Aren’t up to the minute morning snow reports great? (Well, maybe not for some employers…) There’s nothing like the report of deep fresh snow to make getting up on a Monday morning  a lot more fun!
It is too bad that wasn’t the case this morning. I know some folks who had hopes for a decent [...]

Powder starved skiers in at least one corner of Montana have been rejoicing lately. Bridger Bowl has picked up more than three feet of snow in the past week. That may be more than they got over the past two months!
To read an enthusiastic report, check out Evan’s account at oronaut.com. Check out the photo [...]

The economic turbulence continues to impact the ski business. According an Associated Press report on the Denver post website Vail Resorts today announced it was cutting employee wages by up to 10% starting April 2 for non seasonal workers. This winter’s seasonal workers will not be affected. Executives will face the 10% cut and the [...]

Who’d have thought that the “world’s only five-billion star concierge alpine skiing” would be in Wyoming? And not in Jackson. And not anywhere even near a respectable ski hill, let alone a ski mountain.
Ever heard of Savery, Wyoming? Me neither. Mr. Google showed me its way out in southern Wyoming just about on the Colorado [...]

Last night while cleaning out old Budget Travel magazines we spotted an article on nudist skiing. There are some European resorts catering to people who, I guess,  don’t think winter is cold enough. Obertraun in Austria offers a secluded 2 mile cross-country loop for nudists. Downhillers get into the act too at Hochfugen and Ramsau [...]

So sad to learn; another members only exclusive club is in the news- Stowe Mountain Resort’s  Stowe Mountain Club recently announced the opening of their Alpine Club building as a hub for its operations.
According to their website: For generations, families have shared the magic of Stowe. Now, there is a club worthy of this inspiring [...]

The financial woes impacting the credit markets have claimed a major ski resort as a new victum. Hailed as the first new major ski resort in years when it opened a couple of years ago, Tamarack Resort will close this Thursday, according to the IdahoStatesman.com. A few months ago the resort sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy [...]

Earlier this month I blogged about the growing trend of ski resorts creating expensive, exclusive  private membership clubs to coddle (and profit handsomely from) the wealthy.  I groused about these clubs because the resorts give these members special privileges to get on the ski lifts before the rest of us. Just yesterday I overheard a [...]

File this under the category of  “we all to this once-in-awhile”. Evan, who’s skied since he could walk, been an instructor, a racer, blah, blah, blah….and his friend, who’s equally experienced and currently a ski patroller, still managed to give the lifties something to talk about.
Here’s his account from his  Oronaut blog of how to [...]

Great news from John Urdi, Grand Targhee’s Marketing Director-
The first Grand Targhee “Carpool Sunday” was a great success with more than 200 coupons being handed out and roughly 60 vehicles participating. Some drove in asking point blank where to pick up coupons (one truck in particular with about 8 people packed in) and others were [...]