Why Do I Have To Re-Enter My Name And Email?
For New Subscribers, You Should Know What To Do When You Get Annoyed By Pop-Ups. There IS an answer.
If you are being asked to re-enter your email to confirm your subscription to SeniorsSkiing.com, you might be a bit annoyed. We don’t blame you, but there is an explanation.
- You are accessing SeniorsSkiing.com through a device that is different from the one you originally signed up on. Subscribing to SeniorsSkiing.com puts a “cookie” on your device. If you use a different device, no cookie, so you are viewed as a non-subscriber. If you re-enter name and password, you’ll be okay with the new device.
- You have disabled cookies or cleared browser history on your device. Even iPads can accept or disable cookies. Turn cookies back on, and you’ll not have to re-enter again, or leave it disabled and realize you have to re-enter each time. Your call.
- You are trying to access our Subscriber-Only Content. Instead of building a firewall that requires usernames and passwords, we elected a much simpler way of getting to our exclusive content: Just confirm your name and email. You will have to do that each time you want to get to that information, which, by the way, is under the Community tab at the top.
We are also hearing complaints from people who say the email delivery of SeniorsSkiing.com ends up in the spam folder. What you should do is identify SeniorsSkiing.com as an okay email sender. Usually if you just click on the file in the spam folder, you will get a menu allowing to change SeniorsSkiing.com to “Not Spam.”
Thanks everyone for your patience.
This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Aug. 18)
Summer Rounds The Far Turn.
We’ve heard there were snow falls in this mid-August in the Rockies. Big snowfalls. And the venerable Farmers’ Almanac, predicting the weather using its own mix of folk lore and natural observations for 200 years, has forecast a “snowier-than-normal” 2017-18 winter for the Northeast from the mid-Atlantic to the Canadian border. The FA has even “red-flagged” five time periods for heavy precipitation along the Atlantic Seaboard: Jan. 20-23; Feb. 4-7, 16-19; and March 1-3, 20-23. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. Here’s the forecast map that the folksy publication has recently produced.
Meanwhile, the hurricane watchers have upped the number of named storms to expect for the remainder of the June-Oct season. Clearly the atmosphere is very active. And, we are watching the El Nino-La Nina reports from the National Weather Service. It seems incredible but the temperature of the sea surface water in the eastern Pacific plays a vital role in forming weather patterns around the world.
We are still in summer publishing mode, issuing a SeniorsSkiing.com edition every other week. This week, we are reaching back to the archives for some interesting and amusing articles.
We are reprising Harriet Wallis’ article on her adventures as a ski thief. An innocent ski thief we hasten to add.
We are also re-publishing an article about the songs of skiing which we originally published in August, 2014, exactly three years ago. It’s a micro-thesis on the emergence of ski songs in the 50-60s including some samples you can listen to. We’ve been wondering where the new ski songs are. Know any? Have fun with this.
We are still figuring out the changes in our arrangement with Experticity. If you have access to the site as a subscriber now, you will continue to have access until the anniversary date of your original sign up. Then you will be asked to re-apply for access. New subscribers who want access to Experticity will have to go through the new application process.We are trying to understand what that re-application process entails. So please be patient.
Enjoy the rest of August. Wear sun screen and remember there are more of us every day and we aren’t going away.
ShortSwings!
According to NSAA (National Ski Areas Association) last season there were 8.4 million active U.S. skiers and boarders: 6.5 million skiers; 2 million boarders.
The number is significantly lower than reported by SIA (Snowsports Industries America), which, for 2015-16 reported 11.6 million skiers and 7.6 million boarders. NSAA collects its information from a sample of resort skiers. SIA uses other criteria.
What is striking about NSAA’s figures is that those who are 51 and older represent 1.84 million of the total. Our reader surveys show that the majority of you are skiers, not boarders. With some slight (an imprecise) mathematical adjustment, we can assume that older skiers comprise about 27% of the country’s total skier population.
Which brings us to an announcement this week from Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows about its association with a big Chinese skiing-related enterprise. Modern skiing is relatively new in China and is growing briskly as China’s
Zhangjiakou Wanlong Ski Resort
middle class grows. According to the China Ski Association, referenced in Squaw’s announcement, the number of skiers in China has increased from 200,000 in 2000 to 12.5 million in 2015.
For 2000/01 NSAA reported total U.S. skiers/boarders at 9.3 million. Our numbers are going downhill.
China currently has 93 resorts, compared to 463 in the US during the 2015-16 season. US and Canadian areas, especially those in the West, expect more visitors from China.
Colorado
Eldora Mountain Resort, near Boulder, has a new high speed detachable six-pack. It also will have free Wi-Fi in its day lodges.
Montana
Good news for Big Sky skiers! United Airlines is expanding service to Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. In December it will increase by 30% flights and available seats to Bozeman from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Houston and New York/Newark.
Utah
Deer Valley Resort is vying to be named the World’s Best Ski Resort by the World Ski Awards. The group already has named DV the United States’ Best Ski Resort. Voting for the 5th annual World Ski Awards takes place through September 22, 2017 at worldskiawards.com. In addition to public input, votes are cast by ski tourism professionals worldwide.
Vermont
Dutch Hill, ski area of my youth and for many years abandoned, is scheduled to re-open for backcountry skiing.
Other
HBO has a new must watch documentary featuring Carl Reiner and other celebrated people in their 90s (and older). It’s titled, “If You’re Not in The Obit, Eat Breakfast.” It is uplifting and inspiring.
WalletHub, which among other financial services, offers free credit scores and full credit reports, just published its take on the best and worst places to retire. Their analysts compared affordability, quality of life, health care and availability of recreational activities for thecountry’s 150 largest cities. Their #1 pick is Orlando, followed by Tampa, MIami, Scottsdale, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, Denver, Austin, and Las Vegas.
WalletHub also compares best and worst. For example, Yonkers, New York, has the fewest property crimes (per 1,000 residents), giving it a score of 10; 9.3 times fewer than Salt Lake City, the city with the most and a score of 93. View the full report and your city’s rank: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-places-to-retire/6165/
Mountain Collective Pass is currently priced at $469. The price generally climbs as the season approaches. It provides two days at each of 16 big name resorts, most of which are in the US and Canada. Subsequent days are discounted 50%. No blackout days and lots of extra goodies.
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