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Why You Should Travel with Apple AirTags

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AirTags are brilliant little tracking devices a little bigger than a quarter, which integrate easily with Apple’s Find My App. Every piece of luggage you travel with – including your skis - should have one, to tell you exactly where it has been…
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Steppe-ing Up in Kazakhstan – Skiing at Shymbulak

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It looks like a typical ski area. Skiers and boarders clamber onto Doppelmayr gondolas and high-speed quads from Leitner and there’s a ski school for learners. I paid 8,000 Tenge ($15) to dress in fox pelts and hold an irritable Golden eagle for a…
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Pros and Cons of Skiing the New Powder Mountain

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Over the past six years, I have been a happy part of a group of friends skiing Powder Mountain the first week of February. This year was different, because Powder Mountain is different. We loved skiing there, not because the skiing was free for over…
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Age Forces You to Change the Way You Ski

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Let's face it, if you are reading SeniorsSkiing.com, you don't have the stamina, strength, balance, or flexibility you had when you were younger.  Over the past 10 years, I have had to change the way I ski and as I approach my 80th birthday, the evolution…
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Historic Hickory Ski Area Becomes Film Subject

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Ski season is also ski film season, when any number of movies about the sport are released. This may conjure images of Warren Miller, or films about 20-something free skiers who conquer remote mountains or perform evermore challenging and outrageous…
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Corporate Passes Have Brought “Ikonic” and “Epic” Changes to Skiing

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There’s no doubt that the introduction of two corporate passes, Vail Resorts Epic Pass and Alterra Mountain Company’s Ikon Pass, have enabled skiers to purchase season-long skiing at an impressive number of resorts for a one-time, up-front price.…
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Save Money – Buy Passes Now for Next Season

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There’s still plenty of time left in this season for downhill turns and apres friendships, but that should not distract you from grabbing one or more of the next-season deals which just went on sale.  Buy now and save money then.  These early-season…
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Ski Safety is a Full-Time Thing

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January is promoted as Ski Safety Month, but our attention to safe skiing and riding, and avoiding accidents, should not be limited to one month.  It’s a season-long thing. These common sense tips from the Aspen-Snowmass Ski Patrol – and from…
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Marble Mountain Newfoundland

Come From Away – To Ski

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I had never kissed a cod. Or toasted bannock over a fire. Phrases like Owshegettinonb’y don’t flow off my tongue, and I didn’t know the meaning of mauzy. These experiences were all rites of passage when I skied Marble Mountain in Newfoundland,…
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The Punch Bicycle Turn

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I first started playing around with this teaching tool when teaching kids to transition from "Mr. (or Ms.) V" which was a stable wedge to "Mr. (or Ms.) H" with the skis parallel.  Let's start with your body position on the skis. First, your shins should…
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The Alpine Helmet ID+ Kit transforms your helmet from just protection to a first responder’s info source

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Safety on the slopes is consistently the top concern of SeniorsSkiing.com readers. Now you may elevate your safety, and that of others, with the Alpine Helmet ID+ Kit.  This unique skier/snowboarder safety solution integrates Emergency Medical Services…
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Cross Country Ski Socks

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Socks for cross country (XC) or Nordic skiing are an essential matter and vastly underrated when it comes to skiing comfort. Ski socks are a base layer that is next to your skin. They control moisture and keep out the cold. They can prevent the formation…
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Skiing Yellowstone’s Backcountry

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Why would you hike up a mountain just to ski down when you could ride a chairlift to accomplish the same thing with a lot less bother? As an 80-year-old backcountry ski guide in Yellowstone National Park, let me  explain. As active seniors, we all…
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Your Grandfather’s Ski Adventures (video)

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https://youtu.be/y5B4NPoC6RQ  
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Confessions of a Former Non-Helmet Wearer

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For decades, as in almost seven, the only time I wore a helmet while skiing was running a downhill race. During my 18 years of flying helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes in the Navy, I wouldn't think of climbing into the cockpit without a helmet. When…
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Letter to Editor: Appreciation for Skiing in North Carolina

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I have had the great privilege of being a winter sportsman all my life, including working in the ski industry for many years. I've been blessed to have skied and mountain climbed all over the world, and as an active 70 plus skier I have a newfound…
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SILVIES IN WINTER Ranches are the XC Rage – Here’s the Newest

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One of cross country (aka “Nordic” and “XC”) skiing’s delights is the variety of venues – maybe day areas near you, distant destinations, options from golf courses to lodges to entire regions with hundreds of kilometers of groomed trails…
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Dahu Ski Boots: A Case of Superior Design Creating Superior Comfort and Performance

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SeniorsSkiing.com recently spoke with Dano Bruno, product manager at Dahu ski boots, about the company and what makes Dahu boots different from the dozens of boot brands available. Prior to helping develop Dahu he was Tanners Hall’s (a free skiing icon…
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