North Creek, NY – I first visited Gore Mountain during graduate school in the mid 1980s. The southern Adirondack ski and snowboard area felt like an intermediate local hill just north of the ever-growing Capital District surrounding Albany, with lots of crowds, long lift lines, and a lack of challenging terrain. For most of the … Continue reading More at Gore: Skiing in the Southern Adirondacks
Sundance, UT – It was the perfect frame, but something was missing from the picture. As Rich and I stood atop Sundance’s Bishop’s Bowl in the shadow of mighty 11,750-foot Mount Timpanogos, there was nary a soul in sight. 2,150 vertical feet of terrain fell away beneath our skis as rolling Wasatch hills stretched to … Continue reading Sundance Resort: Peaceful Tranquility
Las Leñas, Argentina – Las Leñas is the largest but perhaps most controversial ski area in the Southern Hemisphere. Advocates compare its scale to Vail and Snowbird combined, though the long and steep off-piste terrain is perhaps more analogous to low density European areas like Alagna or La Grave. Detractors point out that 80% of … Continue reading Las Leñas: A Ski Resort Guide
Government Camp, OR – The hazy, hot and humid days of summer are here, and there are many ways to cool off. You could head to the mountains to camp in cooler and drier air. Maybe you’ll venture to the beach for a dip in the ocean, or hang out by the pool with a … Continue reading Beat the Heat: Summer Skiing on Oregon’s Mount Hood
Salt Lake City, UT – Let’s get a few things straight here: ladies, we’ve already got a closet full of ties that we never wear, anyway. And guys, we’ll enjoy our turns more on women-specific ski and snowboard gear that’s more valuable to us than baubles and beads. Are you shopping for a skier or … Continue reading Santa Is A Skier: FTO’s 2005 Holiday Ski & Snowboard Gift Guide
Whistler (B.C.), Canada – We dispatched snow statistician and First Tracks!! Online Contributing Writer Tony Crocker to British Columbia’s famed Whistler Blackcomb Resort last March to experience two sides of the ski and snowboard megaplex. Tony, likewise, delivered a report with two sides! Read on for the “Yin and the Yang” of Whistler- Ed. Extremely … Continue reading Extremely Whistler, Extremely Canadian
Blue River, CO – It started out innocently enough. Just a quick little jaunt on a nearby mountain to get a few powder turns. Par for the course for all of us who are lucky enough to live in the High Country. I won’t ever look at the view outside my bedroom window the same … Continue reading Where It All Went Wrong: Swept Up in a Colorado Avalanche
