“Skinning-up” and Skiing Down!
With more snow and another cold weekend on the way, it’s a good time to remind ourselves that it’s not over yet. Last week, Wolf Ridge got a couple inches…
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A Wonderful Day at Wolf Ridge
This week, Wolf Ridge Ski Resort received more accumulation than the rest of the season . . . combined. Naturally, I wanted to get some of this “freshness”. In most…
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‘RIKING’ to the Top of Hemphill Bald!
As legend has it, one of my ole ski-mountaineering college buddies, from CU-Boulder, invented the word . . . Riking: (verb) A combination of Running and Hiking. Usually done when…
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A STORYBOOK Week for the Southeast
Well, what a great start to the season, and it’s technically not even (astronomical) winter yet! Although, “the nerd in the room” might argue with you on that, since meteorological…
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App had a Great Opening, Ski Movie Part Duex, and More!!!
Day 2.75 – Sierra Nevada Brewery On Thursday, went to the premier of the TGR film Winterland, at Sierra Nevada Brewery. If you’ve never been to Sierra Nevada, they call…
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A Little Grass, but Lots of Grins!
Day 1 – Cataloochee Usually the prep for the first day of skiing feels like a bad case of Alzheimers, with the excitement of Christmas morning. Picking through the closet…
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YOU GUYS SPEAK LOUDLY…
Joe Stevens just submitted his annual "Snowies" column. This was his sixth annual installment of the "awards" or verbal accolades for the region’s ski areas. You can see Joe’s comments…
Read MoreA Little Bragging…a little looking ahead…a little WHAT IF!
The 2010-2011 Ski and Snowboarding season will go down as one of the craziest, wildest rides of any winter season in recent memory. Many of the region’s ski resorts were…
Read MoreWEIRDEST SEASON I’VE SEEN…is still a successful one…
Someone asked me the other day – how many days that I’d made it on the snow this season? Sixteen. That’s it – so far. I’m going to try to…
Read MoreA New King of the Mountain? What a GREAT time we had at the Snowshoe Summit!
Hi guys and gals! I have had a whirlwind of a few days lately. First I want to say what a GREAT time I, my family, crew and the 150+/-…
Read MoreWOW! That’s all I can say!
Cataloochee Announces Earlier-Than-Expected Closing… Beech Mountain Will NOT Close this weekend. (Read on people. Read on.) If I had some extra time I’d love to pay a visit to Punxsutawney,…
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