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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 (Oct. 28)

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Congratulating The Ski Diva, Warren Miller's Latest, Exercise Tips Part 1, Retail Drop Ins. What a flurry of activity we've had around SeniorsSkiing.com since the publication of our ski recommendations for senior skiers!  We welcome the many new…
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Short Swings!

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NATIONAL SeniorsSkiing.com salutes The Ski Diva for winning the prestigious Harold S. Hirsch Award for Best Ski Blog from the North American Snowsports Journalists Association. Wendy Clinch, a refugee from the advertising business, started the Ski…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Oct. 21)

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New Features: Industry News, Ski Recommendations For Seniors, Plus Advice On Carving, And An Often-Neglected Miracle Drug. As the season ramps up in the West (A-Basin opens today!) and snow forecasts start to appear in Vermont, SeniorsSkiing.com…
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Short Swings!

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A Weekly Round-Up Of Industry News. CALIFORNIA 11th annual Alpenglow Sports Winter Film Series will be held at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge, November 17. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows promoted Tom Feiten to VP, Marketing and Business Development,…
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Pre-Season Advice: Carving The Modern Ski Turn For Seniors

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A Ski Instructor Reviews How To Turn On Shaped Skis. [Editor Note: Our Spring Survey 2016 revealed an interesting statistic. About 30 percent of seniors take one or more lessons during a ski season. For those of us who are still skidding around turns…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Oct. 14)

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The Benefits Of Solitude, Grandkid Book Recommendation, Boot Revival. This week we are anticipating a big, big snow fall in the Pacific Northwest coming from a huge cyclone off the coast.  And thanks to Snowbrains.com, a really terrific snow sport…
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Flying Solo

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Making The Case For Going Alone. Ski areas don’t really want to hear about people snowboarding by themselves because they like the multiplier effect of groups and families. At the risk of being called a loner, anti-social, or a follower of the…
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bunny slopes. Wonderful Book For Grandkids Who Ski.

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A Day on Skis with a Bunny Rabbit. When my daughters were young, I read them to sleep with Goodnight Moon, Animal Cafe, and other terrific children's books. The words and pictures of these simple stories always delighted, regardless of how many times…
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This Week In SeniorSkiing.com (Oct. 7)

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More Layering Advice, Finding Ski Buddies, And A New X-C Leader Emerges. Just to get the mind ready, here's a micro video clip of our friend's son, Chris Thomas, doing the powder at Steamboat last spring. Hang on folks we are almost there. Now…
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Five Ideas For Finding Ski Buddies

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Here Are Five Starter Ideas.  Do You Have Any More? SeniorsSkiing.com's Spring 2016 Survey revealed a pretty interesting statistic. Half our respondents—49.33% to be precise—were interested in meeting other seniors to ski with.  We know that many…
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Snow Sports Leaders: Reese Brown, X-C Ski Area Association Exec

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New Ideas For X-C Skiing With New Director. Reese Brown is taking over the reins at the Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) as Executive Director after a long run by former leader, Chris Frado. CCSAA is a nonprofit organization founded in…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.Com (Sept 30)

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Senior Season Pass Discount Deals, BC Big Boy Resort, Tandem Warren Miller Movie And Book Reviews. The snow season continues to emerge from the fall weather.  There's snow at high elevations through the Northwest and, in the East, there is definitely…
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Senior Season Pass Deals From SeniorSkiDeals.Com

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New Site Pinpoints Lift Discount Deals For Seniors. [Editor Note:  Last season, we published an article about Michael Warner's website that summarized lift ticket deals for senior skiers at Tahoe area resorts.  This season, Michael is going national,…
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Warren Miller’s ‘Here, There And Everywhere’ Ushers In 2016-17 Season

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He's 91. This Is His 67th Production. Warren Miller is back. The patriarch of outdoor adventure films is 91 and at the beginning of the trailer for the 2016-17 film Here, There And Everywhere, he asks, "What do people really get out of skiing?" His…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Sept. 23)

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La Nina No Way, Goggle News, Sailing On Snow, Advice On Buying Gear. EXTRA! LATE BREAKING NEWS:  SeniorsSkiing.com Subscribers Can Get A Discount at BEWI's Ski And Snowsport Expos. Click The Ad At The Top Of The Page. We've been watching the news…
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New NOAA Winter Long Range Forecast: No La Nina

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NOAA National Weather Service Says Not So Fast, Winter. The weather outlook for this winter shifted dramatically over the summer when the sea water temperatures of the Western Pacific cooled more slowly than predicted.  To review, El Nino is…
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Sail Skiing: Don’t Do This On Saturday Afternoon

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Yet Another Attempt To Hybridize Skiing And Another Sport.  Why Is This Happening? We've reported on individuals who think it's a good idea to take a kayak down a ski hill. Click here for our story with a video by Warren Miller, no less. And…
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This Week in SeniorsSkiing (Sept. 16)

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First Snow! New Cat Skiing Operation. Long Poles. Plus-Sized Ski Clothing. I'm writing this from Utah where, a few days ago, Snowbird received it's first snowfall. It's an exciting precursor to the coming season. On Saturday, I'll attend First Chair…
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