Plan a winter weekend in Big Sky
January 18, 2010 ·
You know you’re in Big Sky, Montana, when: 1. You have the slopes to yourself Big Sky may not share the glory of the glitzy resort towns in Colorado and Utah, but with more snow and open space, this undersung skiing nirvana can rest on its own laurels. From the top of 11,166-foot Lone Peak [...]
Sun Valley, Idaho: History, celebrities and skiing
January 11, 2010 ·
It seems everyone who spends time around Sun Valley has stories to tell of celebrity encounters. They stood in line at the bookstore last week behind Bruce Springsteen, or at Tully’s Coffee the other day with Arnold Schwarzenegger. They performed in community theater with Bruce Willis in neighboring Hailey or introduced themselves to Larry David [...]
Skiing East vs West: It’s not just ice vs powder
December 28, 2009 ·
Long before settling amid the soaring peaks of southwestern Colorado, where she helped create a ski experience unlike any other in North America, Jen Brill learned to carve turns on blue ice at some of the better known ski resorts in the East. “I remember seeing sheets of ice for hundreds of feet and just [...]
Southern skiers reveling in snow blast
December 28, 2009 ·
Skiers in North Carolina have an unusual treat this year: The Blue Ridge Mountains are dressed in winter white from an early snowstorm coating native rhododendrons in iridescent crystal ice and creating a solid base on the slopes. The ski resorts and snow guns are going full bore. The largest and best known ski areas [...]
Advice for celebrating Christmas on a ski trip
December 7, 2009 ·
There’s a new Web site for skiers, and it offers a lot more than deals. SkiResorts.com also has features on all aspects of the ski experience. Readers can check out profiles of resorts like Loon, N.H., or learn nicknames for various types of snow, from fluffy champagne powder to that heavy sticky stuff also known [...]
10 ski resorts with diversions for the rest of us
December 7, 2009 ·
Skiers want nothing but to be on the slopes this time of year. But what if they bring friends or family along who don’t ski? Shermans Travel — a publisher of travel deals and destination advice, has come up with a list of 10 of the best ski resorts in the world for nonskiers, from [...]
Lake Placid, winter and summer playground
November 30, 2009 ·
Jim Shea paused for more than a moment, almost unable to imagine the thought of Lake Placid without the legacy of hosting two Winter Olympic games, in 1932 and 1980. “We’d just be a sleepy little Adirondack town, just a small little Adirondack resort,” said Shea, an Olympic skier whose father helped bring the games [...]
