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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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Question For You: What’s Santa Bringing?

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What Snow Sports Stuff Do You Have On Your List? It's not too late to write to Santa to request that single, elusive item you crave for your ski kit. What would make a nice present for you? A new knit hat? Expensively warm gloves? New boots? Our…
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Carve Turns On Opening Day

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Master Making Those Modern Arcs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QD99XRJYcYQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3qh8LeqVLNj8bS07RMn_oim6F9mISt7n2IiDkOuNCGx3-_n6H2gnlduT4 Ski instructor Paul Lorenz has a great instructional series…
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Make More Tracks: Milestones In XC Skiing

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From Wooden Skis, Wax, And Pine Tar Bases To High Tech Equipment in 50 years. Since the time that wooden skis were found in a peat bog in Sweden dating to 2,000 BC, there have been many milestones that brought XC skiing to where it is today. In…
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More On Taking A Lesson With COVID

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Things Are Different. More Ideas For Successful Lessons. Correspondent Keller Minton's article last week on taking a lesson in COVID times was praised by a ski world notable. Seth Masia, president of the International Ski History Association, long…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Dec. 11)

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More Music And Skiing, Jackson Nordic, John Denver, Storms On Parade, Difficult Moments, Question: Handling Clutch Situations, Early Season Videos, COVID Lesson Advice, Old Maine Hotel. After last week's discovery of the two musical events that are held…
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Make More Tracks: Jackson Hole Nordic

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States Of Euphoria The week before Christmas, 1980, I drove west from Cody, WY, through the rugged Absarokas, over Togwotee Pass, dropping into the northeast corner of Jackson Hole, then south to the town of Jackson. Deep fresh snow covered the landscape,…
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Skiing Weatherman: Parade Of Storms Coming

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Progressive Storm Threats Gets Underway Although it’s likely that the holiday period will be a Covid-induced quiet one across the country, it is now crunch time for opening terrain that will create adequate social distancing to fend off further…
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How To Handle Difficult Moments

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What To Do When Things Go Pear Shaped. Consider a ski run you've done before and which you found perfectly do-able with your present level of technical skiing skill. But conditions have changed, and the snow is less easy to ski; perhaps the temperature…
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Music And Skiing: Annie’s Song And Dancing With The Mountains

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John Denver Composed The Lyrics On A Chairlift. [Editor Note: Correspondent LuAnn Snyder, a director of the Baltimore Ski Club and a big John Denver fan, contributed to this article.]  Did you know that John Denver was an avid skier?  John…
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Question For You: Difficult Situations

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How Do You Manage Your...Apprehensions? Yesterday, you did fine on Wild Thing, that steep, narrow trail on the shady side of the mountain. Today, Wild Thing is crusty, heavy, or worse, boilerplate, and it's the only way down. Or, the afternoon light…
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Taking A Lesson During COVID

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Yes, Take A Lesson To Tune Up Or Re-Connect, But Be Prepared. A good ski lesson especially at the beginning of the season not only makes for a good day, but many more good days ahead. Refining technique, snuffing out bad habits, and discovering new…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Dec. 4)

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Music In The Mountains, Question For You Redux, Snow Coming, Aosta Trattoria Interlude, XC Starter Kit, Mystery Tow, Dispatch From Wolf Creek, Rental Apartment Advice, Inspiration For Recovery, Utah Resort COVID Summary. Imagine our surprise when we…
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Question For You: Dispatches From The Snow Frontier

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Let's Try Again: What Is Your First Visit To A Ski Resort In COVID Times Like? A few weeks ago, we asked our readers to tell us how their first visits to a ski resort went in this unusual year.  We wanted to hear reactions to constraints, regulations,…
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Skiing Weatherman: Here Comes The Snow!

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The Weather Worm Is Turning, Especially In The East. If the optimist in all of us considers November 1 the start of the winter sports season, then the first month of this season was a dud in the eastern half of the country. Cold air masses were infrequent…
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Make More Tracks: Tips For Getting Started In XC Skiing

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This Might Be The Season To Get On Skinny Skis. [Editor Note: This article first appeared in XCSkiResorts.com.] Getting outdoors, going at your own pace, enjoying and sharing an outing with a friend or family member of any age, and getting some…
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Personal Note: Sources Of Inspiration And Frustration

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A Military Epic Pass Discount Special Became A Big Motivator To Get Back In Shape. Last winter and spring, like many others, I watched the ski season melt away. For those who went before the big shut down, good on you. For, me, the only hopes I had…
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Managing A Rental Unit In Your Ski House: Part 3

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Tips On Running A Rental And Finding Financing. Once you have reservations coming in, you have to manage the flow of people coming and going. Here are a few ideas we have found useful in making it easy and efficient for everyone. We…
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This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Nov. 20)

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SPECIAL EDITION: MAKE MORE TRACKS! Focus On Nordic, Snowshoeing, Fat Biking: Rationale, The Market Forecast, Videos: How To XC, Snowshoe, Fat Bike, Hidden Gem XC Resorts, Lesson Advice, Mystery Nordic Star, Trail Preferences. There's more to winter…
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