Named to the U.S. Ski Team at 18, Bahrke, a native Californian, spent 11 years globetrotting for World Cup competitions and competing in three Olympics (Salt Lake City, Torino, and Vancouver). These days, she is squiring those with gobs of disposable income around one of America’s top luxury ski resorts. Though situated in the resplendent [...]
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Whether you’re a skier (or a ’boarder) or not, consider heading to a ski resort if you want to join in an all-out New Year’s Eve celebration. Skiing is such a competitive business, resorts pull out all the stops to attract people during the Christmas to New Year’s holiday week and this includes extravagant parties, fantastic entertainers, fun child-focused activities, and spectacular fireworks each New Year’s Eve.
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A change in House Transportation leadership means a possible Delta Queen comeback, epic western snow mean great early-season conditions, AirTran pilots happy, CO/UA pilots disgruntled
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Hilary Nangle explores “must-do” activities at Whistler, site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Most of these activities are for skiers, snowboarders and those who don’t have any intention of sliding down the slopes.
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Since the first lift fired up in 1958, Mt. Bachelor has become one of the West Coast’s favorite ski destinations. Because,
despite the notoriety the Cascade Mountain Range has for “Cascade Concrete” conditions, Mt. Bachelor is tucked into the eastern slopes of Oregon’s Cascades. Thus, it is blessed with a lighter and drier snowfall than most of the Pacific Northwest resorts.
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After a wild week of repeated snowstorms, New England’s ski and snowboarding terrain is beckoning with a hefty blanket of pre-Christmas snow. Plus, with fewer seats carrying skiers and snowboarders to the West and the dropping price of gas, it looks like a banner year for New England’s resorts that have their own special mountain magic and provide a far different experience from the resorts out west.
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Have all the European ski resorts gone the way of concrete, apartments, fast food and endless traffic? No, not all of them. Here are 15 European ski resorts that still retain some of that old chalet-and-sleigh-bell charm.
Skiing (and snowboarding to some extent) are going intergenerational. In a world where parents have neither the time nor money to take their kids skiing, grandparents are clicking into their skis and taking their grandkids to the slopes. Grandparents with both time and money, for the most part, can have a wonderful experience of teaching, eating, talking and playing with their grandkids and vice versa.
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Ski resorts out west, in the Rockies and in the Pacific Northwest are facing a difficult avalanche danger period. There is almost no danger within the resort boundaries, however skiers and riders who duck under the ropes are courting danger.
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In these days of shrinking airline capacity, it is nice to have news of a new route opening. Naturally, it has to do with reaching a ski and snowboard area once only accessible by a 3 to 5 hour drive. Now a short hop from LA brings winter sports enthusiasts to one of America’s biggest resorts.
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