Have you ever passed a closed ski hill and wondered what the hell happened to it? Well, check out the New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP). New England has 561 lost ski areas. NELSAP has a collection of histories as well as areas that have been re-opened or withstood the test [...]
Every decade or so, skiing makes a massive leap in evolution. Behold the Ski Wings, a small package of nylon fabric and webbing that stores in a waist pack and attaches to your ski poles. Or if you want to be the star of your local hill, attach them to a [...]
Backcountry Access– one of the leaders of backcountry snow safety gear — has turned its attention to detail from manufacturing to Knowledge. Apparently, if people stay alive they’re more apt to buy more gear. Way to think outside the box guys!
Here are two new Avalanche Education resources:
Beacon Basin - Permanently buried fun parks [...]
Don’t let yourself be at the mercy of taxis and ski shuttles. Load up a group of friends into an SUV from Avis. Their ski deal includes $50 off a weekly rental, unlimited mileage, and a ski rack is included. Plus it can double as a hotel room.
Site: Avis [...]
Who would have guessed that of all the locations that E! Wild On could film, they would pick Park City, Utah? We’re suprised the Mormons even let Tara Reid through the front door. This link goes to their Park City “travel guide” which is about as helpful as crabs. Our research also [...]
More news from Vail Resorts. One of the best season pass deals in the country is only available for a couple more weeks:
Valid for unlimited, unrestricted skiing and riding at Keystone, Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin all season long for $359 per adult and $159 per child (age 5-12). Only available for [...]
If you’re going to Colorado, fly United:
Purchase a qualifying flight here on united.com to Colorado, and you’ll receive a FREE lift ticket at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, or Keystone resorts. Valid for flights purchased between October 28, 2005 and February 7, 2006 and for flights completed between January 3, 2006 and February 10, 2006. [...]
We can’t claim to fully understand this special at Whitefish, MT but it looks like if you purchase any sort of trip, then you get the exact same trip for free later on in the season. Good luck pulling it off. More from the site:
Book any trip during the [...]
Lift tickets are not cheap. Good thing you have us to dig up this Internet goodie at Copper, CO. If you’re heading out there for a trip this winter, stock up on tickets early — in some cases you can save over $100. Here’s a blurb from the Copper site:
SKI FOR [...]
Residents of Vermont and New Hampshire are lucky folks. We discovered a hand full of deals as long as you’re free on Wednesday or Sunday afternoon. Now, Vermont offers its deals to both states while the upside-down state only hooks up its own residents.
Vermont and New Hampshire Residents:
Okemo [...]
We love when huge corporations come up with crazy deals. Here’s one from American Skiing Company and L.L. Bean:
Buy a Mountain Pro Jacket or Mountain Pro Bibs and get a voucher for one free day of riding at either Killington, Mount Snow, Sunday River, Attitash, Sugarloaf, Steamboat, or The Canyons.
We went onto the site [...]
Leatherman has done it again. Simple (like the girl you woke up next to), Well Constructed (like the girl you wished you woke up next to), and Slim (like no girl you’ve ever woke up next to) Knives. Easy one-handed opening blades for any purpose (ie coyote arm to get away [...]
Chair lifts are the kinds of things that you don’t think much about until it breaks down and you’re stuck for an hour with Jim and Delia of Moorhead, Minnesota who want to know every excruciating detail of your life. But if you’re one of the maniacs at skilifts.org then you’re thinking about chair [...]
It looks like the marketing department at Attitash, NH took the day off. On 12/16, just show up for a free ticket. That’s it. No gimmicks or slogans or wacky deals like dressing up as Santa. Even the name of the event is a sublime excercise in simplicity: Free Day. [...]
