Copper Mountain, CO, Report: A Mountain With Many Identities Report from Sunday, February 16, 2025 For most ski resorts, it is easy to sum up who the resort best caters to or what the resort is known for. Steamboat is known for its intermediate glades, Vail is known for its legendary back bowls, and Arapahoe Basin is an expert-only paradise. Copper Mountain, on the other hand, cannot be as […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 24, 2025 0 Comments
Granby Ranch, CO, Night Skiing Report: A Different Type of Colorado Ski Resort Report from Saturday, February 15, 2025 Nestled amongst some of North America’s best ski resorts about two hours from Denver is the lesser-known Granby Ranch, a small family-friendly resort that many people even from Colorado have never heard of. Compared to its neighbors, it may not seem that impressive. Yet, regardless of its mountain stats, Granby Ranch has grown to cultivate […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 18, 2025 0 Comments
Blue Mountain, ON, Conditions Report: Canada’s Go-to Ski Resort Report from Saturday, February 1 – Sunday, February 2, 2025 When you ask skiers and riders what countries offer the best skiing on Earth, Canada more often than not makes the list. Yet 40% of Canadians, including myself, grew up skiing in the flat, mountainless province of Ontario, where winter still exists for six months of the year and if […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | February 10, 2025 0 Comments
Glen Eden, Ontario, Conditions Report: Returning to Where I Learned to Ski After 18 Years It’s been 18 years since I last put on a pair of skis at Glen Eden, a local ski area just west of Toronto, Canada, that is run by the non-profit Conservation Halton. Back then I was only 5 years old and barely knew how to ski. Since then, I’ve passed the ski area countless times on drives along the […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 31, 2025 0 Comments
Shawnee Mountain, PA, Conditions Report: A Flashback to My Childhood This report is from Friday, January 24, 2025 On paper, Shawnee Mountain does not offer a lot to write home about, even by Pennslyvania standards. The mountain is small, old school, and really only an ideal place to spend a day if you are a beginner or intermediate skier or rider. And while that makes this place a write-off for […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 27, 2025 1 Comment
Whiteface, NY, Conditions Report: A Mountain from the Rockies, in New York Report from Saturday, January 18 – Sunday, January 19, 2025 For someone who has never skied Whiteface before, you sure hear a lot about what this place is like as an East Coast skier. It’s icy. It’s absolutely freezing. It’s got a bigger vertical drop than most West Coast ski areas. It offers some of the most challenging in-bounds skiing on […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 23, 2025 1 Comment
Gore Mountain, NY, Report: The Most Under-Appreciated Ski Resort in the East? Report from Sunday, January 17, 2025 It’s 6 a.m. on a Friday and I woke up in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. I load up the car and off we go, following the Hudson 4 hours dead north to the Adirondacks. While I pass several ski resorts on my drive, including Hunter and Windham Mountain […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 20, 2025 0 Comments
Berkshire East, MA, Conditions Report: Fresh Turns in Western Mass Report from Saturday, January 11, 2025 For most East Coast skiers, when you think of ski destinations you quickly look north to the famed ski states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Yet out to the west in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts lies Berkshire East, a mountain that swings above its weight class when it comes to what one […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 16, 2025 0 Comments
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