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Kickstarter campaign for Arc of Skiing Jackson Hole is looking good. What's important is that the trend with two weeks to go is to exceed the goal of $80K but quite a bit. Word must be getting out. Already at 70% of the goal. Usually campaigns that reach 80% with a week to go succeed. The...

Very cool book indeed! Not just photographs from 45 years but also stories, including from guest authors. Only a couple weeks to go. Deadline is February 21, 2025.

Here's a recent video tour of Soldier Mountain. What's unusual is that the terrain covered are the groomers. Can get a sense of both the lift rides and the time it takes to cruise all the way to the base. Soldier is open Thu-Sun. Still has cat skiing. Sounds like Soldier has RFID lift...

Here's what caught my eye in the Bloomberg article from January 29, 2025. Soldier Mountain, Bolton, Black Mountain, and Berkshire East were the Indy locations mentioned. ". . . Erik Mogensen, the managing director of Indy Pass, says the offering is winning over customers, with sales increasing...

What I gather from a thread on another forum is that all that's happened so far is that the Idaho Supreme Court thinks that the case should have gone to a jury. As opposed to being decided by "summary judgement" in favor of the ski resort. The comment was from an attorney in the Rockies who...

Nope. Replaced in recent years. The only old chair left is the slow fixed-grip quad for the so-called beginner area. That has safety bars and everyone puts the bar down.

Bolton won for 2025. The winning team in 2023 was Belleayre.

Not much surprise that the article is about the geezers at Alta. I got enough nerve to say hello to the folks at the round Wild Old Bunch table at Alf's at Alta a couple seasons ago. I was over 65 by then. Said hello to one of the older members at Alf's last week . . . he's 91. He prefers to...

What was funny to me during my Michigan ski safari was that in the hallway at Mt. Brighton, the tiny hill near Detroit, the pictures of Epic destination resorts included one in Australia. I only stopped in for a look and didn't bother to boot up since I was on my way from Ohio to Caberfae that...

Bookings have been going up and down the last decade and are watched closely by the industry in general. Weather and snow conditions impact those numbers more than anything else. There are many Epic pass holders who don't stay in VR lodging, especially in CO, UT, Tahoe. Plenty of alternatives...

Happy ending after someone fell through ice in Indiana. February 2, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/jump-rope-rescue-indiana-pond.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.SfAS.Cu0XO_VE0KTz&smid=url-share

If staying overnight is an option, or simply driving after quitting at 10pm, the night skiing at Jiminy Peak could be entertaining. $59 for 3-10pm.

Montage is good fun. My friends who live in Philly have season passes to Montage. The husband grew up skiing there. I met up with them even before Indy a couple of times. Have been back a couple times since then. I like Montage better than Elk. Certainly easier to reach. What's unique in...

I checked out West on Pres. Day several years ago. Did a day trip from the Berkshires where I was staying for a few days. Wanted to see how Indy hills did on that holiday weekend. It was 100% open. Skied from opening until about 11:00 when it started getting crowded. I liked the vibe...

Could be up to 2 inches at my house by morning. Perhaps 4 inches on the NC coast! It's been cold enough for relatively long that the snowflakes are sticking everywhere. Glad my schedule for Massanutten over MLK weekend meant I drove home last night instead of tonight. Near RDU airport, Jan...

Meanwhile, the high was 30 degrees today at my house near Raleigh, NC. I'm glad I'm a skier so that I've got jackets warm enough for going out to do errands. Opted for indoor rock climbing with the teen who I took to Massanutten for MLK weekend. Just as well we couldn't stay there last night...

Not surprisingly, ABasin patrollers voted to unionize. The vote was 30 to 22 in favor. The decision was announced on Jan. 11 . . . on Instagram. January 20, 2025 https://www.saminfo.com/news/sam-headline-news/a-basin-ski-patrollers-vote-to-unionize

Snowmakers in the southeast are going to be busy again next week. WV, VA expecting snowy roads on Sunday. Supposed to be in the low 40s tomorrow at Massanutten. Then potentially single digits first thing Monday morning. I'm headed back this afternoon with the 9th grader (started skiing at...

The evolution of the former Snowtime resorts (Roundtop, Liberty, Whitetail) in PA after the sale to Peak and then Vail Resorts has similarities to the situation at Hunter. Snowtime was a family operation that started with the development of Roundtop from scratch. The mountains opened as early...

It's been interesting to learn how Boyne Resorts has managed to take the long term view for Big Sky. The Kircher family bought the initial skiable terrain in 1976. The first tram was installed in 1995. Additional terrain was eventually added on both sides (Moonlight Basin, Spanish Peaks)...