Skiing and social distancing: Three Vermont ski areas look at the season ahead.
(Photo: Upper Jester, Sugarbush, Vermont) One of the things I love about skiing is how no two ski areas are alike. Each has its own character, its own vibe, even its own culture. That couldn’t be more true than it will be this year, when ski areas across the country implement their own unique coronavirus……
Vail announced its policies for the coming season. So now what?
After months of speculation, the word it finally out: Last week Vail released its operating plan for the coming season, and it’s a lot to take in. Rather than repeat the whole thing, you can go here to see for yourself. It’s a pretty lengthy document, but in a nutshell, there are a few things……
Pandemic Skiing at A-Basin: What was it like? A Ski Diva fills us in.
(Photo above: East Wall, A-Basin, May, 2020) If I could’ve changed places with one person last week, it might’ve been Rachel Vecchitto. A long-time member of TheSkiDiva community, Rachel was lucky enough to ski at A-Basin when they re-opened after closing in mid-March for the pandemic. So that all of us might live vicariously through……
The season pass conundrum.
This is the time of year when we usually make our season pass decisions. Ikon or Epic? Which level? Or should we go with an independent mountain, instead? It’s not an easy decision. We have to evaluate where we plan to ski next year, what trips we want to take, and how many days we……
Want your own private ski area? How about renting one? Here’s someone who did.
Have you ever wished you owned your own private ski area? Seriously, who hasn’t. But unless you’re extremely rich or have some sort of organization behind you, the chance of that happening is very, very slim. That said, there is a way to have an entire ski area at your disposal for a single day:……
Are we loving skiing to death?
Most of us take up skiing for a variety of reasons: we love the feeling of freedom we get when we fly down the slopes; we take delight from the physicality of the movement, the striving to perfection; we enjoy being outdoors with nature. For some of us, too, there’s a feeling of adventure, maybe even……
A Chat with Poppy Gall, Outdoor Clothing Innovator: From ISIS to POPIA.
Did you ever find an outdoor clothing brand you really liked, only to have it disappear from the retail landscape? That was Isis Clothing for Women, a pioneering brand that fell by the wayside back in 2010. Isis first came on the scene in 1998, and it was like a breath of fresh air: a……
The ski film “DREAM JOB” is hysterical. Here’s a chat with its producer, Colleen Gentemann.
Fall is ski movie time. Warren Miller Entertainment, TGR, Matchstick, Level 1, gear companies – these are just a few that produce ski films, year after year year. To me, most of these movies are pretty interchangeable. Sure, there’s lots of great skiing. But there’s little to differentiate one from another. That’s why I was……
A chat with Joel Gratz, OpenSnow founder and chief meteorologist
Now that it’s post-Labor Day, you can’t shake a stick without seeing a forecast for the coming ski season. NOAA, Farmer’s Almanac, The Weather Channel, Accuweather…these are only a few; there are tons of predictions around. And though all of us would love to know exactly what the coming winter will bring, I’m filled with…
You have questions, I have answers.
As you can imagine, I get a lot of emails from people asking me all sorts of questions. So chalk it up to laziness, chalk it up to efficiency, I thought I’d handle all my replies here in one shot. Here we go — answers to the most common questions that crop up in my……
