What percentage of people who skied (downhill) during the 2016-17 season, skied only one day? 0-10% 10-20% 20-30% 30-40% 40-50%
I skied Cliff Trail for the first time this season on Monday December 11th. It hadn’t been groomed yet, but conditions were still good. There were some small soft-snow bumps plus a few water bars so it was a little… Continue Reading →
When was the first snowmaking installed on Mt Mansfield? (Note: the first snowmaking at Stowe was on the Spruce side, but when did it expand to Mansfield?)
I’ll start with a follow-up from last week’s column about the Mt. Mansfield Lift-Exchange Ticket Books. I received a note from Steve Berry after last week’s column was submitted to the Reporter. Steve had the correct answer that it took… Continue Reading →
What year did the first high speed quad replace the old Mansfield single and double chairs at Stowe?
Last week my wife and I were skiing the Quad on Mount Mansfield at what I’d term a moderate rate. That is, we were skiing at moderate speed and stopping briefly at the usual stopping spots. We were getting about… Continue Reading →
In the RetroSki days, Stowe sold a ticket book containing coupons that could be used for single rides up the lifts. Different lifts required a different number of coupons. How many coupons were required for a ride up the Mt…. Continue Reading →
Change. We humans are kind of ambivalent about change. We’re all for change until it affects us and then somehow it’s different. Actually this column is all about our reaction to change, well at least as it pertains to skiing…. Continue Reading →
The ski season is underway and so is RetroSki! Columns (Posts) will begin on November 30th!
When Snowbird opened in 1971, Junior Bounous was named as head of the ski school. It was a natural choice. Bounous was a native Utahn and he had learned to be a ski instructor under Alf Engen at Alta, eventually… Continue Reading →
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