It looks like it’s been a tough year for ski instructors and real estate agents in ski towns. We all know about the piling up of inventories of unsold properties across ski country and I’d heard anecdotal reports of a fall off in ski lessons. At last week’s Mountain Travel Symposium, an annual affair where [...]

One of the great things about skiing is the high level of concentration needed to actually ski. Most people can’t think of anything while skiing except keeping their balance, reading the snow, deciding where to turn next, and making their body do the complex skills needed to successfully turn their skis. Even the thought of [...]

When its time to put your money where your mouth is, that’s when we learn who the real skiers are.
Here in the Tetons, the tourism gurus are forecasting about a 25% drop off in winter visitors (skiers) this winter. Recently I read that advanced bookings at Vail are down 23%. In Aspen, management must be [...]