Mike's Skiing Blog March 2007 Archive

A spokeswoman for the ski area between Gstaad and Diablerets has announced that for the second year in a row there will be no summer downhill skiing on Glacier 3000. ... Read More

The London Underground escalator at Angel Station doesn’t quite have the vertical drop of the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuhel, Austria. However, that didn’t stop this unidentified Norwegian skier from strapping ... Read More

From Big Sky, Montana comes the report that two lovers tied the knot while on the snow. That is, actually sliding downhill during the ceremony in the presence of 30 ... Read More

As I approached Park City on the drive up from Salt Lake City Airport I thought it a little ironic that the first resort I passed, The Canyons, would be ... Read More

The Ski Journal is anything but just a new magazine about skiing. Publisher Jeff Galbraith is putting out a quarterly publication that he says will "Examine all aspects of ... Read More

Now that I got past meeting Stein Eriksen and telling him about the vintage poster that I received last Christmas, I will tell you about the real joys of skiing ... Read More

When the sun goes down, many ski resorts bank back the lodge fireplace and send everyone home until the lifts start again in the morning. However, at an ever ... Read More

Former Whiteface Mountain manager John Plausteiner, was recently honored for his years of service in a very special way – a trail on Whiteface was named after him. John ... Read More

Although I missed the competition at Park City Mountain Resort, I did get to see some of the qualifying rounds for the 10th Annual Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at ... Read More

As I mentioned before I wasn’t able to hang around and catch the fifth annual World Superpipe Skiing Championships, which took place Sunday, March 11 at Park City Mountain Resort, ... Read More

The Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol led actors Rob Morrow, Chad Lowe, and Fisher Stevens to safety after they got lost in fog and ended up in an out-of-bounds area. They ... Read More

The fact that Japan’s 620 ski resorts draw more foreign visitors than native skiers is seen as an affirmation of the quality of the resorts in Japan. Located on ... Read More

Trying to take in Alta and Snowbird, for the first time, and on the same day, sounds like a stretch. Katie and I skied a lot of terrain at each ... Read More

During the holiday season, I wrote about how my brother surprised with a poster of my first skiing hero – Stein Eriksen. That "Stein at Snowmass at Aspen" poster ... Read More

When first coming up on Park City Mountain’s PayDay Lift at the resort base area you may think this doesn’t look too big at all. Well, catch your breath ... Read More

We flew into Salt Lake city mid-afternoon yesterday. There were great views out of both sides of the plane as we descended into the Salt Lake area. The first ... Read More

Most ski resorts have chairlifts to transport skiers up the mountain. If you're just starting out on the ski slopes, here's what you need to know to get on, to ... Read More

Ski Utah reports that some Utah ski resorts are boasting current base depths in excess of 100 inches. That’s over 8 feet of snow and March, historically Utah’s month ... Read More