Author Admin Posted on March 3, 2020March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on Want your own private ski area? How about renting one? Here’s someone who did.

Want your own private ski area? How about renting one? Here’s someone who did.

Have you ever wished you owned your own private ski area? Seriously, who hasn’t. But unless you’re extremely rich or have some sort of organization behind you, the chance of that happening is very, very slim. That said, there is a way to have an entire ski area at your disposal for a single day:… The post Want your own private ski area? How about renting one? Here’s someone who did. appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on February 18, 2020March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on Are we loving skiing to death?

Are we loving skiing to death?

Most of us take up skiing for a variety of reasons: we love the feeling of freedom we get when we fly down the slopes; we take delight from the physicality of the movement, the striving to perfection; we enjoy being outdoors with nature. For some of us, too, there’s a feeling of adventure, maybe even… The post Are we loving skiing to death? appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on February 4, 2020March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on A Diva West To Remember: Jackson Hole 2020

A Diva West To Remember: Jackson Hole 2020

Some of you may know this already: Each year, members of the Sk Diva forum get together for a week of fun, camaraderie, and lots of skiing. In the past, our trips have included such places as Steamboat, Solitude, Big Sky, Snowbasin, Snowmass, and Tahoe, among others.  And while they’ve always been great, this year’s… The post A Diva West To Remember: Jackson Hole 2020 appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on January 7, 2020March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on Not your ordinary night skiing: Sugarbush, VT

Not your ordinary night skiing: Sugarbush, VT

Most people’s experience of night skiing is pretty standard: it gets dark, the ski area illuminates a few trails with high powered overhead lights, you ride the lift up, and then you ski down with several hundred of your closest friends. At Sugarbush Resort in Waitsfield, VT, night skiing is nothing like that. I know,… The post Not your ordinary night skiing: Sugarbush, VT appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on December 10, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Interviews   Leave a comment on A Chat with Poppy Gall, Outdoor Clothing Innovator: From ISIS to POPIA.

A Chat with Poppy Gall, Outdoor Clothing Innovator: From ISIS to POPIA.

Did you ever find an outdoor clothing brand you really liked, only to have it disappear from the retail landscape? That was Isis Clothing for Women, a pioneering brand that fell by the wayside back in 2010. Isis first came on the scene in 1998, and it was like a breath of fresh air: a… The post A Chat with Poppy Gall, Outdoor Clothing Innovator: From ISIS to POPIA. appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on October 1, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Interviews   Leave a comment on The ski film “DREAM JOB” is hysterical. Here’s a chat with its producer, Colleen Gentemann.

The ski film “DREAM JOB” is hysterical. Here’s a chat with its producer, Colleen Gentemann.

Fall is ski movie time. Warren Miller Entertainment, TGR, Matchstick,  Level 1, gear companies – these are just a few that produce ski films, year after year year. To me, most of these movies are pretty interchangeable. Sure, there’s lots of great skiing. But there’s little to differentiate one from another. That’s why I was… The post The ski film “DREAM JOB” is hysterical. Here’s a chat with its producer, Colleen Gentemann. appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on September 10, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Interviews   Leave a comment on A chat with Joel Gratz, OpenSnow founder and chief meteorologist

A chat with Joel Gratz, OpenSnow founder and chief meteorologist

Now that it’s post-Labor Day, you can’t shake a stick without seeing a forecast for the coming ski season. NOAA, Farmer’s Almanac, The Weather Channel, Accuweather…these are only a few; there are tons of predictions around.  And though all of us would love to know exactly what the coming winter will bring, I’m filled with questions. How accurate are these forecasts? What can I expect in the season ahead? And more importantly, WILL IT SNOW? The post A chat with … Continue reading “A chat with Joel Gratz, OpenSnow founder and chief meteorologist”

Author Admin Posted on July 23, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Interviews   Leave a comment on You have questions, I have answers.

You have questions, I have answers.

As you can imagine, I get a lot of emails from people asking me all sorts of questions. So chalk it up to laziness, chalk it up to efficiency, I thought I’d handle all my replies here in one shot. Here we go — answers to the most common questions that crop up in my… The post You have questions, I have answers. appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on June 25, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on Celebrating the Fourth, Ski-Town Style

Celebrating the Fourth, Ski-Town Style

(Photo: Steamboat Fourth of July parade) The biggest holiday of the summer is just over a week away, and it’s time to make plans. I know what some of you are thinking: But Ski Diva, I’d like to go to my favorite ski town, but I’m sure what’s happening there. Can you help? Absolutely! Here’s a… The post Celebrating the Fourth, Ski-Town Style appeared first on The Ski Diva.

Author Admin Posted on April 9, 2019March 5, 2025Categories Resort   Leave a comment on ‘I Get Around’ or ‘Five Resorts in Five Days: A Mini Ski Safari’

‘I Get Around’ or ‘Five Resorts in Five Days: A Mini Ski Safari’

(Photo caption: Sugarbush Resort) Living in a small state like Vermont has its benefits. Nothing’s that far apart, and since the state has 20 downhill ski resorts, getting to one or another isn’t all that difficult. Sure, the mountains aren’t as big as the ones out west. But there’s still a lot of great skiing,… The post ‘I Get Around’ or ‘Five Resorts in Five Days: A Mini Ski Safari’ appeared first on The Ski Diva.