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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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Turns Through Time – A Ski Story Spanning 90 Years

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Editors Note: This article comes from special contributor Lori Z. Roux.  With the sun reflecting off the white peaks, Francoise felt the familiar pull of the mountains, a reminder that age is just a number on a perfect day like this. At nearly…
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In the Shadow of the Matterhorn

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Editors Note: This article comes from SeniorsSkiing reader Elliot Entis. For the week of Christmas oblivion, I was  skiing the Matterhorn with family: Cervino Italy connects with Zermatt on the other side of the divide to form one very large ski…
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Short Swings: Timely News From Here and There

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There’s always something new and wonderful happening in snow country.  This is our every-once-in-a-while roundup of timely news tidbits from here and there to tickle your fancy, wherever that is. Smugglers Notch The popular family-oriented resort…
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Pay Me to Ski Here

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Sadly, conditions are far from knee-deep in several top resorts in the West and in Europe, where it’s limited terrain on man-made snow. That includes Cortina, site of 2026 Winter Olympics skiing competitions. The lack of natural snow is bad enough…
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Drop the Still

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There are certain words that are at best—annoying. “Still” is one of them. Not kind to say to a mother, “So your daughter is still single?”. To the very pregnant woman, “You still haven’t had that baby?” Or to the frugal guy, “I…
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Snow Going: Safety Tips for Winter Driving

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If you were driving in the massive winter storms which ravaged much of US in January, you already know about the stress and dangers of driving in snow, ice, black ice and low visibility or blizzard and white-out conditions. If not, these rules of…
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The Rise of Private Ski Resorts for the Very Wealthy

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In recent years, the world of luxury travel has witnessed a significant shift towards exclusivity. Being affluent no longer makes the grade. High-net-worth, ultra-rich individuals are seeking highly personalized and secluded experiences. One of the…
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Skiing With the Challenge Aspen Adaptive Program

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It was another beautiful Colorado ski day. Heading down the mountain in front of me was my ski companion, Aspen/Snowmass local, Jen Arkin, and her ski buddy, Deb. As I followed them down the groomed slope, I realized this day on the mountain was going…
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Contributors to Maine’s Ski History are Honored

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Coaches, ski area operators, race managers, trainers, a Biathlon director, an apparel ski rep. The Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame recently inducted ten people into its ranks atPineland Farms in New Gloucester.  Most are 70+. One inductee…
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Keeping Warm on the Slopes

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When the temperature drops and the wind starts to blow, it can be a real challenge to keep warm while skiing. It is no fun to be out there when you are freezing. To understand how to keep warm, it is helpful to know why you get cold. That is, how…
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The Love Affair that Keeps on Giving

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Early in the first days that Sugarbush Resort was open, I was working on  my ski legs on a green trail when a college-age young man zoomed by  exclaiming, “I love to ski!” My heart smiled as I recalled my early ski  memories. Upon seeing…
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Mineral King: The Disney Ski Resort That Never Happened

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You could call this story “The Mouse That Didn’t Roar.” Or “The Biggest Ski Area That Wasn’t.”  I’m talking about Mineral King, a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains slated to be built in the mid-1960s by Walt Disney Productions,…
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Empire State, the Other Winter Games

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Just as the XXV Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina Italy are set to begin February 6, some 2,500 athletes, coaches and officials will be wrapping up four days of competitions in Lake Placid and surrounding communities in the Empire State Winter Games,…
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