Tips for Adults Learning to Ski

Posted on by Brownski

“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

Green Lakes State Park

Posted on by Robert

Upstate New York is filled with state parks. I’ve lived within an hour of the Syracuse region for my entire life, but I had never heard of Green Lakes State Park until about 10 years ago when I first started dating Farah. Since then we have spent plenty of time in the park and it has become one of our favorite spots to visit.

Green Lakes State Park trail
Mulch Trail

The lakes were formed 15,000 years ago at the end of the ice age by waterfalls and are the remains of their plunge pools. The lakes are meromictic, meaning the layers of water don’t mix and the deep bottom of the lakes are devoid of life. Heavily dissolved minerals, specifically calcite, give the lakes their iconic green color.

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Lake Stahahe Paddle

Posted on by Brownski

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