Thanks largely to COVID-19, backcountry skiing promises to be bigger than ever this year. This is hardly a surprise. In the backcountry, there's no social distancing, capacity limitations, or reservation…
Did you ever find an outdoor clothing brand you really liked, only to have it disappear from the retail landscape? That was Isis Clothing for Women, a pioneering brand that…
Fall is ski movie time. Warren Miller Entertainment, TGR, Matchstick, Level 1, gear companies – these are just a few that produce ski films, year after year year. To me,…
Now that it's post-Labor Day, you can't shake a stick without seeing a forecast for the coming ski season. NOAA, Farmer's Almanac, The Weather Channel, Accuweather...these are only a few;…
As you can imagine, I get a lot of emails from people asking me all sorts of questions. So chalk it up to laziness, chalk it up to efficiency, I…
Before Donna Weinbrecht won the first gold medal in freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics, there was Hilary Engisch-Klein. (You can read my 2012 interview with Donna here.) Hilary…
Sometimes you run across someone whose accomplishments are so extraordinary that it’s hard to believe one person could’ve done them all. Yet with Christy Mahon, I’ve found exactly that. Christy…
For many of us, skiing is a head game. Get past the fear, and suddenly things become a lot easier. So who better to talk to about this than Mermer…
How many countries have you skied in? One? Two? Maybe, just maybe three or four? What would you say if I told you I've come across someone who's skied in fifteen countries in…
There's nothing unusual about female ski instructors. And women in resort human resources, marketing, communications, and sales? Common as dirt. But women general managers are a somewhat rarer breed. According…
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