When I referred to March as the best month to ski I wasn’t anticipating one of the coldest month’s on record. Not only did we get a lot more snow than normal, but thanks to January like temperatures, most of it is still on the slopes. Unless we get an unusually warm April, skiing could […]

Twenty inches of snow will always draw a crowd of skiers, and a week ago Friday at Saddleback, I shouldn’t have been surprised to see the number of cars. I arrived around 3:30 in the afternoon, too late in the day to ski but early for the birthday party scheduled for 4:30. The parking lots […]

My first trip to Mont Tremblant was the first ski trip my wife Pat and I took together. It was February of 1980, and we signed up for a ski week package for the grand sum of $300 each to stay at Cuttle’s Tremblant Club. The deal included lodging, meals, lift tickets and lessons. Cuttle’s […]

Two weeks ago, we took a look at the new skis coming our way for next season. This week it’s time to take a look at a far more important piece of our equipment — ski boots. When I was at Stratton trying the new skis, the second day was one of new snow falling […]

What could be better? We have a large supply of snow, the result of snowmakers and plenty of natural snowfall, the sun is higher, the days longer, the light is better early and late, and the really cold weather is behind us. We could even get a lot more snow. It’s March, always my favorite […]

We’ve all heard the saying, “The difference between men and boys is the cost of the toys.” That might also hold true for ski equipment. Each year I travel to Stratton, Vt., for an event called the On-Snow Expo. It’s a three-day super demo with all of the major manufacturers displaying the 2014-15 gear for […]

  Here it is, February, the biggest month of the ski season. This is the month everyone waits for.  Regular skiers have been skiing for more than two months, but for those skiers who take one week’s vacation to ski and call it a season, this is the time. Some families wait for the school […]