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So we had six inches of snow on Halloween and two weeks later we have 70 degree weather all week around the Boston outpost of SeniorsSkiing.com. And it’s Friday the 13th. And it’s a La Nina year. And it’s COVID time. And it’s 2020. What’s going on?
We’ll stop there. We’ve run out of synonyms for “unprecedented”.
One thing we know for sure is that our readers are beginning to discover our new Classifieds section. Reader ads are populating that page with some interesting offers from condo rentals and requests for ski buddies to ski club trips and offers of used gear.
We started the Classified section because we felt there was some kinetic interest in our readership for connecting with other readers. Comments in various Question For You features revealed there was some back and forth between respondents. Responses to our annual reader surveys revealed ideas for connecting with others. So, we thought a Classifieds section would be low-hanging fruit.
Our original plan was to offer readers the opportunity to post an ad for 30 days for $1. The offer was to end today, Nov. 13. But, because we started publishing kind of early in the season, and because this Fall as been so…um…unprecedented, we thought we’d extend our offer of a $1 classified ad for 30 days until Dec. 4th. Our regular, reasonable, affordable rates will begin after that date.
As a reminder, here are the categories:
Just click here to view Classifieds or post an ad:
This Week
SeniorsSkiing.com correspondent Herb Stevens, the Skiing Weatherman, points out there will be snowfall this week in some places and not others. Surprised? Find out where and why and what the prospects are for the near future. Click here.
Make More Tracks correspondent Jonathan Wiesel writes about a visit to Craters of the Moon National Monument, a unusual park in south central Idaho where you can ski and snowshoe on top of a volcano. Extinct, but maybe not. Click here.
We hear from Steve Bell about how to market your ski house apartment, what online services to use, and how to prep your apartment for visitors. He has guidelines for dealing with COVID and guests. Part 2 of a three part series. Click here.
Our Question For You asks how you prepare for the season. What’s the ritual you fall into year after year, consciously or unconsciously? Click here.
Our Mystery Glimpse feature presents a photo of an old timer in an odd parka. We also reveal the identity of the instructor in comma position. Click here.
Correspondent Yvette Cardozo forwarded an interesting web page from Summit at Snowsqualmie which we are publishing as an example of what you can expect at almost any ski resort in the upcoming weeks. Be prepared. It’s unprecedented. Click here.
Reader Craig Scott sends in a report about Holiday Valley, a western NY powder catcher. We believe small resorts like Holiday Valley will benefit from increased traffic as customers will seek accessible, uncrowded areas this year. Click here.
Finally, we have a poem by Robert Frost as part of our Snow In Literature series. The message is uplifting and frankly we need an uplift. Enjoy. Click here.
Thanks for reading SeniorsSkiing.com. Tell your friends and remember, there are more of us every day and we aren’t going away.
Recently saw a “Backcountry Responsibility Code” in skikind.org that I think applies equally well to slopeside skiing. I imagine there will be a lot of controversy over efforts by ski areas to provide a safe experience as long as COVID-19 is an issue. I’ll be interested in seeing if SeniorsSkiing stakes out a position on the whole pandemic issue.