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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 &…

This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Feb. 5)

February 5, 2021

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Supporting SeniorsSkiing.com, Time For Gratitude, StratWarm, XC Ski Length, Reflections On Comments, Best Restaurant Ever, Odyssey Between US And Canada, And More Ski Art. About eight years ago, Jon Weisberg, a college friend and fraternity brother,…

Skiing Weatherman: Thank You, Stratwarm

February 4, 2021

Hint: Cold Air Coming Your Way. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] I assume that this week’s headline has many of you scratching your head wondering “What in the world is a stratwarm?”…

Make More Tracks: How To Pick Ski Length

February 4, 2021

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If You Thought It Was Based On Height, Think Again. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] https://youtu.be/_egFpCYX7Z8 Thanks to Jared Manninen from TahoeTrailGuide.com for this advice.…

How Did You Learn To Ski: Reflections On Comments

February 2, 2021

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[Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] Perhaps The Underlying Question Is: “What Do You Want Your Skiing To Be?”. There is no right or wrong answer. If you want your skiing to…

Gratitude

February 2, 2021

Half-Way Through The Season, Pat McCloskey Takes Stock. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] We are halfway through winter, and the groundhog has come out to let us know what he thinks…

And More Ski Art

February 2, 2021

Don Burch Has Yet Another View Of The Ski World. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] Don has created a series of artistic videos depicting impressions of the sport. He uses different…

Question For You: Best Restaurant Ever In A Ski Town

February 2, 2021

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During This Pandemic, We Are Yearning For Those Fantastic Meals. Let's Have Them Vicariously. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] Part of the fun of going on a ski vacation, a ski…

Support SeniorsSkiing.com

February 1, 2021

Once In A Year, It Is Not Thought Amiss. SeniorsSkiing is halfway through its seventh publishing year. Over that time, we've advocated for seniors, conducted research on on-hill accidents, published best skis and best boots listings, recognized those…

This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Jan.29)

January 29, 2021

Mid-Winter, Ski Art, SmartPhone Photography, XC Booming, Question About Racing, Reminiscence, Skiing Weatherman, AI Ski Coach, Rx Goggles, And More. Jon WeisbergComing soon: Prognosticator of Spring.We are approaching the middle of the winter season,…

Skiing Weatherman: Mid-Season Update

January 28, 2021

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Terrain Opens Coast to Coast In my mind, the end of January is roughly the mid-point of the season and as we hit that mark, the slopes of North America are in good shape from coast to coast. There are a few spots here and there where trail counts…

Make More Tracks: Cross Country Skiing is Booming Despite COVID

January 26, 2021

XC Is Hot And Getting Hotter. The Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) has been conducting online sessions with its cross country (XC) ski area members since last spring, focused on sharing information about how XC operations should…

Tips To Better Smartphone Photos

January 26, 2021

Don't Lug Your DSLR. Smartphones Can Do It. Do you want to take better photos with your Smartphone? Transform your friends into Alpine or Nordic heroes? Mark D. Phillips, a former AP photographer, is used to lugging around SLRs and long telephoto…

Ski Art II

January 26, 2021

Don Burch Does It Again Here's a new Ski Art video from Don. Some of these images are dramatic, colorful, peaceful, engaging, aesthetically pleasing, and just plain fun to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2Az1AuD9I

Question For You: What Lessons From Racing?

January 25, 2021

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Have You Raced? When? What Did You Learn? We are curious how many of our readers have actually been involved in ski racing in the long arc of their skiing careers. Did you race in college? High school? World Cup circuit? Olympics? Or just the odd…

Snow In Literature: Fwooosh

January 25, 2021

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Fwoosh! By Matthew Haddad (Age 12) [Editor Note: This poem was written when Matthew was 11 for his grandfather SeniorsSkiing.com reader Doug Haddad. Proud grand dad submitted it on his behalf.] Past snowy hills On a 100 degree down Intricate…

This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Jan. 22)

January 22, 2021

Does Technique Matter? Corduroy XC Tracks, Beginning XC, Making Turns, Think Arc, Robert Frost, How Did You Learn? This week we reflect on how you ski and how you learned. We learned by following a fellow college student down the baby trails at…

Make More Tracks: Corrugation For Groomed Trails

January 21, 2021

The Technical Reason Why Ski Trails Are Corrugated. [Editor Note: This article was written in collaboration with Auguste Lockwood, Yellowstone Track Systems.] Interest in winter recreation promises to grow phenomenally in winter 2020-’21, despite—or…

Skiing Weatherman: Something For Everone

January 21, 2021