A family of small business owners near Syracuse, New York, has just closed on the purchase of the dormant Toggenburg Mountain ski center with hopes of reopening it during the 2027-28 season. “We started out on it Thursday night when we closed,” James Wheeler said of how the family started to work on the property […]
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 Skills” clinic at Vermont’s Sugarbush resort naturally caught my eye. I […]
The long-struggling Hickory Ski Center, which dates to the post-war period, will not be opening this season. The historic area announced on its website Nov. 7 that they won’t be open for either lift-served or human-powered uphill skiing in the 2025-26 ski season. “Currently, there are no plans to operate this season,” reads a statement […]
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 stunts. But I recently attended a film that spoke to the history as well as […]