Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Sugar Bowl, CA—More Snow and Fewer People Throughout my childhood in Berkeley, California, I only found it easy to wake up early for the 5:30 a.m. alarm that would sometimes come on weekends. A 5:30 a.m. alarm meant we could be out of the house by 6:00 a.m., in Sacramento, California, by 7 a.m., seeing the first snow by 8 a.m., and parked in the Judah lot […] Oliver Van Dusen | November 19, 2024 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Ski Apache, New Mexico “Damn Texans!” shouts some menace in the mob of locals zooming past, jumping over the minefield of downed skiers on Lower Deep Freeze. The visitors can only watch in pure terror as the group of mad skiers and snowboarders charge past them at full-speed as they’re attempting to recover their scattered skis and poles on one of Ski Apache’s most […] Martin Kuprianowicz | July 18, 2024 1 Comment
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Liberty Mountain Resort, Carroll Valley, PA If “making the most of it” was a slope, it would be Liberty Mountain. Located at the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and only an hour and some change away from the nation’s capital lies a small, unassuming ski hill called Liberty Mountain Resort. From Hectic, snowing sideways evenings to sunny slush laps with friends, this is the destination for you and anyone […] Ayden Arca | November 7, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Lights, Camber, Action at Boreal Mountain, CA It’s easy to spot Boreal Mountain Resort as you approach Donner Summit on Interstate 80 in Northern California—especially at night. Just feet from the freeway, and offering some of the best night skiing in Tahoe, this small but mighty mountain is the ideal place to lap lifts (which you’ll do a lot of since Boreal offers just 500 vertical feet […] Industry News Joe Vignolo | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Crotched Mountain – Stunning Fall Views or the Best Night Skiing in New Hampshire? The small-town, close-to-home resorts are the best places to learn and where memories are kept in your heart forever. Crotched Mountain in Bennington, NH, is exactly that. It’s where I had my first date with my now husband, my first powder day, and my first girls’ shred day. The summit is a whopping 2,066’ with 1,000’ vertical feet of riding […] Ashley Reidy | October 26, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Snow Creek Ski Area in Weston, Missouri That is correct, there’s skiing in Missouri, and you know what? It’s not half bad. On the border of Kansas and Missouri, you can find this tiny ski area by the name of Snow Creek. This is where I and thousands of other Midwesterners first clipped into a pair of skis and learned how to make our first turns before […] Artur | July 13, 2021 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Powderhorn Mountain Resort, CO Just below the northern rim of the “Largest Flat Topped Mountain in the World”(Grand Mesa), lies Powderhorn Mountain Resort, CO (PMR). Offering more than 1600 skiable acres, just 45 minutes driving from Grand Junction, CO. PMR graciously receives at least 250″ of beautiful Colorado powder each season. Consisting of Spruce, Fir, and Aspen trees, Powderhorn offers incredible glade skiing. With […] J.T. Pulfer ll | August 14, 2020 0 Comments
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