The Top 9 Highest Ski Resorts in Utah Utah is known for some of the best quality snow in the world. The state’s combination of light dry snow produces extremely desirable ski conditions. The ‘Greatest Snow on Earth’ is due to the low moisture content resulting from pacific storms passing over the Great Salt Lake. Of course, the elevation of many of the state’s mountains also helps with the […] Industry News Taliana Potts | October 2, 2019 0 Comments
Park City, UT Aims to Reclaim Shot Ski Record Park City, UT plans to break the record for the longest shot ski during their 4th annual Shot Ski Event on October 12. Breckenridge, CO set the current record during the town’s Ullr Fest in January 2019. The event included 1,299 participants using 433 skis spanning 2,304 feet down Breckenridge’s Main Street. Park City plans to have 1,310 people participating in […] Industry News Taliana Potts | September 13, 2019 0 Comments
Ski Instructor Salaries Around the World | How Does the USA Compare? The amount of money a ski instructor makes all depends on location, tips, and level of certification of the instructor. Most instructors work at ski resorts because of their love for skiing and riding, not to mention the free ski pass that comes along with the job. Ski instructing is not the best way to become a millionaire, but it is […] Industry News Taliana Potts | August 30, 2019 0 Comments
what3words: A Simplified and Possible Lifesaving Location App The smartphone app, what3words, can pinpoint a location using three randomly assigned words. The developers of the app divided the world into 57 trillion squares, each square measuring 10ft by 10ft (3m by 3m). Every square was then assigned its own three-word address. For example, the three-word address for Mount Shasta’s summit is ‘clued.speakers.amount’. The app is already being used in […] Taliana Potts | August 21, 2019 0 Comments
Court Rules BC’s ‘Jumbo Valley to Stay Wild’: Plans for Year-Round Ski Resort Shelved Plans for a year-round ski resort in southeastern British Columbia’s Jumbo Valley have been denied after more than two decades of push back from environmentalists and locals. Jumbo Glacier Resort was first proposed in the early 1990s but has been protested from the very beginning. On Aug. 6, BC Court of Appeal denied the development of the proposed resort due […] Industry News Taliana Potts | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Andrzej Bargiel Plans to Ski Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen Polish ski mountaineer, Andrzej Bargiel, recently revealed his plan to ski Everest in an interview with his sponsor Red Bull. Mount Everest has been skied before, but Bargiel wants to do it “without unfastening the skis and no additional oxygen.” Last year Bargiel became the first person to ski down the world’s second-highest mountain, K2. He accomplished this without supplemental oxygen […] Industry News Taliana Potts | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Ethiopia Breaks Record for Most Trees Planted in 12 Hours Ethiopia planted over 353 million trees in 12 hours, which shattered the previous 66 million tree record. The incredible burst of tree planting was part of Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative. Abiy Ahmed, the country’s Prime Minister, founded the project. Ahmed encouraged millions of Ethiopians all over the country to take part in the challenge. After the 12 hour period, Ahmed announced […] Taliana Potts | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Sept. 2 Is the Last Day to Receive Lowest Price for Epic Pass and Epic Day Pass After Sept. 2 all of the Epic Season Pass options and the new Epic Day Pass will go up in price. There is less than a month left to purchase Epic season passes at the lowest price possible. The pass choices include the new Epic Day Pass, which was introduced by Vail Resorts in March of this year. This pass […] Industry News Taliana Potts | August 14, 2019 0 Comments
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