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Your Pre-Season Gear Check: Bindings, Boots, Skis, Helmet

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Before you get aboard the first lift of the season, give your gear a once-over. Here’s what to check at home, what to bring to a shop and a few things that are easy to overlook. Skis that were running great last March may have dry bases or rusty…
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What’s New in Colorado for the 2026/27 Season

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Colorado's 2026/27 ski season is officially underway, with the opening of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on October 28th, sending the season's first skiers and riders up the mountain on the Black Mountain Express chairlift. Opening day at A-Basin is a quintessential…
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Bayly Goes South

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Phil Bayly is back.  That's good news!  And more good news! Bayly, a long time television news reporter and anchor, is the author of the Murder on Skis mystery series and his eighth book "A Southern Slope" comes out November 6  And Bayly,…
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Spring Skiing at Beartooth Basin: A Bucket-List Adventure

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Have you ever heard of Beartooth Basin? Tucked high in the mountains near the Montana-Wyoming border, this unique summer ski area is one of the most unusual ski experiences in North America. After trying to make the trip for four years, I finally made…
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Desperate to Go Skiing – Part II

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The subtitle of this piece should be “A Cultural Education While Driving to an From a Ski Area in the South Getting There and Back.” Why? It was not about the roads or the reliability of my car.  Understand that, as an Air Force Brat, yes, that…
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What’s New in Utah for 2026/27 Season

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Once again, our favorite resorts in Utah have been busy all spring, summer and fall adding new chairlifts and snowmaking, and upgrading trails and dining facilities, along with upgrades in sustainability. Here’s what’s new in Utah for the 2026/27…
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Wax No More

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Fall.  The ski season is just ahead and its time to make sure your gear is just as ready as you are to make those first turns.  You have made your pass decisions. Travel plans are ready for calendar entry Clothing can come out of warm weather…
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Three Inches Lower

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So, I was riding the chairlift with my pal Angelo Ross at Laurel Mountain, Pa. and we discussed some things about ski technique. Angelo is the Education Development Manager for the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and an examiner with the…
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Desperate to Go Skiing – Part l

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While this little episode doesn’t involve skiing per se, it does involve skis in the deep south in June 1968 right after I graduated from college and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy. My orders directed me to report for flight training in Pensacola,…
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Bavarian Bliss: From Strongholds to Slopes

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My Dad was in the Army's 10th Armored Division during World War II.  He often talked about skiing at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on wooden skies in his Army issued combat boots.  Recently I found this cartoon that he had saved.  Here’s a brief history…
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Central New York’s historic Toggenburg ski area is sold with plans to re-open next year

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A family of small business owners near Syracuse, New York, has just closed on the purchase of the dormant Toggenburg Mountain ski center with hopes of reopening it during the 2027-28 season. “We started out on it Thursday night when we closed,”…
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Getting Ready for the First Chair: Pre-Season Conditioning Tips

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The snow is already falling out West and up North, and we all are in the mental “can’t wait” mode. But are you ready physically? Have you adjusted or beefed up your pre-season exercise routine for the extra endurance, balance and burst power you…
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It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Ski

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Many people believe skiing must be learned in childhood. After more than forty years as a certified ESF ski instructor in Val Thorens, I have discovered exactly the opposite. Every winter, I teach adults in their fifties, sixties, seventies and…
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What’s New at Ikon Pass Resorts for the 2026/27 Season

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When there’s more than 70 downhill destinations in nearly a dozen countries, Ikon Pass offers something new somewhere each season. This is a high-speed chairlift ride through what you can expect for the 2026/27 season with one of Ikon’s many different…
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Happy Anniversary Deals and More Deals

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Lucky us. Several resorts marking milestone anniversaries this season are celebrating with steeply discount deals for lift tickets, and others are discounting prices just for fun- our fun. Some lift tickets are just $9 on certain days, even $3.75, even…
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Free & Half Price tickets to Snowbound Expo, Nov 14-15, 2026

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Snowbound Expo is coming to Mohegan Sun, November 14-15, 2026, and it’s set to be the most exciting edition of the winter sports expo yet! Snowbound Expo is the best place on the east coast to snag your gear before the season starts. Shop from over…
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Hall of Fame Announces 9 Legends to be Inducted in 2027

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The U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is excited to announce the nine-member Hall of Fame Class of 2026 that will be inducted at the annual Snowsports History Celebration in Ogden next April. Dave Holli (Ishpeming,…
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Skiing Between Snowstorms in Valle Nevado and La Parva, Chile

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The first two days at Valle Nevado/La Parva last month it dumped more than a foot of new powder. It was the tail end of back-to-back storms that swamped Chile's mountains, including Portillo, with around 30 feet of snow in a few short weeks beginning…
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