour’s drive north of Lake[Read More…]

by January 23, 2024 5 comments Other News
Better Quality Skiing – Tribute to Contributor Bob Trueman

Better Quality Skiing – Tribute to Contributor Bob Trueman

Editors Note: It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of one of our very popular contributors, Bob Trueman, a retired ski instructor and coach based in Europe.  Every one of his many articles about how to ski better and enjoy it more struck a chord with SeniorsSkiing readers, always eliciting a spirited conversation in the comments[Read More…]

by January 23, 2024 13 comments Other News, Technique
Maine Ski Museum’s Glenn Parkinson shared his knowledge about vintage gear with folks at the Wooden Ski Day

Wooden Ski Day Held At Carter’s XC Ski Center

The traditional way of skiing (from the 1920’s on) was celebrated at the annual Wooden Ski Day at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel, Maine. The event has been run for about 40 years at Carter’s, which began operating in 1984. In the early days of skiing everyone used wooden skis because synthetics had not begun to be used in[Read More…]

by January 21, 2024 0 comments Other News
JH Kings and Queens of Corbets Veronica Paulson first womans backflip

ICYMI for February

In case you missed it, here are bits and pieces from here and there about several of our favorite winter resorts East and West, to help you plan your downhill or XC time and your time before, during or after. See you on the slopes!  Birding on Skis at Alta This is a unique winter adventure. Alta’s Birding on Skis[Read More…]

by January 19, 2024 1 comment Other News
Skier/Snowboarder Responsibility Code

Skier/Snowboarder Responsibility Code

January is National Safety Awareness Month, a good time to be reminded about safety on the slopes we all love, to keep us, the kids and the grandkids all safe and smiling on the slopes we all love.  We invite you to add your comments about experiences with downhillers who have violated the safety code. Even more, we invite you[Read More…]

by January 9, 2024 25 comments Other News
George Adzick at A-Basin 1982 in Daphne style, a Bernard Altman sweater, jeans, Nordica Astro Bananas, and 210 Blizzards.

Fit to Be Tied

Lord willing, this is my 66th straight year of skiing. But this is about one special memory with the Blizzard Ski Club of Minnesota in 1964, when I was nine.  It is also about my dad, a PSIA Chief Examiner who skied well into his 70s, as I am doing now. My parents were early flatland skiers in the Twin Cities[Read More…]

by January 9, 2024 8 comments Other News
Winter in the Time of Global Warming

Winter in the Time of Global Warming

Planning in late summer for an early December ski trip in Europe you have to think about glaciers. There are a number of possibilities: Zermatt in Switzerland, Cervinia in Italy, and Hintertux, Kitzsteinhorn, and Stubai in Austria. Glacier skiing used to be confined to summer and pre-season skiing, but with global warming, the situation is changing and if you want[Read More…]

by January 9, 2024 3 comments Other News
New skis at Whistler

Different Way to Buy a Pair of Skis – Part II

Different Way to Buy a Pair of Skis – Part 1 Before I left Dallas, knowing I now had a new pair of Dynastar skis, I needed a new ski bag. The ones I had were designed to protect the skis on a car roof rack but weren’t suitable for riding in the baggage compartment of an airliner. On visits[Read More…]

by January 9, 2024 5 comments Other News
Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

Many Thanks to our Enthusiastic Readers and Best Wishes for Happy and Healthy year!

by December 28, 2023 2 comments Other News