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The Ski Trains Return!

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Car Free Means Care Free for Seniors. Remember ski trains? Back in the day, trains were the way to get away from the city and into the mountains. Denver skiers were thrilled last March when the ski train resumed service from Denver to Winter…
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The Value of Guided Skiing

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Try It, You’ll Like It OR Let Me Toot My Horn. When I tell people that I am a guide for skiing and hiking I, basically, receive two different responses. The first response goes something like “cool, I want your job, ….”. The second response…
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Where Seniors Can Ski For FREE: Huff Post

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108 Ski Resorts In North America Recognize Seniors With Free Lift Tickets.             SeniorsSkiing.com's co-publisher Jon Weisberg has another article on Huffington Post, this time describing where…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Mt. Bachelor, OR

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New Lift Opening On Dec 16 Makes Mt. Bachelor Sixth Largest In US. The season seems to go on forever at Central Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor, where Pacific storms dump huge annual totals, and the upper-elevation slopes hold onto the snow. From November…
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Whisper Ridge: 100 Square Miles Of Snowcat Skiing In Utah

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It's New This Year And Something To Shout About. It's the largest backcountry resort in the country: 3,300 feet vertical, 300+ average inches of snow, and luxury yurt "glamping." Check your bucket list. Better add Whisper Ridge. Peace, quiet,…
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Find Ski Buddies Near You Through NSCF

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Now Our Readers Can Pinpoint Local Ski Clubs. Check Out Their Events And Activities. In Flying Solo, a recent article by XCSkiResorts.com publisher Roger Lohr, the joys of solitary skiing, nordic or alpine, are highlighted.  From the comments, many readers…
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New England Ski Museum Tells 3,000 Years Of Ski History

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From The Stone Age To Today. The tiny museum in Franconia, New Hampshire is located next to Cannon Mountain's gondola base, and it's a wonderland. Even before you enter, you're intrigued by what you see just outside the door and you ask yourself: "What's…
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Who’s Open, Opening, And When?

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How To Find Out Where The Snow Is Without A Lot Of Clicking. A reader's question came in yesterday.  He said: "You would do us seniors a service if you listed what ski areas in New England were opening early now that we are getting snow." Great…
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Here Comes Winter: From Mt. Washington, NH

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Home Of Big Time Extreme Weather Looks Over Dramatic Moving Clouds. Mt. Washington is the Northeast's highest summit.  At 6,288 feet above sea level, the mountain is a mecca for campers, hikers, and fast-changing weather conditions.  This video…
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Follow The Leader At L2A

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Synchronized Cruising In The French Alps Captured By Drone. This reminds us of the coordinated swimming events we see in the Olympic Games, minus the gel in the hair.  Well, kind of. A group of skiers cruises down and around the slopes at Les…
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Videos Show Skiing in Alaska, China, Iran, Central Asia

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Arc'teryx And The North Face on YouTube With Top Cinematography And Music That Doesn't Blow Your Eardrums. In 1990 China had zero ski resorts. Today there are 568, including Jackson Hole, a residential and ski community a few hours north of Beijing. Iran…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Revelstoke, BC, Big Boy Mountain

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Seniors Can Find Big Bargains At This Big Boy Resort. It’s hard to realize that today’s Revelstoke Mountain Resort only dates back to late 2007 and now has the greatest vertical drop in North America (at 5,620 feet, 400 feet more than Whistler,…
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Resort Review: L2A, France—”Two Alps, Two Seasons”

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Les Deux Alpes, France: Seniors 72+ Ski Free. Editor's Note: This Resort Review was written by Val E., a reader who has an interesting background in the ski industry. Val used to work as a ski slalom course supervisor, snowboard technician, ski/snowboard…
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Vermont Ski Hill Morphs Into Summer Water Park

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Grandkids Would Love A Summer Day At Smugglers. [Ski resorts are being creative about developing off-snow season attractions.  Smugglers Notch in Northern Vermont has gone the extra mile in creating three separate water parks.  There's still time to…
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Whakapapa Ice: Happening Now

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North America Swelters, NZ Freezes. In case you missed it during this hottest summer of all time, the ski season is in full swing down under.  Here's a clip from Whakapapa Ski Field, New Zealand's largest winter resort.  Located on the North Island,…
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Vandals Destroy World’s Oldest Skier Image

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Picture Used as Lillehammer Games Logo. The world's oldest known image of a person on skis -- a 5,000 year old petroglyph on the Norwegian island of Tro -- has been destroyed by vandals. The image was used as the logo for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter…
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Vail Purchases Whistler Blackcomb

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Chinese Skiers Expected to Fuel Growth. Vail Resorts Inc. has reached an agreement to buy Whistler Blackcomb Holdings, owner of Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. The C$1.4 billion deal is expected to result in Vail's marketing machine to attract greater…
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Resort Review: Mt. Baldy BC Has A $19 Senior Season Pass! Seriously.

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A Small Area Enchants Seniors, Offering Bargain Skiing In Big Powder. Editor Note: This review was written by Jim Barber, a long time skier and ski business veteran.  He lives near Mt. Baldy and loves his retirement home in BC.  Here's his story:…
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