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Comment on My Ego as a Senior Skier by Steve Prombo

Steve Prombo — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:38:48 +0000

In reply to John Elliott. I do believe some of these comments are "culled from the past" a little of good advice but some is firmulaic....

Comment on SKI and SKIING HISTORY Magazines Available Free to SeniorsSkiing.com Subscribers by Bill burke

Bill burke — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:52:44 +0000

Sign me up for this year . You have all my info . I’ll call you tomorrow at your Manchester Vt. Address . Till then Bill

Comment on Finding a Senior Ski Buddy by Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:09:10 +0000

I’m looking for a group

What ski area? Heavenly
In what state? CA
A certain day of the week? Daily? Weekdays
What time? Morning, but anytime is fine
Do they ski together? Hopefully

Comment on Skiing is Less Expensive Than Other Activities by David Alger

David Alger — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:58:15 +0000

I just got back from 3 week long trip skiing in BC, WA, ID and Alberta. My Indy pass covered all the lifts for $400USD. I skied for 12 days total at 8 different resorts. Aside from the pass, the biggest expense was about $400 USD for gas for my Ram 1500. I slept in my pop-up camper as well as visited and stayed with both of my daughters, who both live near different ski hills. When I needed a shower, a trip to a local municipal pool with hot tub, steam room and sauna was great. I only paid for camping once; $13 CAD for 2 nights in a BC Provincial Park that is open year round. In fact, the largest expense was a brake repair when a caliper seized up! Sure I spent a few bucks on lunches and eating out a bit. But overall, the trip was not expensive. The snow was a bit skinny in places as I went in late March : I didn’t want to camp in really cold weather. My camper has a good furnace but as a pop-up, it is not really intended for the dead of winter. The 26-27 Indy pass sold out so quickly in late March that I missed out and I think for next season I will just concentrate on ski hills with good rates for the 70+…..I turn 70 next month!

Comment on “Senior Skills” seminar provides useful tips for one’s technique quiver by Claranne Bechtler

Claranne Bechtler — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:43:58 +0000

I am 81. When younger, I was a strong recreational skier who loved quick turning and moguls. Cruising was OK. At 109lbs, hacked up snow was tiring. When I got shaped skis, attempts to let the ski do it by “just roll ankles or knees” just caused edge catches. Fortunately I was introduced to Taos NM adult week long lesson packages for all level skiers. Over the next 14 years I’ve taken 8 weeks of lessons, emphasizing Improved stacked stance, subtle early weighting of outside ski, soft pressure, instead of hard edging, even in bumps, and more. I now ski using so much less effort on every turn. Think how that adds up over the day. The hacked up snow is Somehow smoother. And I don’t know how to describe the centrifugal swoosh I feel on blue trail turns. So much fun. I think if more mountains had reasonable senior lesson packages, more senior women would be enjoying skiing.

Comment on Musings from Whistler by Michael Cahn

Michael Cahn — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:22:35 +0000

A few years ago I did a Father Daughter trip to Whistler. We had the pleasure to do a few Heli-Ski days with Whistler Heli -Ski. I was 74 at that time and they had a grouping for those of us that need to do easier terrain.
It was a superb experience and we even got in an extra run on one day.

Comment on Recycled Water, Real Snow: Big Sky’s Path to a Greener Ski Season by Imants Smildzins

Imants Smildzins — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:12:43 +0000

This is good example of thinking outside the box for wastewater management. It does depend on some expensive technology to make it work and for the areas that experience drought it sure does make sense to recharge aquifers if the soils are suitable. Employing use of fertilizers made from the sewer plants would also be beneficial for ski resorts instead of synthetic fertilizers.
We need more sustainable projects like this to encourage better use of resources. Good work Big Ski!

Comment on “Senior Skills” seminar provides useful tips for one’s technique quiver by John Farley

John Farley — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:50:14 +0000

Regarding the point about edging/carving with today’s shaped skis – I worked on this a little today at Wolf Creek, CO in the spring snow. I understood the general principle, but one thing that can happen when you do a lot of edging/carving is that you will pick up speed compared to more skidded turns. However, in the spring snow, this is less of a tendency, because the heavier spring snow will let you gain less speed. So today I was able to do more carved turns initiated by edging my skis without picking up more speed than I wanted, and thus I tired less quickly than I might have in the spring snow. So I think this tip particularly applies in the dense spring snow.

Comment on “Senior Skills” seminar provides useful tips for one’s technique quiver by Ole Retlev

Ole Retlev — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:30:46 +0000

In short, skis, just like tennis rackets or golf clubs, have a “sweet spot”… hit that sweet spot on your outside ski, and cruising becomes fairly effortless… (Find the Sweet Spot under your big toe). Throughout the turn, gradually, press the “gaspedal” until the pedal hits the metal, release and step on to the new outside ski. Try this in BLTs (Big Long Turns) on an easy “Green” cruiser… Almost feels like bicycling on the beach…

Comment on Slopes of Serendipity by Russ Whyman

Russ Whyman — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:45:47 +0000

Hi Ann. That was a great story about some of the characters that seem to like skiing. I worked at Monarch Ski Area for many years and got to know some of those people. I live in Florida now. I miss the skiing, but not the cold. Enjoy. Russ