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Diamond Peak, NV - Put a Ring on It!
By Jim Kenney
Some ski areas you want to date, others you want to take home to Mama and wed for life. Diamond Peak (DP) has the qualities of both. It's pretty as a prom queen and friendly as the girl next door. When you meet a mountain that special, maybe you should put a ring on it. :)
I made...
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Big Sky's "Headlamp at Night" Adventure.
If you have been following our escapades, you know that some from the SkiTalk team traveled to Big Sky to volunteer at the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. While there @Andy Mink @Winks and Phil were treated to Big Sky's Headlamp at Night adventure. The price of the...
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Did you know that Utah gets a lot of snow? No... really! (National Gathering 2023) Sponsored by SkiUtah
Looking up Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons while flying into Salt Lake City
I know, I know... when you think of snowy places, you never think of Utah, right? Why would you? Known for it's dry desert climate and clear skies, how could you possibly expect snow?
Kidding of course... but...
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Sundance Mountain Resort, A Study in Contrasts
by Jim Kenney and David Chaus
On Wednesday March 1, 2023 I skied Sundance Mountain Resort for the first time ever. How do you write objectively about your first day at a ski area when it also happens to be one of the best powder days of your life? I want to use the word unfreakingbelievable to...
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The dawn of the 2020-2021 skiing season is near, at least in the Northern Hemisphere! Skiers are getting excited, but along with the excitement this season comes a tinge of the unknown. We don’t know exactly how our passes will work. We don’t know what area capacities will be. We don’t know if...
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It’s tough to do a tribute to an existing thing, a current workhorse. Yes, we can lump fixed-grip chairs together with skinny skis, 8-tracks, my Dad’s ’64 Ford Galaxy, any number of old-tech memories. But while a lot of the things that moved or fueled our past don’t shine as brightly when we...
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February 15, 2020
Day 19
Skiers: Carla & Tim
Cannon is by far an iconic, classic, rugged, old school, no-frills mountain with a well-deserved reputation for being notoriously cold, windy, and icy. Cannon fans are hard-core who love steep groomers, tight glades, and secret off-piste stashes. The...
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February 29, 2020
Day 23
Skiers: Carla
Envision yourself walking on a wooded trail under a canopy of snow blanketed trees, when suddenly the trail emerges into a clearing and you find yourself before a tiny ski slope that minutes before you had no sight of. Imagine this storybook setting piled...
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Mt. Rose-Courtesy of Andy Mink
We are finally seeing the pushback against high-priced daily lift passes. One of the trends we saw this past Christmas in the Tahoe Basin was that many day skiers were bypassing the major resorts with their $200+ day tickets and heading to the smaller resorts and...
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December 30, 2019
Day 7
Skiers: Carla
The Kanc is a tiny local ski hill owned by the Town of Lincoln, and operated by the Lincoln—Woodstock Recreation Department. I feel so fortunate to call Lincoln my second hometown and I visit this area often, at the amazing discounted resident rate of $5...
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Vail Galaxy of Resorts: Part 1 of 3
December 30, 2019
By Jim Kenney
PugSki Travel Correspondent
[Author's note: this is an update of a three-part article originally written for PugSki.com two years ago. In addition to updating, it has been repositioned for easy...
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Trip Report:
Arapahoe Basin, CO - A Pictorial
ARAPAHOE BASIN, CO - A PICTORIAL
December 4, 2019
By Jim Kenney
PugSki Travel Correspondent
INTRODUCTION:
I skied Arapahoe Basin (aka A-Basin) in February and May of 2019. Characteristic of the lengthy ski seasons offered at A-Basin, it was great both times. I've made several visits to this...