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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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Ski Areas Ready For 2020-21 Season

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This Is Probably Not The Year To Try To Ski Your Age. Precautions may reduce the number of days you ski, but rest assured that resort managers have been huddling on defensive plays. They got a head start this summer when we all flocked…
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Finding A Ski House With Rentable Space: Part 1

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A Rental Apartment Can Pay For Your Ski House. Perhaps you have daydreamed about buying your own ski house in a great resort, but dismissed it as out of your reach financially.  But don’t give up your dream!  In July 2018, my wife and I took…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Oct. 30)

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Snow On Halloween! Skiing Weatherman Predicts, Resort Options Question, Mystery Air Ride, Nordic Exercisers. This year is unprecedented in many ways. Perhaps another oddity to add to how unusual things have become is that we have snow forecast…
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What You Said About Joint Replacement

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“Not a day goes by that I don’t marvel at my pain-free knees and thank my luck stars I had this technology available.” Nancy P. We had a number of comprehensive, well thought out, and even emphatic responses to our Question For You last week.…
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Question For You 16: The Right Thing To Do

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Let's Do Some Scenario Planning. We all realize that the snow season we are about to enter—or which has already started in some places—is going to be the most remarkable in our entire lives.  We've asked what you were going to do about heading or…
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Make More Tracks: No Snow? No Problem

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Training Tools Are Worthy Substitutes. “… In winter in the woods alone Against the trees I go. I mark a maple for my own And lay the maple low. … …I link a line of shadowy tracks Across the tinted snow …” -Robert Frost Those of us…
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Skiing Weatherman: Winter Weigh-In Time

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What Does A La Nina Winter Mean For Snow Sports? After seeing a web cam shot of snow-covered Mt. Washington, NH this past weekend, I quickly contracted a case of “calendar shock”, realizing that it was time to submit some ideas on where I think…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Oct. 23)

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Classified Launch, Response, and Advice,  Chile Season Review, Serious Question For You, Mystery, Maine Guide Advice, How To Ski With COVID. Last week, we launched our new Classified Ad feature with a special introductory $1 for 30 days offer.  We…
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Question For You 15: Returning With New Joints

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What Does It Take To Come Back With Artificial Parts? Here's a question for a subset of our readership. This question is being posed by your faithful editor because he is facing the prospect of a hip replacement.  Assured by our capable and competent…
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2020-21 Survival Guide

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Buckle Up, Bundle Up And Buck It Up. Never before has there been as much trepidation about a ski season as for this one.  Given all the tumult that occurred during this year, it’s no surprise we’re anxious.  What follows are some insights that…
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Alone In The Woods Maine Guide Survival Manual

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Whether You Day Hike Or Trek, There Is Some Woodsy Wisdom You Need To Know. [Editor Note: We are reprising this article from July 2014 to remind our readers that there are definite skills and knowledge needed when heading into the woods. As noted elsewhere…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Oct. 16)

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Gala Classified Launch!, Mystery Glimpse Returns, Question About Buying Decisions, Rendezvous Ski Trails, MT, Early Season Quiz, Book Review: Staying With It, Prepping Your Mind. SeniorsSkiing new Classified feature is active and ready to accept ads! Readers…
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Question For You 14: How Do You Decide What To Buy?

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Shopping For New Stuff? Now is the time of the year when thoughts of pulling out the plastic and splurging on gear and clothing permeate our waking hours. After all, those old bindings are past their sell-buy date, and those cracked boots don't quite…
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Make More Tracks: Rendezvous Ski Trails

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Catch Early Snow in West Yellowstone. If you head to West Yellowstone, MT, in late November, you can visit the early winter cross-country ski epicenter of North America: the Rendezvous Ski Trails. There are a bunch of fall camps in the Rockies…
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Early Season Quiz

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Place That Northeast Trail In The Right Resort.  Ski The East? Here's a chance to show you've been around. 1, White Cap is a part of __________?      A. Attitash B. Sunday River C. Whiteface D. Loon2. Mittersill is a part of __________?  …
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Prepping Your Mind

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Adjusting Your Attitude Is Important, Too, As I think about preparations for the upcoming Nordic ski season, lots of details come to mind. Fitness of course tops the list. Stepping up my walking and cycling regimen is a must.  Making small incremental…
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This Week In SeniorSkiing.com (Oct. 9)

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A Community Of Senior Snowsports Enthusiasts, Boot Buying Guide, Questions For You, Nordic Being Noticed, October Frost Poem. We are starting our seventh publishing year this October.  Frankly, we never thought we'd go this long. After all, how…
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Using a Scheduling App for Co-ordinating Ski House or Club Stays

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The Challenges of Shared Vacation Property. I’m connected to a group that has access to a special piece of real estate. It’s not grand or luxurious, but it’s in an epic location and holds years of memories of celebrations, vacations and good…
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