Our Readers Offer More Places For Senior Friendliness and Significant Discounts. A few weeks ago, we published the results of our Second Annual Ski Area Survey which identified 16 North American ski areas that made an extra effort to be friendly to seniors. Since then, we’ve heard from our readers. Lots of reactions, some criticism, […]
If You Over-Think This, It Won’t Happen. From the folks at Jackson Hole and Teton Gravity Research, here’s what happened last spring on top of the famous Corbet’s Couloir.
So It Begins We’ve been watching reports of snow in high altitude places in the West and East which makes the coming of winter seem a bit rushed this year. There are still leaf-peepers on the roads of Vermont and New Hampshire, and snow on Halloween decorations doesn’t seem to ring true. For those of us in New […]
Five Ways To Start Your Fitness Program. No more procastination. You have from six weeks to three months, depending on where you live, to get ready for snow season. If you are a year-round sports activist, then good on you. If you are a part-timer, weekend warrior, you probably have to start getting more diverse muscles […]
66th Ski Film Is Designed To Inspire For The Upcoming Season. Warren Miller created the ski movie genre. We remember the days when Warren’s movies included surfer music, sight gags and a narrator (was that Warren himself?) wise-cracking about how skiers would do almost anything to get on the mountain, including forgetting to mow their lawns […]
Some Lessons About How To Dress For Frigid. Last February, we spent a wonderful long weekend in Quebec, visiting the lovely city’s Winter Carnavale and skiing at some fabulous ski resorts (Mte. Ste. Anne, Le Massif de Charlevoix) and dining in a little village of Baie-Saint-Paul. Delightful. If you ever want a Euro-type ski experience close […]
Coalition Snow Fills Women’s Needs For Quality Equipment. Last spring, we’ve were impressed by Coalition Snow’s CEO Jen Gurecki when she talked with our friend The Ski Diva about her line of ski and boards for women only. She recognized a niche market, defined a set of unique needs, and she put together products that are based on research. […]
Here’s A Dose of Inspiration For The Coming Season. This summer, the US Ski Team worked out in New Zealand where the skiing was great and the views were magnificent. Here’s a short video of Ted making his famous elbow turns down Ohau, one of the mountains the visited. If you’ve never been to New […]
Some Ski Resorts Are Really Trying To Be Senior-Friendly. One of the mantras of SeniorsSkiing.com is that it is a good thing for ski areas and resorts to be kind to seniors. Not only do discounts, special activities and amenities bring more frequent senior visits, it also encourages them (us) to bring our families who […]
This Just In: The Sea Surface Temperature Off Ecuador Exceeds Records. In its August update, NOAA’s National Weather Service reports this year’s El Nino is roaring along to record highs. NWS predicts that sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific will peak in the late fall/early winter near or exceeding 2 degrees C/ 3.2 degrees F […]
Leafing Through An Old Magazine Reminds Us Of A Great Writer Back in the early 70s, as assistant editor at SKIING Magazine, then located at One Park Avenue in New York, we would occasionally watch a typescript from John Jerome arrive in the mail and work its way through the editorial process. After reading a […]
A Strong El Nino Is Not Too Cool News For Skiers. The latest (July 15th) word from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and other weather watchers is that the El Nino currently growing off the west coast of South America is gaining intensity. El Nino is the weather phenomenon that occurs […]
Why-Didn’t-We-Think-Of-This-Department: A Gear Toting Assistant You might say, it’s about time someone came up with the Ski Dolly (TM). After schlepping backpacks, boot bags, skis (bagged or loosely tied) from car to base lodge too, too many times, we celebrate the arrival of this good-idea product. Imagine: Your favorite ski area has a reserved area […]
Industry Expert Stacks Up Ski Areas From Healthy To Sunset. Doom and gloom seemed to poke through the otherwise good news presented at the end of January, 2015 Snow Sports Industries America trade show in Denver. Gathered for an “Assembly” by marketing analyst Destimetrics, marketing gurus opined that there was good news in the data: economy upbeat, […]
The Key To Weight Loss Revealed. And It’s Not Exercise. We know that senior snow enthusiasts are also cyclists, hikers, kayakers, golfers, sailors, tennis players and more, engaging in lots of non-snow physical activities. Some of you might be motivated to keep your activity level up by a desire to control your weight. Gaining weight is an […]
Many Years Ago, Alta Stayed Open Late And Guess Who Showed Up? With so many late, unexpected and unusual snowfalls this late spring, we wondered if people were still showing up. After all, it is almost boating season. Yet, a report last week from Faithful Subscriber Paul Remillard showed us that there are die-hards out there. […]
Highest Mountain in Europe in 360 High-Res Photography We discovered a post from In2White, a team of extraordinary high-tech Alpine photographers that is definitely worth a diversionary look. Featured is the fabled Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe, captured in the highest resolution panorama ever made. Photographed by Filippo Blengini, this high-altitude, giga-pixel shot […]
Skiing In New England In May? Yes, it has been a curious winter and curiouser spring. We had a snow drought in the West, a middling winter in the Rockies, and bitter cold in the East. Now, it’s mid-spring, and we’ve heard of quite unexpected, new powder skiing in the Rockies and the Dakotas. Did […]
Is There A “Right” Amount Of Exercise Time? Most readers of SeniorsSkiing.com are active, engaged folks who enjoy snow sports in the winter and lots of different non-snow activities in the summer. And, most of us like to keep active, because it makes us feel good. That’s important as we become more experienced in years. […]
SeniorsSkiing’s First Movie Review A “Runaway” Hit From The Alps We remember the New Wave of French cinema in the late-50s to mid-70s when going to a “Foreign Film” was an intellectual exercise. That’s when you and your date went to those black and white, sub-titled classics, The Four Hundred Blows, Shoot the Piano Player, […]
Changes In Uphill Capacity For 2015-16 Already Planned. As we reported last October, the deal is now done. Deer Valley has scooped up Solitude Resort, put a new general manager in place and is announcing lots of capital improvements for next season. Read all about it here.
Here’s What You Can Do To Manage Your Inevitable Osteoarthritis. If you’re a snow-sport enthusiast and subscriber to SeniorsSkiing.com, you are most likely a senior with an active life style. We know from our SubscriberSurvey 2015 that many of our respondents not only enjoy Alpine skiing, but also Nordic and snow shoeing, and you ski […]
SeniorsSkiing.com Will Be Publishing This Summer. One of our best ski tours of the season came at the beginning of April at Walden Pond. We go there occasionally throughout the year to reflect on the messages of Henry Thoreau and to take a picture or two of the “pleasant hillside” where he built his tiny cabin. When […]
Shifting From Snow To Summer Activities? Beware Of This New Menace. We’re starting to hike or bike in the woods between the receding snowbanks here in New England. We’ve just learned that you better make sure you review your tick-avoidance-and-protection practices. Powassan virus is yet another tick-borne disease that, according to this new report from CBS, can […]
A final ski tour at Appleton Farms reveals winter letting go. It is that special interim period here in New England between the end of winter and the start of spring. Last week, we headed out across the corn snow at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, MA., in the bright, and, yes, warm sunlight. We recalled […]