If You Need Some Inspiration To Get Out There, Here It Is. Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire looks deep in snow as of today. Wonderful and dramatic shots of a beautiful and venerable ski area. Credit White Mountains TV 16.
There are dozens of ski areas that offer free skiing to seniors. SeniorsSkiing.com’s partner, the International Ski History Association, has just published an incredibly valuable resource for senior skiers. In the November-December 2014 issue of Skiing History Magazine, there’s a directory of where seniors can ski for free or for discounts in North America. Thanks to ISHA President (and Seniorsskiing.com[Read More…]
Free-skier Tom Wallisch corks it on New Zealand’s Tallest Mountain Some say skiing is flying with different expectations. Take a look at this short video from GoPro with professional free-skier Tom Wallisch down in En-Zed. Aside from the corkscrew flip, the view of these snow fields is breathtaking. By the way, winter in New Zealand is summer in the Northern[Read More…]
High-Speed Gondola To Link Both Areas The recent acquisition by Vail of Park City Mountain Resort is yielding a major new development. Vail will link Park City and Canyons Resorts together, creating the largest ski area in the US with over 7,300 acres of skiable terrain. Click here to read the whole story from the Salt Lake Tribune. Your move,[Read More…]
Movers and Shakers honored. Twenty years ago, ski enthusiasts and visionaries realized that historic ski photos and manuscripts should be collected to assure they wouldn’t be lost in dusty attics and that old albums wouldn’t be tossed out. The resulting collection is housed on the University of Utah campus in the J. Willard Marriott Library, and it’s called the Ski[Read More…]
Latest Prediction from WBZ-TV Meteorologist Forecasts Cold and Snow With the season just getting started, we’ve been diligently watching snow forecasts as we know know you have as well. As we reported in an earlier post, Joel Gratz, our favorite snow meteorologist who prognosticates at OpenSnow, has been compared a number of weather models and found a consensus for dry[Read More…]
When Was The Last Time You Skied In The Dark? We bet it wasn’t like this. So far, this year’s pre-snow-season has seen at least two new dazzling ski movies hit the screens. First, we couldn’t help but notice Warren Miller’s 65th ski movie, No Turning Back, which we reviewed here and concluded it was the best yet. That movie[Read More…]
Lifts are open in the high Rockies! What we’ve been waiting for has finally happening. Subtly, to be sure. The lifts opened on Oct 17 at Arapahoe Basin, the first ski area to open this season. Robin’s egg blue day. Let’s hope we see more of those this year. To read the scoop on A-Basin’s opening day, click here[Read More…]
Pre-Season Acquisitions March On Through the Wasatch Mountains There goes another one. First, Vail scoops up Park City. Now we have Deer Valley, a top-shelf brand, picking up Solitude. Who’s next? Here’s the full story from the Salt Lake Tribune. And here’s the official press release from Deer Valley. Operations at Solitude won’t shift over until May, 2015. We[Read More…]
Salt Lake City launches campaign to attract skiers to a “base camp for skiing”. Visit Salt Lake President Scott Beck isn’t pulling punches when he says a new $1.8 billion campaign to boost SLC’s brand is aimed at luring skiers away from Colorado’s storied resorts. Expect a flurry of online and print advertisements promoting Salt Lake City’s short drive to[Read More…]
From the Salt Lake Tribune: Vail Resorts has purchased Park City Mountain Resort for $182.5 million in cash, creating the country’s largest ski resort covering more than 7,000 acres. The Colorado resort announced the acquisition Thursday morning, adding that the sale resolves all litigation with Powdr Corp., Park City Mountain Resort’s parent company.
Benefits of Membership Go Beyond A Ride To The Mountain My early years of skiing were with the Troy (NY) Ski Club. At 11, I was the youngest member, attending Thursday night meetings at the YWCA to sign up for the Sunday bus trip to southern Vermont or the Adirondacks. Instruction by an older member was part of the package.[Read More…]
Thanks, Sugarbush, For The Deal! Sugarbush Resort is offering a wonderful deal: Mid-week season pass for $199 for 65+ skiers. For mid-week Boomer skiers, this is a good thing. Thanks, Sugarbush, for acknowledging senior skiers. Click here to BUY NOW.
GoPro Channel hosts unbelievable footage from little camera. Can you see how Nate Wallace is doing this? He’s holding a little GoPro camera on the end of an aluminum pole. The effect shows that this kind of powder skiing is nothing short of exhilarating. If you’ve never tried deep powder, this is what it’s like. Click here to be transported. Truly like a dream.
Alan Engen Recounts How Alta’s Wild Old Bunch has been meeting on the mountain since 1969. With the baby boomers now reaching retirement age, there is a growing population of senior age skiers on the slopes, some of whom are even active in competitive skiing activities. As a result, senior ski programs are becoming a significant part of many ski[Read More…]
The Peak: Swiss Videographer Makes The Mountain Come Alive. Christian Mulhauser is a young, self-taught Swiss photographer and videographer who, in this short clip has managed to capture the magnificence of the Matterhorn. The different sequences are dynamic; no longer does the peak look like a silent statute; instead, it is a player in a vastly changing environment.
What is hot, orange and headed uphill? Okemo recently announced installation of its Orange Bubble, a heated-seat, six-pack chair, the first of its kind in New England. And, Canyons Resort in Park City installed its Orange Bubble Quad a few years ago. I’ve taken that lift, and the warmth and orange-filtered view are nice‑especially on a bitter day. The technology[Read More…]
We were curious about what ski areas and resorts were doing to accommodate the rapidly growing number of senior snow enthusiasts who were coming to play. So, we launched our First Ski Area and Resort Survey, polling a number of key areas in the US and Canada about lift discounts, amenities and special deals for seniors. The Good News: There[Read More…]
Snowbird’s Pipeline (the top to bottom ravine in center of picture) : One of North America’s toughest ski routes, descends from Twin peaks above Snowbird. First skied by Junior Bounous in the early 70s. He skied it again during his 80th year. Junior is an inspiration to senior skiers everywhere.  
Spidey and Cap’n America, Skiing’s Super Heroes, about to save the day at the top of Snowbird tram. Senior Skiers, do you ski in costume? If you could choose one, what would it be?
