Seven inches of snow had just fallen and the lodge was jammed with dozens of parents leaning over their children’s ski boots. And over there, in the corner, I was struggling with my own boots — what an ordeal! — when the woman beside me, Karin Tenney, 47 years old, of Dover, N.H., let out the … [Read more...]
Check out some classic reads on skiing as we get ready for the season
I once thought this time of year was the Useless Season. No snow. No prospect of snow. The equipment packages at the local ski shop are at full price. (Not a discount to be found.) We are still wearing shorts and T-shirts, for gosh sakes. (I look like a fool in my red chamois shirt. My wife and kids … [Read more...]
Despite the current sorrow and lamenting of lost opportunities, our bliss will return
This is the summer of our discontent, and of our pent-up demand. With the coronavirus still raging across the country, dipping into mountain towns where ski lifts abruptly shuttered weeks, maybe more, before their scheduled closings, skiers have enormous pent-up demand. Pent-up demand for the … [Read more...]
Many thanks for a shift in seasons
To every thing, we are taught in the Bible, there is a season. For skiers, that is a good thing, for we depend on the turning of the season — from fall to winter — for our sport. But there are seasons to our lives as well, and seasons to our ski lives. In our first ski seasons, we are … [Read more...]
With all due respect to soccer Moms, here’s a tribute to a hearty skiing Dad
I’m the guy around the house who always says that ski trips produce memories, but let me whisper a little something in your ear: I don’t remember a thing about my last ski trip. Something maybe about bad grooming and gray, leaden skies. Quitting after a few runs. Perhaps after lunch. Hell, I have … [Read more...]
Anticipation is over, and the ‘good old days’ are finally here for skiers
And so now it can be said, felt, acknowledged and celebrated: Winter. It finally is here. But that doesn’t mean that many of us are approaching the fresh snow of this most glorious of seasons from a standing start. Not at all. We’ve been in a ski crouch — able to absorb imaginary bumps, ready for … [Read more...]