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So this was a season of uncertainty, for me it was never that, I knew this season would be epic, one thing that this season did was take me back to explore my home mountains, most now owned by Vail Resorts, but some still by independents, I knew we would have an epic snowfall, IContinue reading “The Ski Season That Was”

So my first trip to Arizona, I did not even know a ski resort existed, I have been to Buckeye, Glendale, Goodyear, and Sedona, and many others, but I kept glaring in the distance at these white capped mountains, the question was to my self of course, is there skiing in Arizona, I knew thereContinue reading “Welcome to Arizona Snowbowl”

So I don’t know about west coast resorts, but the under Vail Resorts the east coast is dying, once die hard epic pass fans, meet disgruntled employees, laid off ski patrollers, over worked liftees and unhappy employees, best to say that this survey was taken without every employee feedback, lack of snow making, lack ofContinue reading “Forbes got it wrong”

So when I first got on Social Media, little did I know the impact or influences people would have on me later on, and it works both ways, being on twitter since 2014, I kind of sat back and relaxed, didn’t interact much, really just sitting back to watch what was going on, in theContinue reading “Social Media and the Snowsports Community”

So while trolling twitter for ski content one day, I came across a post, the ice sounded familiar, the crunch sounded familiar, the trail looked familiar, I asked is that challenge @jfbb? She said “Well hi there PA fellow skier” I followed the perfect S turns down the mountain, I seen her before @jfbb butContinue reading “Some Skiers are Elusive, and This Local Skier is no exception…….”

Quote: Aristotle So when I started this website it was to highlight the hero’s of skiing and riding, the locals, the guys that kill it, and never get recognized for it, they are your everyday people, hard working, good ethics, generous, grateful, but the bond of snow knows no means, social media has escalated thatContinue reading “The Snow Sports Community Bond, “The Whole is Greater than the Sum of it’s Parts””

How The Epic Pass lived up to it’s promise newsflash Epic does not know East Coast skiing at all and a local just proved that So while Ikon stood by and did nothing for most of the summer, epic sold passes with insurance that was too good to be true and it was, while localContinue reading ““The Epic Fail””

This mountain is important to me, why you ask, well, we’ll have to go back a wee bit, so directly across from Jack Frost is Split Rock Resort, at about the age of 10, I learned how to ski there, one two rope, one lift two trails, I picked it up fast, my parents wereContinue reading “The Return to Jack Frost Mountain”

Well I’ll keep the history of Bear Creek simple, it’s always been local, so no need to explain there it started out at Rittenhouse Gap Mines in the 1800’s, in 1967 it opened as a ski area known as Doe Mountain, had a T-Bar, a Rope two and two trails, in 1999 they changed ownershipContinue reading “My Home Mountain, Bear Creek Mountain Resort in PA”

Skiing and Snowboarding during a Pandemic and how the only open Resort In the US is operating So as Resorts have tried to re-open, many have not had the success Big Snow American Dream has had except Timberline on MT Hood, yea I know there were others that opened, calm down, and just listen thisContinue reading “Big Snow American Dream”