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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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Make More Tracks: Beginning Cross-Country

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Looking For Alternatives? Here's A Starter Kit For XC. SeniorsSkiing.com has published several articles on getting started in cross-country skiing.  Here's another view from Breckenridge Nordic Center. We watched all nine minutes and picked up lots…
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Instructional Advice: Don’t Do Turns

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Words Matter. Why "Arcs" Works Better Than "Turns".  Recently I wrote a small piece on how to handle tough skiing situations and used the word “arcs” where most folk would use the word “turn”. My insistence on using the word “arc'”raised…
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Instructional Advice: Slow Start, Good Turns

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Easy Does It And Find The Rhythm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MgZEWKJxA&feature=youtu.be If you look at Henrik Kristoffersen here in the blue Norwegian National Team uniform doing slow turns, you will see the value of mechanics at a basic…
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Snow In Literature: Brown’s Descent

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Or the Willy-Nilly Slide By Robert Frost (1916) Brown lived at such a lofty farm That everyone for miles could see His lantern when he did his chores In winter after half-past three. And many must have seen him make His wild descent…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Jan. 15)

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Don't Let The Old Man In, Vortex Coming, More Poetry, Luxury XC Resort, Ski World Art, Season Pass Value, Ski Boot For Seniors, Norway . My self-image has always been as an active, healthy, strong, relatively athletic person who also happened to…
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Skiing Weatherman: Pattern Change Continues

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The Vortex Is Coming. Last week I discussed a major pattern change that would unfold over North America this month. As we hit the midpoint of January, those changes are well underway. An episode of stratospheric warming over the far northern reaches…
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Make More Tracks: “Tasty” Three Forks Ranch

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Luxury Ranch Includes Gourmet Food And Outdoor Sports. I’m a winter guest (or “dude”) ranch specialist – ski at them, write about them, consult with them, love them. Which is a little ironic because when you think “ranch,” you probably…
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Question For You: Was Your Investment In A Pass Worth It?

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Or, Do You Regret Shelling Out The Bucks? Here we are in mid-January.  The Northwest has seen abundant snowfall, the West needs more, the East, well, there's been some uneven days, and trail counts are down. And we have COVID restrictions in place,…
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Snow In Literature: Interlude

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By Linda Pastan We are waiting for snow the way we might wait for a train to arrive with its cold cargo— it is late already, but surely it will come. We are waiting for snow the way we might wait for permission to breathe again. For…
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Ski World Art

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Don Burch Produces A Stunning Portfolio Of Images From Snow Country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yoEQEGClMg Many of these images are really beautiful,  frame-worthy.  Thanks Don for this. Please let him know what your reaction is in Leave A…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Jan. 8)

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Happy New Year, It's January. The Year Has Flipped. We launch into 2021 with the notion that positive change is just over the horizon, on the other side of the hill, beyond that copse of trees, around the next turn, and down the road.  The vaccine…
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Skiing Weatherman: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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For the title of this piece I chose a line from David Bowie’s classic song. The jet stream pattern that ultimately determines the snowfall haves and the have-nots is undergoing change and, ultimately, it will be dramatic. As a lifelong skier…
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The How-Do-I-Get-There Conundrum

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What If Driving Is An Undesirable Or A Non-Option? The world's COVID hangover is going to continue well into 2021 so obviously ongoing precautions are needed to keep from contracting the disease. For those who live within three to four hours by car…
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Snow In Literature: The Snow Man

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By Wallace Stevens One must have a mind of winterTo regard the frost and the boughsOf the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long timeTo behold the junipers shagged with ice,The spruces rough in the distant glitter Of…
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Make More Tracks: Nutter Butters And The Tour Of Anchorage

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Joining A Race Without Training? Hey, It Could Be Fun. In this strangest of times, I think back to the great and diverse and sometimes unorthodox adventures I’ve had cross-country skiing. And although I haven’t competed often, there was…
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Get Smart About Back Country Skiing

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It's Socially Distanced For Sure. And Could Be Dangerous. The number of skiers and split boarders heading into the backcountry is skyrocketing as we search for ways to avoid ski areas’ confusing restrictions on lift capacity and parking plus social…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Dec. 18)

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Once in a year, it is not thought amiss To visit our neighbors and sing out like this: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Chanukah We wish you a Merry Holiday And a Happy New Year!   More Music And Snow Sports Here's another…
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Skiing Weatherman: The Beat Goes On

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The Busy Pattern Continues. Last week’s installment headlined a progressive pattern that has been sending ridges and troughs west to east across the continent at a dizzying pace.  That pattern produced some meaningful snow in the West earlier this…
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