What Are the Core Differences Between East Coast and West Coast Resorts? East Coast skiing or West Coast skiing? It’s a common question asked by many skiers, from beginners to experts. Having grown up skiing on the East Coast and been fortunate enough to have taken multiple trips out west, I have firsthand knowledge and experience in each of these categories. Skiing is such a fantastic sport with hundreds of mountains in […] Brains Sam Fishman | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Jay Peak Resort, VT, Reopens Slopes for Summer Skiing and Music Festival Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, will open its slopes for skiing and snowboarding this Saturday, June 21, in a rare seasonal crossover event that merges snow sports, live music, and community engagement. Related: Jay Peak Resort, VT, Farms 128,000 Cubic Feet of Snow for June Ski and Ride Event The Second Annual Solstice Sessions, recently recognized as a 2025 Vermont Signature […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 18, 2025 0 Comments
An Endless Winter: What It Would Take to Ski All Year in the Northeast? Every spring, skiers in the Northeast face the same reality: closing announcements start rolling in by April or May. Meanwhile, social media lights up with photos from out West, where lifts are still spinning into May or even June. Could year-round skiing ever become a reality in the Northeast? The short answer is: technically, yes—but it would take extreme conditions […] Brains Gregg Frantz | June 17, 2025 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer Mikaela Shiffrin Receives Honorary Degree from Dartmouth College, NH On Sunday, June 15, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, awarded American alpine ski legend Mikaela Shiffrin an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during its commencement ceremony, recognizing not only her record-breaking career but also her advocacy for mental health and her resilience in the face of personal loss. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the most decorated skier in World […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 16, 2025 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Bousquet, MA—A Small Mountain With A Big Heart Western Massachusetts—specifically Berkshire County—lies within the Appalachian range, in a region locally known as the Berkshire Hills. Within these hills are numerous ski resorts, but at the center of Berkshire County lies a lesser-known, yet unique and historic resort: Bousquet Mountain. As the ski resorts are all within an hour of each other, they share many of the same skiers […] Zach Suffish | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Vermont’s Northern Ski Resorts Feel the Chill of Declining Canadian Tourism Under Trump Administration In Vermont’s snow-covered Northeast Kingdom, the winter silence is arriving earlier than expected—not from a lack of snow, but from a lack of visitors. Canadian ones, specifically. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, ski resorts and border businesses across northern Vermont have reported a sharp and unsettling drop in tourism from their neighbors to the north as a direct […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Crosses the Atlantic, Affecting Air Quality Index Across Europe Summer is officially here, meaning longer days, drier conditions, and warmer weather. While all of those factors make for a great day on the beach, it can wreak havoc on North America’s drier areas, especially the prairie provinces of Canada such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. I currently reside in Michigan, a state not commonly associated with wildfires due to […] Fire Joseph Kaufmann | June 11, 2025 0 Comments
The Income Needed to Own a Home in Top U.S. Cities Close to Skiing Skiing and affordable are two words that aren’t generally used in the same sentence. While ski towns across the U.S. are famously expensive, such as Aspen, Colorado, and Park City, Utah, these types of towns generally don’t offer the same career opportunities that larger metro areas do. As a result, many professionals prefer to move to larger cities that offer […] Brains Joseph Kaufmann | June 9, 2025 1 Comment
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