Sunlight Mountain is located just above Glenwood Springs in Colorado. 40 Miles to the South is Aspen and 60 miles west of Vail. Sunlight Mountain is not like the neighbouring mega-resorts. It’s a 3 lift community hill that prides itself on being hospitable and having “old school skiing”. You won’t find fine dining at Sunlight. …
This is a must see podcast for anyone heading to work a season in the big name ski resorts of North America. Please share it because so many young ski resort workers are going to get chewed up and spat out this winter. A large number of people aren’t event going to make it to …
This post is being written in late August 2022 and it looks like we are getting a third La Nina season in a row. That means tons of snow for Crystal Mountain in Washington State’s Cascades. 2600 acres, 11 lifts and an average of 486 inches a year are serious stats. 11% beginner, 54% intermediate …
Skiers love to complain. Sometimes it’s over minor things like the snow being a bit windblown. Other times, complaining is absolutely justifiable. The last Northern Hemisphere winter saw the number of dysfunctional ski resorts increase dramatically. Australia’s largest resort has joined that category due to chronic problems accessing the mountain. So what exactly is a …
Crested Butte AKA Crusty Butt AKA CB is a medium sized ski resort in Colorado. It’s only about 30 miles South of Aspen but it’s a 5 hour road trip from one resort to the other. There’s multiple 14ers (14,000ft peaks) in between Aspen and CB so one resort can get buried while the other …
Jackson Hole is without doubt a premier ski resort in the USA. If you’re an advanced skier, you’d say it’s the best ski resort in the country. First of all it’s big, 2500 acres and there’s another 3000 acres of gated back country terrain. There’s 1261m of vertical and a super efficient lift system. 50% …
Vail Mountain Resort is big, and when I say big, I mean huge. There’s multiple bases with lifts rising out of the valley floor. The north facing slopes suck in 350 inches of powder a year and there’s enough terrain at Vail to keep pretty much every skier interested. The backside of Vail has 7 …
Powder, powder and more powder, are the three best things about Wolf Creek. This mountain, with a base elevation of 10,300 feet, gets more snow than any other resort in Colorado. And not just a little more snow. We are talking about a LOT MORE snow. Aspen gets a very respectable 300 inches of powder …
Telluride Resort in Colorado is your classic destination ski resort. It’s a six hour drive (longer in winter) from Salt Lake City, Denver and Albuquerque so it relies on fly-in skiers to fill beds. It’s rarely crowded, especially on the advance slopes closer to the old town. Telluride also has legendary hike-to terrain in areas …
Top 5 resorts in North America for hard-core skiers and boarders. This is not a list of resorts with fancy facilities, swinging nightclubs, and state-of-the-art lifts with heated seats. It’s a list of our favourite resorts for hard core skiers who crave powder and long seasons, and don’t mind earning their turns. 1. Alyska: Big …
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