Skiing's Future

[gorgonzola]

If you haven't seen "Don't Look Up" on Netflix do it now! So awesome on so many levels

 

[raisingarizona]

If you haven't seen "Don't Look Up" on Netflix do it now! So awesome on so many levels

Totally! One of the best films I’ve seen in many years. It’s Idiocracy and South Park humor up until the end…..then it’s like, Oh crap we are so f-d and it’s all sort of sad.

 

[tirolski]

Hollywood made that one.
If y’all like comet movies, here’s a freebie.

 

[tirolski]

Will the Spirit and Frontier Airline Merger Drive Skier Visits?

SAM Magazine—Denver, Colo., Feb. 10, 2022—In a $6.6 billion deal expected to close in the second half of 2022, Spirit Airlines will merge with Frontier, gi

www.saminfo.com

It’ll be Epic.

Spirit and Frontier, known for poor consumer reviews, announce proposed airline merger

Frontier and Spirit, the two airlines with the highest consumer complaints in the industry, are looking to merge in a combined $2.9 billion deal. If approved, it would create a

www.miamitimesonline.com

Folks are used to it.

 

[Ripitz]

Doomed in our lifetime

Twelve years ago, a small group of backcountry skiers saved one of the most historic runs in America. Despite their efforts, we’re going to lose it anyway.

view.ceros.com

 

[gorgonzola]

I sure hope not, had such a good day there.

Alpine Touring Thread

i am headed to ski some stuff i have been scouting on beaver dam rd. curious what you found in the helderberg's I parked at the snowmobile cross over and skinned up to the old ski area south of the road. There are the 2 big wide gently sloped trails and then the steep section in the woods above...

nyskiblog.com

Was hoping to do it again last year but was a bust like a lot of other BC/XCD plans...

 

[Peter Minde]

Western Mass Athletic Club runs a 25 km race on Greylock... back in the days when I ran that race, you ran DOWN the f'n Thunderbolt. That was scary AF, never mind skiing down it. Chapeau to those who do.

 

[sig]

I sure hope not, had such a good day there.

Alpine Touring Thread

i am headed to ski some stuff i have been scouting on beaver dam rd. curious what you found in the helderberg's I parked at the snowmobile cross over and skinned up to the old ski area south of the road. There are the 2 big wide gently sloped trails and then the steep section in the woods above...

nyskiblog.com

Was hoping to do it again last year but was a bust like a lot of other BC/XCD plans...

You live up in Berne? I am moving there next summer. Based on terrain there Has to be some good bc in that area.

 

[SayvilleSteve]

German ski resort stores snow under wood chip carpet

Hope it works!

 

[MarzNC]

Storing snow over the summer has been happening in Finland for a few years.

May 2020

This ski resort in Finland is saving snow for next season - FREESKIER

So much for snowmelt. At Levi Ski Resort, Finland’s largest ski area located 93 miles north of the Arctic Circle, operators are currently “saving snow” for next season. By piling up the snow into massive heaps at the base of its mountain and covering them with a thermal-resistant fabric, the...

freeskier.com

June 2022

Saving Snow Through Summer – Good or Bad? - The Whiteroom

More and more ski resorts are stockpiling snow though the summer ready for use next autumn. Up in Finland resorts like Ruka, Kvitfjell and Levi spread the snow back out on the slopes in early m autumn as temperatures cool and the rate of thaw slows. Levi say they are aiming to “create a...

www.snow-forecast.com