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Recently, in the Glenn Plake post, Greggie "nicely" ask me to define "real skiing". In reality, all skiing is real skiing. It is the enjoyment of the sport (or recreation--if you side with Glenn) and that can take many forms, from park, to groomer, to bumps, to a quiet cruise through the...

I have heard that Intrawest is on the permit for the new Sugarbush Learning center which is the next phase of base development at SB. It would appear that the "someone new has come to the MRV". Interesting player in the valley if that is true............

Skied Alta Badia Italy today and will ski there again tomorrow. This is in the South Tyrol, not far (90 km from Innsbruck Austria. This is part of the Dolimiti Super Ski, which features approximately 480 lifts and numerous villiages, all for 35 euros a day. Skiing was good, nothing special...

On Sat I was at the MMT (a waitsfield VT restaurant now referred to as the Local Folk Smoke House) about 5 pm and was told that MRG had shut down for the season and had laid all of the staff off. The 5 skiers at the bar were in shock and as each thought about it there was pretty much silence...

With no snow in the east right now, my wife is digging through the boxes in the garage, trying to forget the fact that it is 55 F outside and drizzling. So, what does she find ?? My absolutely mint February 16, 1976 issue of SI with who on the cover ?? The Kaiser--Franz Klammer. I remember...

Guys: considering driving up to hike and ski for Friday. Looks like an awesome day. Also, need to dump some gear at the waitsfield ski and skate sale, so there is that reason. But, is it worth the 4 hr drive. Sat looks like a wash out, and it will probably just be spring like conditions, but...

All: for those looking at a ski pack that is good for the backcountry (where you will carry, probe, shovel, extra gear, food and water, and strap your boards to during a boot pack) Here are a couple I have found pretty good. 1. Best: Wookey Coulior (I know Riv loves the name alone). This...

There is a lot of talk of backcountry skiing in here, as well as off trail woods skiing. For those who venture into avalanche conditions--Whiteface Slides/ADK or Mt Washington/Presidentials--who owns and regularly uses probe, transceiver, and shovel. If you own a transceiver, which one and...

This comes from a recent ski magazine............mean skier speed, as measured by Rochester Institute of Technology (not a bad school) was almost 30 mph. That's not the speed of most experts, that's the average speed of all skiers. Snowboarders average was 24.1 %. So...........that seems to...

If money were no object, where would you ski for a week: 1. Ocean Explorer: coastal BC, heli on the boat, just pick shots and load the A-star up and your touching down on first descents every run. 2. Dean Cummings H20 adventures: Yep, a week in Alaska heli skiing with Dean, that would just...

All: With the growing popularity of the freeride, some are considering it for all around use. A couple notes on that: 1. The freeride is a TOURING binding. That said, it can be used every day, but it really is not designed for eastern mogul skiing. Can you mogul ski on them ? Yes, and they...

Got home from work yesterday to find the Sept issue of Powder with the Doug Coombs feature: Remembering a Legend. Great read (postponed the bike ride for about 20 min to read), all the new boards, piece by Jack Shaw on Chad VanderHam. Yep, that pretty much starts the countdown...........even...