What are Your Favorite Apres Ski Cocktails?
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues,” Abraham Lincoln
In case you’ve been in Siberia or solitary, you may have noticed the return of the cocktail. Search “Skier’s Cocktails,” and you’ll find a variety of hot toddies, Irish Coffees and Mulled Wines. Some spike hot chocolate with whiskey, brandy, or peppermint schnapps. There’s even a fancy Crème Brulee Martini (Vanilla vodka mixed with Frangelico and Cointreau, shaken and served in a chilled cocktail glass with a crushed-graham-cracker rim.)
Before bed, following a day in the cold, I enjoy a combination of bourbon, honey, and chamomile tea. After a day of spring skiing, I favor pilsner and lemonade on the rocks.
Do you have a favorite mixed après ski drink? If so, send the recipe and its name. We’ll give each a try and, assuming the taster(s) recover, make it part of a SeniorsSkiing.com après ski drink guide. When submitting, let us know if you want your name included with your drink. We’ll do our best to provide proper credit.
While on the subject, the call for ski jokes is still open. We received a handful, but need more to publish a collection.
Send jokes and cocktail recipes to [email protected].
In closing, here’s W C. Fields on one of his favorite subjects: “If I had my life to live over, I’d live over a saloon.”
R.I.P. Warren Miller
Warren Miller died Wednesday at his home on Orcas Island. He produced 500+ adventure sports films in his lifetime, narrating many in person on annual tours. As a kid in Troy, N.Y. I looked forward to his visit to the R.P.I. Field House, which filled to capacity with skiers whose laughing, hooting, and hollering added to the joyous presentations. He was 93.
California
Mammoth Mountain is targeting entrepreneurial gig workers by providing work space and lift privileges at four resorts for $99 a month. The workspace is called The Fort, a satellite of the same type facility on L.A.
Colorado
The big SnowShow ski trade exposition in Denver is underway. It is the first time Snowsports Industries Association (SIA) and Outdoor Retailers (OR) have joined forces.
Crested Butte and other Western resorts are experiencing lower bookings, the direct result of poor snow conditions.
Japan
Twelve people, including eight soldiers, skiing on the slopes of a volcano near a hot spring resort in central Japan were injured earlier in the week by flying rocks from a sudden eruption. One soldier died.
Utah
Snow (finally) arrived. Alta got 24″, Brian Head, 21″, Snowbird, 21″ All other areas got from 15″ to 8″.
Vermont
Killington, Pico, and Tesla have joined forces to provide charging 45 electric vehicle charging stations.
R. I. P. Warren. You were the best!
A popular drink at Squaw Valley back in the 60’s was called the Squaw Valley Special. A simple drink, the basic Screwdriver (vodka and orange juice) with a splash of seven up. Roland Medel came up with the drink and it was a refreshing spring time cocktail. Didn’t taste too bad during the summer at Sunnyside either. Wes Schimmelpfennig