January 2008 - Posts

• cheap, effective accident insurance...ski bum fantasy or reality?

  How, exactly, is a dedicated skier supposed to live the dream, upping the ante on burly lines all day, working for some appallingly paltry sum supplying overpriced services to tourists all night, and still manage to eat, much less pay for health insurance? Read More... Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 11:23 AM by BMander | 1 Comments Attachment(s): billpile.jpg

• a whole powder hill, and all to ourselves

  Cold frigid temps, howling winds, potential frostbite, bad visiblity, closed lifts...none of these things sound that inviting at first. But if all you need to add is two friends, trees, and untracked powder...things start to look up pretty quickly. When Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:07 AM by BMander | 0 Comments Attachment(s): brandon.crags.jpg

• nothing but good! in ski land

  Maybe it's the seven days of deep snow skiing and skier exhaustion preceding today. Maybe it's that these are traditionally the slowest weeks of the year for ski tourism. Maybe locals are getting spoiled and only get up early for at least a foot of new Read More... Posted Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:43 AM by BMander | 0 Comments Attachment(s): seanpow1.jpg

• no rest for the weary (and it is a beautiful thing)

  It is so deep we are literally choking-and unlike most of the country it is on pow, not politcal rhetoric. Everyday since Saturday has brought snow, with Saturday's 14" just getting piled on top of by consecutive storms. For many locals, there really Read More... Posted Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:41 AM by BMander | 0 Comments Attachment(s): tobypowPG2.jpg