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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 Art III

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Don Burch Offers Another Intriguing View Of The World Of Skis And Snow. Don's been experimenting with various techniques to take ski videos into an aesthetic direction.  His third offering combines a haunting melody and moody visuals.  Music is…
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Make More Tracks: “When All Else Fails, We Still Have Trails”

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A Network Of Trails Run By Community Foundation Offers Multi-Use Recreational Activities. The motto above is the moniker of one of the most interesting trail systems I have seen to date. Round Valley, near Park City, UT, is a paradise for cross country…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (March 19)

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ISHA Treasure Chest, Wildcat Polecat Run, Hemingway Excerpt, Jan's Series Wrap, Gift From COVID Year, Shared House Tips, Nordic Colorado. "There Is Much Weather In A March Day": Irish Proverb. Indeed, March has us betwixt and between. We had some…
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Skiing Weatherman: Season Rolls On in West, New Snow Scarce in East

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Fresh Snow in the Wasatch. Spring Conditions Reign East. This week’s message is quite simple: If you want fresh snow, head west.  If you enjoy spring skiing, the upper Midwest and East will sport those conditions much of the time through the end of…
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Question For You: The Best Of The Virus Year?

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One Year On, It Is Time For Reflection. This year of sudden shut down when everything about lives has changed has thrown a lot of plans out the window. While many readers have found a way to get out in the snow, others have given this season a bye,…
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Snow In Literature: Cross Country Snow

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By Ernest Hemingway (This is an excerpt from the short story which appeared in the collection In Our Time (1927). To read the complete story, click here.) The funicular car bucked once more and then stopped.  It could not go farther, the snow…
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Top-To-Bottom: Wildcat Polecat

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Non-Stop, Two Mile Run on Polecat. Here's the next in our Vicarious Vacation series: here's a nice, calm run on the longest green trail in New Hampshire. Polecat runs from the top of Wildcat to the base, nice wide trails, mostly, taken at a leisurely…
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Fifty-Five Years (So Far) of “The Greatest Snow on Earth”

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Part Six: Jan and Judy Become Senior Skiers. We moved to Utah in 1966 when we were in our early thirties. We retired in 1996 in our early sixties, and now we are in our eighties, still skiing what is hyped as “The Greatest Snow on Earth.”  It’s…
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Make More Tracks: Favorite Nordic Centers In Colorado

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Small Ranch Resorts And Large Scale Nordic Centers Span The State. [Editor Note: This article by Pete Wilson first appeared in The Nordic Approach.]  In this state of mile-high life, opportunities to elevate your outdoor activities abound.…
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The Big K’s Ambassador Program

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Ambassadors Help Create A Congenial Climate At Killington. As a huge ski area with several base areas and mountain peaks, finding one’s way around Killington can be a challenge. That’s where the green-jacketed Ambassadors come in, often saving…
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Sharing A Ski House: Seven Ways To Share Without Stress

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Setting Expectations And Providing Reminders Are Key For Sharing. When sharing a property with a club or friends and family, it’s important to establish a sustainable system for access, expenses, safety and maintenance. Time and effort invested…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (March 12)

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End Or Interim, Snow West, Cooler East, Vail Run, Jan's Saga, Demo Tips, Ski Japan?, NW XC, Happy At Appi, Sharp Porcupine. We've been through quite a year. Last year at this time, we were hearing about and experiencing the abrupt closures of…
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Skiing Weatherman: Action West, Cool Down East

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Not Quite Spring Yet. More Snow In The Forecast. While the resorts in the Midwest and East got a solid taste of spring this week as temperatures soared well above normal for a few days, the winter weather action picked up in the West.  A cold trough…
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Question For You: Ski In Japan?

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If You've Been, Tell Us So We Can Have A Vicarious Vacation. We have an interesting article this week from Dave Chambers, the "Traveling Australian." He takes us to Appi Kogen, a resort in the north of Honshu, the big island of Japan. He spent a…
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Make More Tracks: Favorite Nordic Centers In The Northwest

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Cascadia Contains Cross-Country Resorts Close To Metro Areas. [Editor Note: This article by Pete Wilson first appeared in The Nordic Approach.]  The Pacific Northwest of the contiguous US is a wonderfully strange bit of geography. The Western…
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Trailside Porcupine Becomes A Celebrity

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  Skiers nimbly dodged a porcupine as he wallowed through deep snow to cross Alta's ski slope. Some stopped to watch the prickly fellow tumble into a tree well and then start to climb. That's all there was to see. The show was over. He was…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (March 5)

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Looking Ahead, First Timers Tips For Europe, Personal Risk Test, Midwest Nordic Centers, DV/PCR Visits, Brunvand's Journey, L2A Top-Bottom, Tune Up Kit, Okemo Founders, Harriet's First Time, Emily And March. Outdoor author Patrick McManus said: "God…
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Skiing Weatherman: Pattern Is Relatively Quiet

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Fresh Snow in Cali. Mild Temps Next Week. Last week’s installment touched upon the fight we usually see in March between lingering cold to the north and advancing spring warmth from the south.  The fight usually takes the form of storminess, where…
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