There are countless benefits to skiing with your children. Except, that is, when you are denied the ability to explore new terrain. Such was the case on Thursday when my three kids and I made our first-ever visit to Berkshire East. It was our first time using our Indy Passes this … [Read more...]
February break is another pivotal stretch for the ski industry, but then what?
Remember where we were in December? It wasn’t exactly a rousing start to the 2020-21 skiing and riding season, at least weather-wise. Aside from a mid-month Nor’Easter that spread across the region, it was a tepid month, one also certainly more highlighted by the Christmas warm-up that seriously … [Read more...]
A season filled with COVID bumps hits a roadblock
Last year, my oldest son and I began what we figured would become an annual tradition. As long as the Patriots (or, bless his soul, the Pittsburgh Steelers) aren’t playing in the Super Bowl that year, he and I would spend the day skiing. No younger brother. No younger sister. The time was reserved … [Read more...]
Yes, you can still take a lesson this season, even with pandemic restrictions
This may be the first winter since all three of my kids started skiing that we are not planning on any lessons. That is not an indication of any COVID-related fears, but instead a matter of having the inability to plan ahead. If we definitively could say which weekends we would be able to travel … [Read more...]
The complaints may be ‘Epic,’ but this isn’t Vail’s fault
I have yet to use my Epic Pass this season. I’m not holding out for a refund. It’s easy to blame Vail Resorts for all the trials that have plagued this skiing and riding season, but it’s really not their fault that you haven’t been able to ski Okemo, Mount Snow, or Stowe this year. There … [Read more...]
How Sunday River is handling SnowSports lessons in the midst of a pandemic
January traditionally has been hailed as “National Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month” in the ski industry. But this month, that mantra is taking on a whole new persona. There will be challenges in the traditional learning process for sure, with lodge limitations and social distancing the norms at … [Read more...]