From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Swift Silent Deep Movie Review

December 24, 2009

I’ll admit that I enjoy a lot of the mindless “ski porn” trotted out each winter. The sweeping panoramas and montages of big mountains, helicopters and deep powder are a great way to get psyched up for the season. But there are so many great stories in skiing that have simply never been told – [...]

All About DIN Settings

December 21, 2009

During my years on the demo circuit, I’ve had the pleasure of calculating thousands of DIN settings with skiers looking over my shoulder, oftentimes asking questions or insisting I’m doing it wrong. While there is a lot of information online about DIN settings, a lot of it is incorrect and there isn’t any one good [...]

Amazing Avalanche Video

December 15, 2009

You knew it would happen – with the explosion in popularity of helmet cameras, we would be seeing some amazing first person footage of people encountering some really bad situations in the backcountry.

Ski Gift Certificate // Gift Guide 2010

December 13, 2009

As of November 24, Liftopia.com has been offering a first of its kind ski gift certificate. While this may not seem like news at first glance, it’s been incredibly hard to give the gift of a day on the hill until now. Even some larger resorts still don’t offer gift certificates of any kind; and many of [...]

Skier Gifts // Gift Guide 2010

December 6, 2009

Buying a thoughtful gift isn’t easy – that’s why we have come up with a list of some great new items that any skier would appreciate, with items at every price point. Everything below is new in 2010 and has received top ratings from actual consumer reviewers. Be sure to also check out our 2010 [...]

2009/2010 Ski Area Improvements – Northeast

December 3, 2009

Given the state of the national economy, it isn’t much of a surprise that ski areas across the country were apprehensive about making multi-million dollar upgrades over the summer. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t exciting things happening if you know where to look – here’s our list of the biggest capital improvements of [...]

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