Author Greg Morrill

Trivia 2025 Week 19

What ski area had the first pond skimming event?

Made In Ukraine

A few weeks back I participated in the Ski Essentials Ski Test. I’ve written in detail about it in previous columns. This year as I was picking up a pair of Nordica skis to test ,I noticed that they said… Continue Reading →

High-Speed Lifts

So how many chairs are on the Lookout chairlift? Steve Edwards was quick with the answer that there are 206 chairs! Obviously like myself, Steve found ways of passing the time while riding Lookout during the Quad outage by watching… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2025 Week 18

How many chairs are on the Lookout fixed-grip double chairlift at Stowe, Vermont?

Whaleback Needs a Chairlift

It was good getting the FourRunner Quad back after more than a week of absence. Ski lifts have been in the news more often than usual this winter! Chairs fell off lifts at Attitash and Heavenly, both Vail resorts. Hope… Continue Reading →

Sven Coomer

If you look up “love-hate relationship” in a thesaurus, one of the resulting synonyms will be “ski boots!” Ski boots are the most important piece of ski equipment whether you’re a beginner or an expert. But since the beginning of… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2025 Week 17

Whaleback is a ski area near Lebanon, New Hampshire. What was the name of the ski area before it became Whaleback?

Trivia 2025 Week 16

Who was Sven Coomer?

FIS World Cup 1975

The finals of this season’s FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup will be held next week in Sun Valley, Idaho. The overall World Cup will be awarded along with cups in each of the disciplines. This year there isn’t a whole… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2025 Week 15

Who won the overall FIS Alpine World Cup for women 50 years ago (1975)? For men?

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