You can’t go home again. The past is another country. Nothing lasts forever. There must be 1,000 such homilies that...
A Change in Plans
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Revelations
Swimming Against the Tide
“You must know, deep inside, that what you are doing is important, meaningful - vital. That someone somewhere needs...
The Con is On!
Earlier this year, I alerted by Dear Readers and Listeners that online advice was about to go from merely shoddy to...
Boots Matter Most
My central message this week is so primordial, so foundational, that it applies to every skier and every shop that...
Why on Earth am I Doing This?
Why, I do it for you, my Dear Readers and Dear Listeners, so that you might find refuge in the miasma of...
All That’s New in 23/24
The ski gear season that lies just ahead of us will, at least superficially, look a lot like the season that just...
The 2022/23 Season in Retrospect
It snowed again in Reno last Monday night, an unnecessary reminder that this season might never end. But while skiing...
Groundhog Year
So much snow has fallen this season at places like Snowbird and Mammoth, it’s quite possible these resorts (and others...
A Fresh Perspective On How to Buy in a Maturing Ski Market
I recently received a brief yet pithy email from an old friend and confrere, Tom Corlett, who posed a seemingly...
The Things We Do for Love, Part II
My longtime ski buddy, Rick Stalker, was given the nickname Rickus-Dickus by fellow Snow Country Magazine ski tester...
The Extraordinarily Gifted Athlete Who Created the Modern Ski Boot
If you own a pair of Alpine ski boots, you are skiing in a product whose origins can be traced directly back to one...