Lift Ticket or Season Pass? Lift Ticket or Season Pass? When you start planning your winter vacation, besides booking hotels and airline tickets you ask yourself – should I buy a season pass or just purchase few lift tickets? So, what to keep in mind? If you only ski one or two days of the season, you probably won’t need a season pass. But […] Claire Weiss | December 6, 2016 1 Comment
First Indoor Ski Area In The Alps Proposed Due To Uncertainty of Natural Snowfall Tignes proposed to construct an indoor ski complex and congress center, located in the heart of the resort. The “Tignespace” will offer 3500 m² dedicated to the practice of sport and 1500 m² designed to meet the needs of sportsmen and companies. The Tignes ski resort had always kept the slogan : “skiing 365 days a year”. The resort was even open […] Claire Weiss | December 2, 2016 6 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Warning for HAWAII Today | 6-12″ of Snow Forecast!! Yes, it snows in Hawaii. Yes, people ski and snowboard in Hawaii. Yes, Hawaii is getting dumped on right now… The big island of Hawaii has summits as high as 13,800′ and they’re about to get buried. NOAA’s text forecast is calling for 22-33″ of snow (see below) on Friday and Saturday! NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for […] Weather Claire Weiss | December 1, 2016 1 Comment
Obama Bans Offshore Drilling in the Arctic: According to Washington post: On November 18th Obama administration banned offshore drilling in the Arctic, setting a likely collision course with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to “unleash” new energy production in the United States by rolling back restrictions on oil and gas companies. This means that for the next five years Arctic offshore is removed from Lease Sale Schedule . […] Industry News Claire Weiss | November 28, 2016 0 Comments
Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows Conditions Report or #WhiteFriday Conditions report: Squaw Valley As of today, there were three lifts open: RedDog, Squaw Creek and Far East. Snow was good, not icy, even in the early morning. And you can also find some powder! If you ski on Lake View run (Squaw Creek lift), just go slightly right and you can enjoy the powder. Here are the runs […] Claire Weiss | November 25, 2016 3 Comments
Squaw Valley Development Plan – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly? According to WSJ, the Board of Supervisors in Placer County, Calif., late Tuesday approved a plan by Squaw Valley Ski Holdings LLC to build a significantly expanded village at the base of the historic resort site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. The prior details of this plan are included in this article, but the hearing just occurred on Tuesday, with the Board voting 4 to 1 in favor […] Claire Weiss | November 17, 2016 3 Comments
Tax deductions for ski lift tickets and ski passes? Did you know that you may get tax deductions for sport and fitness expenses? The bill H1218 was introduced in 2015 by Charles Boustany, who is the sponsor for this bill. It is called Personal Health Investment Today act (PHIT): Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return or a […] Claire Weiss | November 13, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: A Skier’s Journey – China “Skiing as sport is in it’s infancy in China, a phenomenon of the country’s exploding middle class. As a means of survival, however, it is thousands of years old, a stone age hunter-gatherer technology born in the Altai mountains where China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Siberia merge. On a vast trajectory that spans 11,000km of Northern China, Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots […] Claire Weiss | October 21, 2016 1 Comment
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