Mike's Skiing Blog February 2008 Archive

At Heavenly Mountain Resort in California and in Nevada - yes, you ski in both states - I was able to ratchet up my newly learned powder skiing skills by ... Read More

Paul Robbins, 68, ski racing journalist and historian for the U.S. Ski Team for 30 years, died Saturday at his home in Vermont. Robbins, whose work appeared in countless magazines ... Read More

"There Is No Meeting Without Eating" - that is the healthy motto of the Bucks Mount Ski and Snowboard Club and one I support wholeheartedly. Just because the meetings are held ... Read More

US Ski Team member Lindsey Vonn clinched First Place in the World Cup Downhill season competetion. Even with races remaining no one can surpass her point total and today at ... Read More

With the staging of the TELUS Whistler World Cup Alpine Ski Races this weekend, the 2010 Olympic Alpine Race Venues will get a live testing and Linsey Vonn of the ... Read More

With almanacs calling for rounds of snowstorms on both the east and west coasts toward the end of this month, I want to remind you that when I was ... Read More

Park City, Utah is a ski destination with small town charm and big mountain world class skiing. Don't hesitate to book a vacation this season - there is ... Read More

When many ski clubs were in their formative years, back in the 60's, 50's, or earlier, a bus trip to a ski area was a pretty common way to quickly ... Read More

Cross country skiing is the oldest type of skiing, having evolved out of a need to travel over snow-covered terrain. Along the way, about a century or so ago, some ... Read More

With two years to go before the start of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Canadians and Olympic enthusiasts around the world are invited for the volunteer experience ... Read More

Remember when you just started skiing and you could have sworn the trail with the blue square looked like Everest? Remember you gulped once or twice, said if they can ... Read More

There's a real good possibility that a storm currently circling around the East, and dropping snow here and there, might just stick around until it gets colder and then put ... Read More

The Swiss Ski Club (SSC) of New York describes itself as "A large international group centered in the New York metropolitan area...members and friends are primarily single...though couples aren't frowned ... Read More

What you will see on the snow next season was on the snow this week in Vermont at the On-Snow Demo Days held at Stratton Mountain Resort. Jointly sponsored by ... Read More

It might be the first time you heard this cliche today - but honestly, last Friday was heavenly at Heavenly. Blue skies, vistas like no other, and interesting skiing, in ... Read More

Wednesday was such an awesome day of skiing at Kirkwood Mountain Resort that I really had to slap myself back into reality and head down to South Lake Tahoe. Highway ... Read More

I'm in the South Lake Tahoe area this week, so here's a big shout out to The North Island Snowdrifters Ski Club located in San Diego, CA. The Snowdrifters Club ... Read More

Keeping ski boots and ski gloves dry goes a long way to help keeping your hands and feet warm. However, I’m sure you’ve noticed that if you only set ... Read More

On Tuesday, I was wondering if Kirkwood Mountain Resort was, in fact, the Motherlode of snow this year. Indeed, it did snow all day Tuesday, but I thought I'd ... Read More