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“The longer you ski, the longer you live!” That’s been the lifelong mantra of Klaus Obermeyer, founder of the sportswear company that bears his name. On December 2nd, Klaus will celebrate his 106th birthday! Glen Findholt had the answer to… Continue Reading →

Wow! This season is off to a “Retro” start! On November 7th I saw a picture taken at 7:30am of the upper Midway parking lot full of cars! That’s a lot of skiers and riders “earning their turns!” And I’m… Continue Reading →

Regular Posts/Columns will start the week of November 23rd! In the meantime “Think Snow!”

When I dream about spring skiing it’s usually something like this! It’s a bluebird day, not a cloud in the sky. Conditions are actually firm when you start the day, but as the temperatures rise, the surface softens. First on… Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Abenaki ski area in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, claims to be the oldest community-run ski area in the United States. It dates back to 1936 which actually makes it one of the oldest still operating ski areas in the U.S. period!… Continue Reading →