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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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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (May 26)

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Survey Results Highlights, Trailmaster Statistics, Fitness Focus Series Starts, Senior Woman Skier Wanted. This week, we have waded through the responses to the Spring Subscriber Survey 2017 and, by analyzing the data, we are discovering exactly…
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You Are 66.6. You Skied 25.4 Days. You Buy Lunch At The Lodge.

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And, You Like SeniorsSkiing.com. The most recent SeniorsSkiing.com reader spring survey explored how readers spend a typical ski day and how much they spend in the process. As with earlier reader surveys, this one had a 27% response, unusually high…
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Super Senior Skier Trailmaster Results Are In

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Here Are The Stats From This Extraordinary Group Of Senior Skiers. Our recent Spring Subscriber Survey 2017 had a question asking if the respondent had skied a number of days that equaled or exceeded their age in years.  The results are extremely interesting. We…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (May 19)

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Cycling Series Begins, Ski Video Compilation, Survey Comments, Publishing Schedule News. This week, you can see that we are shifting focus to summer activities.  We know our readers are also cyclers, hikers, kayakers, and to a lesser extent, golfers…
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Best Of Skiing 2016: A Tribute To All Kinds Of Skiing Last Year

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A Superb Skiing Year In Most Places Deserves A Fitting Remembrance. This One Is Over The Top. In this video, you will see some examples of skiing in 2016, including cool powder skiing, jumping off cliffs, skiing on roads, night skiing under the Northern…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (May 12)

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More Ticks, More Storage Ideas, Sharks That Swim Under Snow, Oh Boy. Thanks to all our readers who responded to our SeniorsSkiing.com Spring Subscriber Survey 2017.  We had an incredible 28 percent response rate. If you are familiar with surveys,…
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Movie Review: Avalanche Sharks

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Jaws Comes To Snow Country And Attacks Bikini Contest. Terrifying, No? We would have loved to have been around the conference room table—or more likely, cocktail bar—when the idea for this movie took form. "Let's make a movie about a ski…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (May 5)

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Cinco de Mayo Skiing, Skiing On Stones, Why Re-Enter Name/Email?, Storing Skis, Ticks Are Coming. The responses to our Spring Survey 2017 are rolling in.  Thank you for your encouraging comments and suggestions.  It is very heartening to know there…
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Short Swings!

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Sometimes Coming Up With Content For This Weekly Column Is Challenging...Especially Now That The Season Has Ended.                   In season, resorts and others seeking…
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New Twist on Skiing “The Rockies”

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Most areas have turned off the lights on '16-'17. Nonetheless a few places in North America are still operating. They include Blackcomb Mountain, Snowbird, Mammoth, Squaw Valley, Mt Bachelor, and the place that skis 12 months a year, Timberline Lodge. Over…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Apr. 28)

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Cat Skiing, A Record Number Of Resort Visits, Naming Ski Trails, Putting XC Skis To Bed. We think we may have struck a nerve in last week's editorial on whither senior lift ticket prices in the age of resort consolidation and collaboration.  Check…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Apr. 21)

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Checking The Winter Forecast, Mom-And-Pop: Is Smaller Better?, Editorial: Is Bigger Better?, Silly Falls On Video, Alta GM Retires. This week, a mini-theme has emerged from two of our articles.  We have a piece from new contributor Don Burch, who…
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Editorial: How Will Consolidations And Collaborations Impact Senior Skiers?

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Bigger Better? With the Aspen KSL Capital Partners acquisition of Stratton VT and Mt. Tremblant, PQ, and Vail buying the iconic Stowe VT resort, it appears the ski industry has passed a tipping point. The trend is now toward nation-wide reach, corporate…
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2016-17 Winter Forecast Outcome

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How Close Were NOAA Predictions? The Surprise Was California. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center recently published a review of its forecast for the 2016-17 winter.  As you know from horse racing, the stock market and Las Vegas, predictions often…
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Ski Fails On Video

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A Compilation Of Major Flops And Embarrassing Flips. It's the silly season in these last days of April.  We're sending along a collection of video clips of those skiers and boarders who tried...and failed.  The T-bar episode is actually hysterical.…
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The Case For The Local Ski Area

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So It's Not The Rockies.  But What Makes Mom-And-Pop Special? [Editor Note: As we are seeing in a month of startling industry news, the ski business is rapidly consolidating.  Big corporations are buying portfolios of resorts.  Vail has added…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Apr. 14)

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A Reunion, Big White As A Role Model, A Forbidden Resort, Goodbye To A Mountain Pioneer, Remembering Spring Skiing. Onwards to Spring!  We hear the skiing in the West has never been better.  Still more storms in the Sierra coming and the question,…
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Mary Anderson, REI CoFounder, RIP

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Mary Anderson, who in 1938 co-founded REI, the nation's largest consumer cooperative, died March 27. She was born in 1909 and lived to 107. She and her husband, Lloyd, began during the Depression importing high quality ice axes from Austria and…
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