Travel – West

SeniorsSkiing Guide: It’s Hard To Beat Crystal Mountain On A Sunny Day

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Pacific Northwest Resort Is Largest Plus Reasonably Priced For 70+ Seniors. When I stepped off the resort’s gondola, I was treated to a stunning view of 14,410-foot Mount Rainier just 12 miles to the south. Not a bad way to begin a spring-like…
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Master’s Clinic: Fabulous Idea For Senior Skiers

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The Secret To Breaking Decades-old Bad Habits: Attending A Master’s Clinic At Dodge Ridge. I hadn’t skied at Dodge Ridge, the closest ski area to the San Francisco Bay Area, in years. But as soon as I arrived at the base area a couple of Thursdays…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Deer Valley Sets The Gold Standard

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It's the Deer Valley Difference. When Deer Valley opened 35 years ago, it was a novel concept to commit to top notch service in skiing, dining and lodging. Today it's the gold standard. The resort is known for its impeccable grooming, incredible…
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First Run: From The Top Of Jackson Hole At Dawn

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[Editor Note: Contributing Photographer Patrick Kearney has been working in outdoor education through the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) for over a decade. Most recently he's been working in education at the elementary, middle school…
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American Airlines Introduces Direct Flights to Big Sky

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Now It Is Easier To Get To A Montana Destination Resort. American Airlines now has direct service between Dallas/Ft Worth and Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), 40 miles from Big Sky Ski Resort. The once a day flights are scheduled…
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Legendary Over-The-Hill-Gang A Model For Seniors

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Started at Copper in '76, OHG Now Around the Globe. [Editor Note:  This report on the Over The Hill Gang was written by Steve Lipsher and originally posted on the Copper Mountain Blog. Here is a link to the original article.] It’s easy to spot…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Alta, Skiers’ Paradise

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It's Vast Open Space And Powder. Alta is the granddaddy of powder skiing. It averages 500 inches of snow a year which earns it the nickname: Skiers' Paradise. It has wide, wide open bowls with groomed trails, but everywhere you look slopes are left…
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Dine On A Local Cow—Or Lamb—Or Carrot

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Locally Sourced Foods Are Catching On. At Snowbasin, Utah, chefs have embraced locally sourced meats including beef, lamb and elk, vegetables, cheeses and honey. Their dinner creations get rave reviews. Every bite comes from less than 50 miles away. Other…
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It’s Snow Sport Heaven This Season In The Sierra Nevada!

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All Systems Go As The Snow Keeps Falling On Sierra Resorts. As the East Coast got a taste the last couple of months of what’s it like when the inclement winter weather fails to show up, the situation has been quite different on the West Coast.…
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Huff Post: Older Skier’s Guide To America’s Biggest Ski Resort

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SeniorsSkiing.com's Co-Publisher Reviews The Newly-Combined Park City-Canyons Resort. Salt Lake City-based Jon Weisberg has been waiting all summer to explore the biggest ski resort in America. With this season's huge—and apparently ongoing—dump…
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New Senior Deal Site For Tahoe Area

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Up Pops A New Senior Ski Site Out West. Well Done! We are pleased to see that Michael Warner started a website for senior deals in the Tahoe area.  We like to think seniorsskiing.com stimulated his venture to some degree.  We now have an ally in trying…
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West: Snow Falls, Lots Of Snow

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White Christmas Ahead For Utah and The Rockies. Salt Lake City-based SeniorsSkiing.com Co-Publisher Jon Weisberg Reports: The biggest single dump since 2011 is how some observers characterize the mid-December storm that blanketed Utah's Wasatch…
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Down Corbet’s Couloir At Jackson Hole

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If You Over-Think This, It Won't Happen. From the folks at Jackson Hole and Teton Gravity Research, here's what happened last spring on top of the famous Corbet's Couloir. https://youtu.be/dYcgruURzQg  
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Sierra Resorts Give Thanks

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Forget the Turkey! Sierra Skiers And Snowboarders Are Getting To Carve Up The Slopes This Holiday Weekend. California wintersports lovers have a lot to be happy about this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and they—and the industry—are hoping…
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Big Sky, Big Win For 3 Gens

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Can Mom (74) Adapt To Big Sky Skiing?               SeniorsSkiing.com welcomes Correspondent Heather Burke, Ski Journalist LuxurySkiTrips.com and FamilySkiTrips.com Big Sky is just as…
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Ski Younger Now: Retraining Program At Vail

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Ski Younger Now is a retraining program for older skiers, and skiers returning to the sport after recovering from an injury. Developed by veteran instructor, Seth Masia (Seth is on the SeniorsSkiing.com Advisory Board), Ski Younger Now teaches low-impact,…
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Let There Be Snow: Early Signs Of White

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There Is Indeed Snow In Those Hills, And It Is Still Summer! Our very favorite meteorological, snow forecast website is OpenSnow.  If you haven't visited them, please do: It provides clear explanations about what is happening in the atmosphere…
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Happy 90th Junior Bounous!

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Still Doing Pow And Inspiring The Rest of Us As Junior Bounous celebrates his ninth decade, we salute his love of the sport and his motivation.  His message to the rest of us is simple: "Keep moving!"  Check.  Thanks, Junior and have a great birthday. Here's…
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