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When Errol Flynn Skied at Alta

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Many famous Hollywood movie stars came to Alta to ski during the 1940s. Two of the best known were Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland, but most famous of all was Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling leading man. My uncle, the late Sverre Engen, was Alta's Ski…
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Test Your Skiing Knowledge

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. Generally, the pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit. This image is from the Utah Ski &…
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Editorial: Why Cross-Country Skiing?

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[Editor Note: Roger Lohr is SeniorsSkiing.com's Nordic Editor and publisher of XCSkiResorts.com] The Older I Get, The More I Love Cross Country Skiing. I love the sensation of gliding on the snow through the forest, being outdoors in nature. I can…
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Question For You: Groomed Or Au Naturel?

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What Is Your Preference?  We live across a little country road from a 900-acre conservation property. For years, we'd walk across the road, stumble over the stone wall bordering the street, and plod our way about 20 feet through tree-falls and heavy…
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Make More Tracks: Fat Bike Experience

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Another Way To Go In The Snow: Fat Bikes. If you're a cyclist, you will love the fat bike experience. You will most likely want to head out on a cold day so the snow is firm but not icy. Many xc ski resorts have groomed tracks for Fat Bikes as well as…
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Make More Tracks: Predicting Participation In XC/Snowshoeing

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[Editor Note: The following article was written by Kelly Davis, Snow Sports Insights. Kelly is a veteran snow sports industry researcher and a consult to the Cross Country Ski Area Association.] Alternatives To Alpine Skiing Are Expected To Blossom This…
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Make More Tracks: How To Snowshoe

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Snowshoeing Is A Highly Accessible and Easy Way To Enjoy The Winter. Now here's a winter outdoor sport that brings you in to the vibrant , snow-filled landscape and fresh air with a minimum of hassle and expense. From our surveys, we've noticed that…
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Make More Tracks: Hidden Gems Of Nordic Skiing

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[Editor Note: This article first appeared in XCSkiResorts.com.] Less Known, Excellent XC Destinations To Explore. With torrent of people hitting the trails and the outdoors across the country, XCSkiResorts.com wanted to give a shout out to hidden…
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Make More Tracks: Private vs Group Lessons

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Groups For Beginners, Private To Refine Technique. Let’s say you want to learn how to cross-country ski relatively quickly and easily – how to move with grace and minimal effort, develop endurance, and enjoy what you’re doing from the git-go.…
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Make More Tracks: How To XC

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The Basics Of Cross-Country Skiing Demonstrated. The benefits of cross-country skiing are many. Clearly, it's a full-body exercise that you can dial up or down depending on your mood, conditioning, and terrain. And, it's easy. You can learn the basics…
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Skiing Weatherman: Fast Movers

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In last week’s first installment of my weekly discussion, the Pac Northwest and northern Rockies were enjoying a parade of early season snow events while skiers and riders in the Midwest and East had to be content with tuning gear and digesting the…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Nov. 13)

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Classified Bonus, Skiing Weatherman, Volcano Snowshoeing, Renting Your Ski House Apt., Dust Of Snow Poem, Prep Advice, Strange Parka, Holiday Valley Review, COVID Rules Example. So we had  six inches of snow on Halloween and two weeks later we have…
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Marketing A Rental Unit In Your Ski House: Part 2

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Attracting Renters Using Online Booking Tools. So, once you purchase the right house, how do you rent out the guest unit?  You could rent on a long-term basis, but we found that to be a problem.   A long-term lease gives the tenant a lot…
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Make More Tracks: Craters Of Moon

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Ocean Of Volcanic Lava Offers Awesome XC/Snowshoe Experience. “[It is an] area of about 60 miles in diameter, where nothing meets the eye but a desolate and awful waste, where no grass grows nor water runs, and where nothing is to be seen but lava.”…
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Skiing Weatherman: Haves and Have Nots

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So It Begins, Unevenly. As is often the case at the start of the ski season, the weather pattern is designating “haves” and “have nots” in terms of sufficiently cold air for snowmaking and natural snow.  Consistent with first year La Ninas,…
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Question For You: Preparing

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What's On Your Agenda? Last week, we noted that Warren Miller's new movie Future Retro has hit the internet. For many, the premier of a Warren Miller film has been the starting gun of the season. Which got us to thinking about routines we have developed…
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Snow In Literature: Dust of Snow

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By Robert Frost   The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree   Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.  
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Nov.6)

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Warren Miller's Latest, Skis For Senior Recommendations, Rent Your Ski House, COVID Rules, Sun Valley XC, Mystery Instructor, Early Visitor Question. November 7 marks the Eastern premiere of the new Warren Miller ski-a-rama movie, Future Retro. This…
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Make More Tracks: Sun Valley Sabbatical

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Classy And Classic, Sun Valley Has Magnetism And Charm. I’m a total sucker for romance, and Sun Valley, ID, radiates charisma, beauty, diversity, skiing history— the whole shebang. Known as “America’s First Destination Ski Resort,”…
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Question For You: Early Birders

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Yes, It's Early Days, But How Is It Out There? Wild Mountain is open in Minnesota (Oct. 19). So is Mt. Norquay (Oct 24) and Lake Louise (Oct. 29) in Alberta. And Wolf Creek, (Oct. 28) Arapahoe Basin, (Oct. 9th!), Killington, VT (Nov. 6th), and perhaps…
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