Take Care Storing Skis Until Next Season

With the strange weather throughout ski country, some of us are seeing mid-winter conditions and some of us are seeing grass turn green. Sooner or later all of us will be putting up our skis until – hopefully - next fall. I’ve had quite a few inquiries asking how to ensure that those expensive skis will be in the same top shape six or seven months from now. So, even though we still have spring skiing available let’s talk about the inevitable.

I asked Lee Quaglia, owner of Aspen East Ski Shop in Killington, VT – Ski Magazine’s 2006 Shop of the Year for the Northeast – how and where to store our skis. I know it’s easy to put them out of sight for the summer, but they’re never really out of mind. However, follow Lees’s advice and you’ll have peace of mind that your skis will be ready and raring to go come next season’s first snow. Here's how to store your skis.

P.S. It’s ok to kiss them good night.