What Will a Maturing Ski Industry Look Like | Conglomerates & Lack of New Participants HG: “Do you think that giant conglomerates are killing the confidence of [ski indusrty] entrepreneurs?” TC: “As Michael Berry and I both have said, those resorts that deserve to be in business today are; those that do not, aren’t.” Tim Cohee knows his way around the industry. His 43 years of ski industry experience started in marketing from 1979-1993 and […] Helena Guglielmino | January 2, 2018 1 Comment
Town of Truckee Sets Goal of 100% Renewable Electricity and Energy “Truckee’s commitment to 100 percent clean energy including electricity, heating, and transportation is good for our community and our planet. Our town is on the front lines of climate change and we understand how serious this is. Reducing our emissions will create jobs and long-term economic sustainability as we uphold our responsibility as stewards of the environment.” Truckee Mayor, Morgan […] Helena Guglielmino | December 15, 2017 3 Comments
Six Women Challenge Convention by Attempting to Ski Across Antarctica To Inspire; To empower; To research. “We’ve all sacrificed various parts of our lives to focus on the expedition, but the most important part lies in its aim to inspire and encourage other people to find their own Antarctica.” Lt Stephenson “There are some things women don’t do. They don’t become Pope or President or go down to the Antarctic.” Harry […] Helena Guglielmino | December 3, 2017 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Takes Another Gold Medal to Defend Her Title of “Best Slalom Skier In The World” Mikaela Shiffrin, Vail Colorado native, won her first race of the World Cup season for Women’s Slalom on Sunday. She won both runs with a combined time of 1 minute, 40.91 seconds. This was 1.64 seconds faster than Petra Vlhova, who took silver, and 2.67 seconds faster than Bernadette Schild, who took bronze. The lead she took was the largest time […] Helena Guglielmino | November 30, 2017 0 Comments
Verispellis Skis & Snowboards Utilize Nitinol to Change the Sport Forever “Verispellis may be the most innovative concept since shaped skis were developed in the late 80’s/early 90’s.” – Armenian Weekly We’re nearing the end of skiing/snowboarding as we know it. We are carefully guided to the future of the sport by Verispellis Skis and Snowboards. The company is unveiling boards that are made with a metal called Nitinol. With Nitinol, Verispellis skis […] Helena Guglielmino | November 14, 2017 0 Comments
An Avalanche Bridge Completed on Snoqualmie Pass Should Make Winter Travel Easier Snoqualmie riders and I-90 travelers rejoice as the second avalanche bridge on a section of Washington’s Snoqualmie Pass was completed Monday. The bridge should prevent a lot of closures on I-90 during winter. The avalanche bridges are part of an extensive project to renovate 15 miles of I-90 between Hyak and Easton that started in 2010. The completion of this […] Helena Guglielmino | November 7, 2017 0 Comments
Virtual Reality Makes Skiing Possible for the Disabled “Virtual Reality is the ultimate empathy machine. These experiences are more than documentaries. They’re opportunities to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.” – Chris Milk, Virtual Reality Entrepreneur The first time I experienced Virtual Reality (VR), I was shocked. I know it wasn’t logical, but I felt like I would be able to touch the characters or features of […] Helena Guglielmino | November 6, 2017 0 Comments
The Hardships of Making Snow | Cost, Reliance, & Environmental Impacts According to POW (Protect Our Winters) about 88% of ski resorts in the United States rely on snowmaking each season. Resorts will make snow to accumulate a base to open earlier, stay open later, or compensate to build features like halfpipes for competitions. Some resorts, like those in the Mid-Atlantic region, rely on snowmaking to have a season at all. […] Helena Guglielmino | November 3, 2017 4 Comments
Record Breaking Snowfall in Canada North Eastern BC received a record breaking 55 centimeters, or about 21 inches, of snow over between Tuesday and Wednesday. Cities like Fort Saint John suffered from power outages, multiple-car wrecks, and cancelation of public transportation. Things should be looking up, though, as the rest of their week is forecasted to be sunny and near 60 degrees. Stay safe Canada. Weather Helena Guglielmino | October 27, 2017 2 Comments
Think You Know How To Drive in the Snow? With the first snowfall comes of one life’s greatest anxieties: sliding your car all over the road. As a native flatlander myself, it is a particularly tense time of the year for me. My second snowy season in the mountains, I was driving up the summit during a storm one night. It was pitch black and I was nervous to […] Helena Guglielmino | October 24, 2017 0 Comments
Anticipating Snowfall on the East Coast Snow has fallen and resorts are already opening. If you’re like me, you’re wondering what this year will bring to your local resort – will it be good or should you lose all hope of powder days and instead focus on the other aspects of your ordinarily ridged and pathetic existence. As it turns out, no one truly knows what […] Weather Helena Guglielmino | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
How I Survived the Winter Living in My Subaru Forester I woke up to a text from my mother one morning in early January. I had converted my Subaru Forester into camper to spend the winter in the mountains. “I saw that it was 8 below last night, are you okay?” I was surprised, cocooned in my hefty sleeping bag with my dog; I thought it was warmer, a lot […] Helena Guglielmino | October 5, 2017 5 Comments
El Capitan Meets El Héroe Andrew Foster loved his wife. He loved his wife so much, that he died shielding her from massive chunks of El Capitan that rained down upon them September 27th at approximately 1:55pm. The Welsh couple was celebrating their first year of marriage in Yosemite. They loved the outdoors and committed themselves to a life of adventure, and a life together. […] Climbing Helena Guglielmino | October 5, 2017 0 Comments
How to Cope with Injury I’ve always been jealous of people who love sports that aren’t dependent on season. Baseball, for example, might have a season, but enthusiasts can still throw a ball around in the winter. Snowboarding and skiing are over once the snow is. It is precious. And it is a burden. My life during the snowboarding season is different to my life […] Helena Guglielmino | September 27, 2017 1 Comment
What the Hell is up with HAPE? Mammoth Mountain. January 14th. I was sitting in a gondola being carried to heaven: I was going to the best bluebird day of my snowboarding career after a week of storms dropped around 20 feet of snow. After I landed, I skated to an untouched spot, arriving breathless and exhausted. I powered through and dropped in. The snow was magical, […] Helena Guglielmino | September 16, 2017 0 Comments
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