Category Archives: Skiing

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Utah Musts

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Living here goes by fast. I promised Ski Utah I’d try things other than skiing – so far I’ve gotten up one hill with snow shoes on. Barely counts! Every morning I wake up and I’m pulled to another mountain, another challenge on my skis. Then you blink and the winter is over.

I was over here http://www.ginabegin.com/

and then found this:

http://mountainenthusiast.com/2011/02/17/top-10-best-things-to-do-and-see-in-utah/

A list of things to do. While I’ve tried most of the beers and all of the honorable mentions, I thought it was pretty funny skiing was the only thing I’d done on that list.

MY QUESTION TO YOU:

what is something from your HOME state that is sitting right there waiting for you to do that you haven’t?

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Snow-My-Goodness

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Momm thinks it is really funny that bad snow year for UT means a year it doesn’t snow enough. Last year (09-10 season) wasn’t that great of a snow year. This year has been crazy. Good snow. Lots of snow.

I haven’t had time to stop and tell you about my holidays since our holidays were so snowy we skied, cleared snow, and slept. It was insane. It’s still everywhere. The mountains are amazing. I couldn’t have picked a better year to go out on a limb, enter, and win a contest where I ski for free all over. I mean, wow.

Every run I take is better than the last. I keep saying best day ever, and it is. Then I have another one. And it’s the best.

As a reminder if you want to see about all things skiing that I’ve written for Ski Utah you can look here.

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Solitude

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It’s rather easy to take a look at any picture from this mountain and see why it’s called the  most aptly named resort! They opened up just for us, well, it felt that way…Tuesday.

We skied from first chair to last – with just a quick stop in between for pizza and beer. Fantastic.

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Besides Skiing

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I’m so burnt out on talking about skiing! I’m never going to be the best, although I do have some amazing days, like today was, at the opening of Canyons.

But really, everyone I know talks about skiing. It’s like buying a house, ha. Or having a baby (I imagine). But you’re happy to talk about that one thing, all the time. It’s YOUR thing.

Skiing, I love it so so SO much, but the way I talk about it AS my thing is so different from many skiers and turns me off to the whole deal. I care about learning and growing and making others learn and grow. I see people here having bad times, having trouble, not getting answers. It’s frustrating!

Complaining about the Santa event, mostly the problem is MK is SO SMART (it gets old). So I tell him something I’m thinking about skiing and he points out something to me that apparently no one in the entire industry has ever considered and it hurts my brain. A solution. A point. A consideration.

Or they spell something wrong…

there are bright shiny moments, though.

Check this video out. I want to be 16 again when I grow up:

http://www.powdermag.com/av/flash/dubsatch-collective-chapter-one/

Blackflips and good taste in music. Love it.

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All Geared Up

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Every year, I go to the ski swap. For three years running, I’ve made out like a bandit. My boots and skis were like a tenth of what anyone else would sell them for. And they’re SWEET!

These are my kick ass boots:

These are the best chick powder skis:

And they’re all mine.

I’ve got a gorgeous new coat (half off in San Diego) to add to the package, and I’m only one step away from being cute and economically sensible on the slopes. 🙂

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The Latest And Greatest

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I think I’m loving this writing for lots of people thing…funny, I feel like I should have figured that out sooner, I dunno, like here maybe? 😉

Here’s my latest post to the Ski Utah website.

Seriously, this has been such a rewarding experience and it hasn’t even started snowing yet!

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RFID Ski Passes

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Vail recently announced that their ski passes are going viral. They have connected you through RFID to a world of social media while you ski. There are pros and cons with RFID, and the debate is on.

I tweeted I thought it was a cool idea – this article details how you are able to track your vertical feet (something we already do on our cell phones) connect to Facebook, share pictures and other parts of your day on the slopes.

Then I read about the Ski Pass defender, and the cons to an RFID pass tracking your whereabouts. This ski blog poses the question what if you ski a million runs, have a beer, and have an accident? Someone will have the data.

I love the idea of ski resorts evolving – it’s my hope that through Ski Utah I can encourage those people that don’t already know to see opportunities and the value that Utah ski resorts are creating with their efforts and pushes toward technology changing the way we ski. Real time lift line info on your cell would blow skiers away, right?

Someone mentioned that most skiers don’t bring their cell phones when they ski, and I wondered if he’s been behind a desk too long…everyone skis with their phones. So we already have that luxury. To me, there’s nothing I have to hide about my day on the mountain or that a mountain would gain by storing my skiing information other than that I have a few favorite runs I might do 10 times in a row. I hardly see how that hurts me, but it might help them. The ski resorts may learn surprising things from collected data that help them improve the mountain.

However, I’m not one to sneak over boundary lines either. If you are, I can see why you’d be screaming “big brother”.

What do you think? Is the technology being put in place to help or hurt skiers?