What ski boot manufacturer used the slogan “Are you still lacing while others are racing?”
Last week I wrote about Mad River celebrating its 75th anniversary. This week I’m writing about its immediate neighbor celebrating its 60th anniversary! That’s the Mt. Ellen portion of Sugarbush. In some respects this is the story of a lost… Continue Reading →
What Vermont ski area had a trail named Scotch Mist?
I’ll start off by saying that I no longer put any faith in articles that claim Top 10 anything! They are usually click-bait plus I usually totally disagree with their results. This is particularly true for skiing-related topics. But I… Continue Reading →
What ski area did SKI (formerly known as SKI Magazine) recently rate as #1 in the East?
Whether it’s sports or business there are always influential people whose names become household words. However there are also other very influential individuals whose names for some reason aren’t as well known. Let’s take Doug Pfeiffer as an example. Doug… Continue Reading →
Who did Wayne Wong refer to as “the Founding Father of Freestyle Skiing?”
The village of Woodstock, Vermont, is nestled among rolling hills along the Ottauquechee River. In the 1920s as skiing became more popular, those hills drew skiers. There were several reasons for this: Woodstock had become a summer tourist destination so… Continue Reading →
The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum’s (vtssm.org) new exhibit is on the Lost Ski Areas of Vermont! I plan to include trivia about some of these lost Vermont areas during this Retro-Ski season starting with this week: Where was the… Continue Reading →
It’s been awhile since I made it to Opening Day on the Mountain, but I was there last Friday! The WROD (White Ribbon of Death) was in pretty good shape and the crowd was not overwhelming. The temperatures were spring-like… Continue Reading →
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