Jacqui Davis

Writing, & shredding the northeast with family and friends, out of Brossard, QC, Canada.

When the Lift Stops: Inside the 2024-25 Mechanical Lift Failures Affecting the Ski Industry

Every soul recreating in the mountains has faced some degree of anxiety before when it comes to their alpine passions. It is part of the draw. That moment when nervous anticipation pivots into a rush of adrenaline? It is addictive. We accept certain risks in these environments: avalanches, tree wells, collisions, serious falls—dangers inherent in charging down steep snow-covered terrain in […]
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Saddleback Mountain, ME, Report: Stellar Conditions on Spring Break Girls’ Trip, Part II

Report for Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 The 2024-25 ski and ride season in the Northeast has been one of the best in recent memory. Last week’s trip to the lake district of northwestern Maine and Saddleback Mountain Resort—#2 in the East and #4 in North America in Ski Magazine’s 2025 reader’s poll—was no exception. My two daughters and I visited […]
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Mont Rigaud, QC, Canada, Report: Another Great Addition to the Indy Pass

Report from Saturday, December 7, 2024  It never fails; the days leading up to the first day out on the mountain each season are a frenzy of emotions, mostly excitement and gratitude. Why we ride down snowy mountains on freshly waxed wood, seeking natural features to launch ourselves from, sometimes eludes explanation. The most accurate thing I’ve heard is that […]
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How James Nestor’s “Breath” Provides Real Tips for Improving Your On Mountain Performance Through Ancient Methods

James Nestor’s Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art has been widely reviewed and praised for transforming lives. Released in 2019 on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breath spent eighteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over thirty-five languages. Nestor previously wrote on freedivers, real-life aqua men and aqua women who go three hundred […]
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, Report: Sunshine and Soft Snow for the Best Day of the Season

Report from Monday, March 25, 2024 When I’m not chasing snow to mountain destinations with my snowboard, I’m a book publicist at McGill University. I’ve worked with many talented writers for the past eighteen years, and many have become my good friends. Writers are similar-natured. We’re often adventurers, gypsies, and truth-seekers. We tend to gravitate towards one another. Recently, I […]
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