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Tips for Adults Learning to Ski

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“Can I learn to ski as an adult?”

We hear the question a lot. This article is for those who weren’t lucky enough to discover skiing at a young age and now wonder if they are too old to start. And it’s designed to get you to “yes.”

You can learn to ski as an adult, if you’re reasonably fit and healthy. And we whole-heartedly recommend it.

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The author at Magic Mountain in Londonderry VT

Picking up skiing or boarding at age 30 and beyond is more challenging than learning to ski at age 5, 10, 18 or 25 years old. As we get older, we lose the time to maintain the peak physical fitness that comes so easily in high school.

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Tagged: Indy Pass, Instruction, Ski Life4 Comments

Lake Stahahe Paddle

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Visiting a state park or a beach on July 4 is a little bit like going skiing on Martin Luther King Day. You should expect crowds. Harriman State Park gets very busy on a normal summer weekend. People from New York City, New Jersey and surrounding areas come in droves to picnic and swim at the lakes. July 4 weekend is a whole ‘nother level.

Lake Stahahe

Harriman’s summer crowds are not known for being rule followers but when Independence Day rolls around standards go completely out the window. People swim in lakes without beaches, they park on roads, driveways and lawns and all kinds of places where they aren’t supposed to be. It becomes a real problem for the people that are responsible for the Park.

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Tagged: Harriman / Bear Mountain, Paddling6 Comments

Camelback: The Mid-Atlantic Beast?

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Camelback open for skiing in May? In Pennsylvania? I guess I wasn’t paying close enough attention to their social media. I heard from some fellow skiers they threw down the gauntlet back in March; they would be open in May. That’s some pretty bold attitude given the latitude.

Camelback from Rim Road

As one ski area after another announced their closing dates across the northeast, Camelback continued operations. Did it signify the emergence of a new east coast juggernaut, the Beast of the Mid Atlantic? I would have to see for myself.

It wasn’t my first visit to Camelback, we have history. It’s one of the hills that I tried with my children when they were just learning to ski. I’ve probably skied Camelback a dozen times.

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Tagged: PA8 Comments