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“Senior Skills” seminar provides useful tips for one’s technique quiver

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As a certified ski instructor I’m required to take a biennial clinic in which we upgrade our teaching and skiing skills. The Professional Ski Instructors of America, or PSIA, offers a broad menu of topics to focus on. Having just turned 71, the “Senior…
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Recycled Water, Real Snow: Big Sky’s Path to a Greener Ski Season

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In February I was fortunate to be at Big Sky Resort in southwestern Montana with the 70+ Ski Club. For the last decade or so Big Sky had been working its way up my short list of resorts to knock off.  After several years of less than desirable conditions…
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Tips and Tactics for Spring Skiing

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The days are longer, the sun is brighter, the temperatures are warmer and the snow is softer.  Ah, yes, spring skiing is special, when you can shed layers enjoy such end-of-season silliness as pond skimming contests and leisurely  sun-soaked apres. Spring…
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My 80 Plus Patch and Its Potential

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Two years ago, when I signed up as a member of the 70 plus ski club, I received my 80 plus patches.  I had collected patches from ski areas for years and have a coat that adorns all or most of my patches.  I have tried to buy one at every new ski area…
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Musings from Whistler

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Whistler is really a combination of two large areas – Blackcomb, Whistler, and a small village called Creekside. Each has a gondola that will take skiers up the mountain. Getting off any of the gondolas, it is an easy ski down to Blackcomb has…
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How Wheaties Affected The 1936 Olympics

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Publishers Note: It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of one of our most popular contributors, Harriet Wallis. This is one of her many articles we are republishing this season. The Breakfast of Champions Kept Champion Ski Jumper…
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Slopes of Serendipity

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A piece of fiction by Ann Schissler At Alpine Haven Resort, everyone knew when Edith “Edi” Farnsworth had arrived. Usually, it was the jacket that gave her away—something puffy and reflective, as if it had been stolen from a ski patrolman in…
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Still Skiing After All These Years

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We’ve all seen the classic posters: “Old skiers never die; they just go downhill” or “You don’t stop skiing when you get old—you get old when you stop skiing.” And anyone who is out on the slopes regularly will notice that there seem…
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Rediscovering My Ski Groove at Deer Valley

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By Susan Sims It had been more than thirty years since I last skied. Thirty years. That’s a long time for skis to gather dust, memories to fade, and fears to creep in. But when my husband and I planned our winter getaway to Park City, Utah, I knew…
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Optimism vs. Pessimism: Update on Skiing Private-Public Powder Mountain

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For the last seven seasons, I have been part of an all-guys trip to Powder Mountain for a week of old friends camaraderie and skiing. But as the days approached our Feb. 2026 departure, half of our group of twelve backed out because of concern there was…
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The Tennessee Governor Who helped Popularize one of the South’s Best Nordic Ski Spots

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Editors note: A version of this article appeared in the March-April 2025 issue of Skiing History magazine. As governor of a southern state, Lamar Alexander was nobody’s guess to help spread cross-country skiing into the Southeast in the 1980s.  Granted,…
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Short Swings: Timely Tidbits of Snowy News

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There’s always something happening in snow country.  This is the March edition of timely tidbits to know, to help you plan the rest of this season and important news for next season, too. Epic Pass 2026/27 Offers New Discounts In a major…
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Another Miracle: How Lake Placid Could Again Host The Winter Olympics

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LIVE! FROM LAKE PLACID NEW YORK! The 2042 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES! Likely to happen? Probably not!  Impossible? Not necessarily! In the world of Winter sports, no event is as large or magnificent as the Winter Olympics. First held in 1924,  the…
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Indy Pass Adds 16 Resorts for Next Season

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Indy Pass continues to grow, which is a good thing, because it offers bargain rates and other perks to smaller, independent areas at less than half of other multi-destination season passes. It’s also different than Ikon, Epic and Mountain Collective…
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Northstar – a Gem Discovered

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The 2025-2026 ski season will be remembered for its lack of snow all throughout the Rockies and Sierras. At the end of January, SnoCountry’s ski reports showed many ski areas with bases of around 20 inches. When I was in college back in the 60s, we…
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Notes From a Few Days at Palisades 

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Let’s start with this is a piss poor snow year for Western ski areas. Yet, despite the lack of snow, Palisades was reporting a base of between 22 and 53 inches on the days we were there at the end of January, yet the ski conditions were actually quite…
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Hanging Out With Lindsay Vonn

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Legendary downhill racer Lindsay Vonn suffered a devastating leg injury during the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, trying to duplicate the Gold Medal she won in the 2010 Olympics and a gazillion World Cup medals.  She's a champion - and an inspiration…
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Where to Eat in Salt Lake City

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It’s impossible to go hungry or thirsty in Salt Lake City, where the downtown food scene is booming.  Here are some tasty destinations for your next visit during ski/snowboard season or after the snow melts.  Choices include my personal favorites…
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