Ski Bumming 101: How to Ski 100+ Days a Year as a College Student in Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City. Where you go to school to ski. A college degree is only a bonus—if you are so disciplined to resist the calling to give up on life and retreat into the Wasatch after your first season experiencing “the Greatest Snow on Earth.” It happens to a lot of people. I graduated from the University of Utah in […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | October 19, 2023 1 Comment
Reverse Ski Bum… What Is It and How Do I Get In On It? Like many of us, your humble author grew up with a love… wait, a passion for skiing. As a youth with delusions of grandeur, I saw myself checking out off the grid (before there was a grid) and spending days, weeks, and months living the dream, putting down big lines all day, and talking to beautiful people all night. Rinse, […] Brains Jonathan Thomson | September 26, 2023 13 Comments
How To Do a Season in Bariloche, Argentina Right | Tips From a Patagonian Ski Bum Keen to be a ski bum but sick of drunk Aussies in Whistler or aggressive Yanks in Colorado? Feel like making everything slightly more complicated but much more of an adventure? Things we usually take for granted—transport, accommodation, food, drink, weather, and security—are much more fun (cough – “an experience”) when you have no idea how they work. That’s why […] Brains Nicholas Lawrence | July 17, 2023 12 Comments
Gerald Ford: America’s Ski Bum President Of all the 46 Presidents the United States has elected in its nearly 250-year history, President Gerald Ford takes the crown for best skier. The 38th President was an avid alpinist in his day and even owned a house in Vail where he regularly enjoyed hitting the slopes with his family. President Ford was quite the athlete, leading him to develop […] Matt Scribner | February 16, 2023 3 Comments
This Ski Area in Japan is Begging You to Be a Ski Bum While many dream of dropping it all and working small jobs to fuel their mountain addiction, the elite ski area of Niseko, Japan, is offering employee benefits so good that your dream might not be so outlandish anymore. Seen mainly in video games and the occasional backcountry video, Japan looks like an unattainable winter wonderland to the average snow enthusiast. […] Industry News Ayden Arca | January 5, 2023 1 Comment
The Best Ski Bum Job: Adaptive Raft Guide for the National Ability Center in Moab, Utah Brought to you by the National Ability Center What is the best ski bum summer job? Raft guiding. Raft guiding is one of the most rewarding jobs you can work during the summer season, especially for Utah’s National Ability Center (NAC). At NAC, you work with a variety of clients with varying disabilities. You get to help your clients say “I […] Featured Article Dominic Gawel | February 14, 2022 0 Comments
Why Ski Bums Become Successful: In most modern societies being a ski bum is looked down upon and many people don’t quite endorse it or have hopes of their kids to take that path in life. With all justification this is a good thing. True Ski Bumming is hard, requires lots of strategy, and at times challenges who you are. But at the same time this challenge makes you stronger and enables you to developed skills, knowledge, and ability to overcome other challenges life will inevitably throw your way. When ski bumming the priority is or at least should be above all to ski. That is stating the obvious I know, but with that said skis bums do Ryan Mulcahy | March 3, 2021 23 Comments
Could Ski Bum Food Be Under Threat?! Could ski bum food be under threat? Most ski bums are known for surviving on a shoestring with skiing and riding the most important thing after a good après. But this winter there is a worry which has not been addressed in the mainstream media which could affect the niche group of individuals. Related: The Ski Bum’s Guide: How To […] Friday Fun Rouchelle Gilmore | September 4, 2020 1 Comment