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The Coach in Me

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to ski with family, and nothing puts more of a smile on my face. This seems like a shocking statement from the dubbed…
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The beginners experience . . . kind of

Honestly, I can’t remember the last time I rented skis. Over the years at various jobs, I’ve tuned and waxed rental equipment, drilled holes in them (to install bindings), and…
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An Ode to NC Mountains

Many times in life we are faced with decisions upon where to live. I started to get that antsy feeling . . . The feeling that there is (still) something…
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A Rabbit’s Tale

At the base of Snowshoe Mountain sits the Inn at Snowshoe, non-modern lodging that is a melting-pot of inexpensive rooms combined with employee housing. If there was a ever a…
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Spring Fling(s)

The old wives’ tale claims that March can go one of two ways . . . period. Either, “In like a lion, and out like a lamb”, or “In like…
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No Soggy-Foggy-Groggy Week, here

There is still (projected to be) over a month left of skiing and riding in the Southeast . . . that’s five more weekends for the working-man. A marked shift…
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. . . While the Getting is Good

Snow sports are at an absolute fever-pitch, right now . . . The Winter Olympics are well-underway, resorts are nearly 100% open, and solar spring just arrived on Saturday, February…
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Uphill Craze

There is a storm brewing, and I’m not just talking about the pending nor’easter. A bigger storm . . . literally and figuratively. I’ve had a big uptick in questions/inquiries…
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Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone: An old Appalachian expression . . . “like a dog digging after a winter’s bone” – indicating someone who is on a search or quest for something and…
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