Tag: slopes

• Importance of Ski Travel Insurance

  Many skiers have enjoyed their favorite sport for years and have never been involved in an accident on the slopes. You may, however, have witnessed a rescue team spring into action in response ...

• Fan Guns keep Snow on the Slopes

  Since 1950, when Dave Richey, Art Hunt and Wayne Pierce designed the first snow gun, also known as a fan gun, this invention has become invaluable to ski resorts and ski areas. One can’t ...

• Hidden Valley’s Plans for Expansion

  The Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort in Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. is to undergo renovations, improvements and expansion to the value of an estimated $1 billion over a thirty-year period. ...

• A Marvelous Stay at Panorama Mountain Village

  Just to the west of Calgary, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is a holiday and skiing destination that has everything a family could wish for. When it comes to a group of friends, couples or a ...

• Navigating Using the New Satski Device

  When thinking about the risk of getting lost on a mountain, or skiing down a mountain for the first time, it does instill a sense of fear and apprehension, not knowing what lies ahead. ...

• Glacier Skiing – Extend your Skiing Season

  Glacier skiing is different from ordinary pole skiing, in that the slopes are at a much lower altitude and often the skiing time available is not as long as pole skiing. However, it is a sport ...

• Snow Carving Techniques

  The growing enthusiasm surrounding snow carving or ski carving is growing rapidly every day. It is a style of skiing that takes practice and effort, but is thoroughly enjoyed once skiers have ...

• Tips for Waxing your Skis

  Waxing your skis is a very important part of the maintenance and use of your gear. To some, the prospect of waxing their skis for the first time can be a daunting task. This is especially true ...

• Good Times at North Carolina’s Cataboochee Ski Area

  Snow skiing is a sport and a pastime that has enthralled and intrigued many regardless of their experience or inexperience upon the icy slopes. It was in 1961 that the arrival of the now oldest ...

• Kevin Alderton – An Inspiration To All

  At the age of thirty-four years Kevin “Cannonball” Alderton made a skiing record recently at Les Arcs in France when he set a speed of 100.94 mph going downhill. What makes this event even ...

• The Development of Ski Dancing

  As with the development of any new sport, it takes time for the idea to catch on but once it does, it can becomes very popular. Such is the case with the relatively new sport of Ski Dancing.

• Enjoy the Snow and Slopes By Sledding

  Most people that live in countries and areas where it snows will be able to recall fond memories of their childhood, while sledding. The fascination with sledding began in the 1800’s and since ...