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What’s New on the Slopes of New York State, Pennsylvania

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Resorts all over the USA were busy all summer upgrading lifts and new terrain, including more snowmaking to extend the season.  Here’s what skiers and riders can look forward to in New York State and Pennsylvania this season, including new resort…
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What’s New in Maine, New Hampshire This Season

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If you like to ski or ride in the northeast, you’ll have lots of new lifts, new terrain and upgraded amenities to explore and enjoy this season at downhill and XC resorts in Maine and New Hampshire.  There’s even a brand new pass for uphillers in…
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Homage to My Ski Mentor, Dick Butler

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I started skiing about 50 years ago, when I was 26 years old and worked in an architectural office with a few people who skied. Colleagues Duane Snyder, David Sofer and Dick Butler were all avid skiers, so, I heard a lot about skiing in the office. As…
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Destination Maplelag: Cabin or Caboose?

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Part of the joy of cross country skiing is the dizzying array of experiences it offers – not simply marvels of changing terrain, views, techniques, or size of trail networks - but also the wide range of associated services. For example, you can find…
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How To Select Your Next Pair Of Skis – 2024

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Regardless of the number of years you’ve been on the slopes, making the correct ski choice can be a challenge. As part of its annual review of new skis, realskiers.com, the go-to site for in-depth ski evaluations, has determined the best skis…
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Slide In with Slide On

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There are lots of moments we look forward to every ski season. Chances are, putting on ski boots for the first time each winter is not one of them. Last spring you cleaned your boots and put them away for the summer. Now, after months on the shelf…
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Early Season Ticket Ticket Deals

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Silly you, if you didn’t buy a pass or ticket bundle last March, or May, or even in September, before prices went up each time.  But fear not, there are still deals and discounts if you know where to look – and we do.   These early season ticket…
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Incentives For Elder XC Skiers

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About a quarter of the cross country (XC) skiing population is older than 50 years old and as the large segment of population known as Baby Boomers continues to age, they are remaining active - many of them are looking for softer or easier forms of…
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The “New” Lake Placid Olympic Museum

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Where were you, February 22, 1980? If you were like most of us, you were glued to the television, watching the USA take on the heavily favored Soviet Union in the semi final hockey event at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Miracle! USA 4,…
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To Epic, IKON or Season Pass or Not

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This is the time of year when one starts planning ski trips. Maybe not the details such as booking hotels and flights, but at least beginning to let the "where" rattle around in your brain. And, as you think about this, unless you live near a ski area…
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What’s New In Utah for 2023/24 Season

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After a record-breaking 903” of snow last season, resorts are eager to welcome guests back with more lifts, terrain and amenities.  Here’s what’s new for the new season from Ski Utah member resorts in alphabetical order since that’s the only…
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What’s New in Idaho for the 2023/24 Season

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Idaho’s mountain resorts were busy all summer adding and upgrading lifts, snowmaking and amenities for the new season including introducing or expanding RFID ticketing. Here’s what’s new at Idaho’s downhill and Nordic destinations, in alphabetical…
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What’s New in Vermont For 2023/24

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The Green Mountains of Vermont turn white each winter, with the snow we downhillers and XC enthusiasts love to enjoy.  Here’s what’s new in Vermont for the upcoming season, including new lifts, terrain and snowmaking, to make the season better…
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INDY XC PASS – THE NATIONAL SKI PASS FOR CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS

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Most dedicated winter sports enthusiasts are familiar with the major season passes such as Epic, Ikon, Mountain Collective and Indy Pass, among others. Until recently, these multi-ski area passes have been geared only toward Alpine skiing and snowboarding.…
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Heading into the New Season

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From the Publisher - What gets you most psyched up for ski season? For me there are a few things. The first snowfall of the season is always exciting, and there are few sounds I enjoy more than my car tires crunching freshly fallen snow. When my kids…
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Don Burch “New England Ski Season 2022-2023”

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Short productions by ski videographer, Don Burch, have been gracing these pages for a several seasons. This one is dedicated to the memory of Jon Weisberg, co-founder and editor of SeniorsSkiing.com. Don is grateful to Jon for the encouragement and…
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ICYMI for October 2023

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We’re all gearing up (pun intended) for another great downhill and XC season, with snow already dusting the slopes of our favorite areas.  ICYMI (in case you missed it), here are some tidbits of this and that from here and there around the wonderful…
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Indy Pass Adds 54 New Resorts

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The “big three” multi-resort passes – Epic, Ikon and Mountain Collective – need to make room for a fourth. Indy Pass is the fastest-growing new option, for smaller, independent downhill and XC resorts – hence its name, Indy.  It features…
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