Ski touring

free. I also felt very frigid. As I reached the bottom of the slope, I waited for myself to slow down. I didn’t know how to do that cool thing with my skis where I twist sideways so I stop and kick up snow. I had just finished going down my favorite ski trail, Skycoaster. I go to Hunt Hollow, a ski mountain my dad “works” at. He is part of the ski patrol, so he helps out injured skiers. Also, cheap admission. It was getting late, and I only had time for one more ride, and I was planning on…

I could hardly believe my eyes that day when I received the invitation from my very good friend and skier, John. He had invited me to go backcountry skiing with him on a mountain in Salt Lake City a month from now, something I had never done before. Though I lived in Salt Lake City, where there were plenty of unexplored places to go backcountry skiing, I had always stuck to resort skiing because I had the idea that backcountry skiing was something very difficult and dangerous. However, I had…

life. It's a very expensive sport. But thanks to my parents, they have created this opportunity for me to find what I live for. Every waking chance I get, I go skiing. Even when I can't make it up to the mountain, I ski…

our focus can limit our awareness. We fail to see all the information in front of us. If we do not see or experience factors regularly, we stop looking out for them. Avalanches are a regular occurrence in Tunnel Creek, and because it is outside the ski area, it is not patrolled or risk assessed for safety. But as the location wasn’t new terrain for the lead skiers in the group, they weren’t focusing their awareness on the danger around but on the activity in front of them. Our second point…

around the world are heading to their favorite ski resorts. While everyone has their favorite resort for this purpose, there are actually quite a few to choose from. But, one of the favorite in the United States is Telluride, which is located in Colorado. If you are looking for a ski adventure, Telluride offers plenty of it. At this resort, there are 2000 acres of skiable land, which is much above average for a typical ski resort. Getting to this ski resort is also simple because there are…

us the whole time? Heading off to the hotel room after the fourth round of sledging 2. First, Schreckfeld, Bort – three ski stations. First has one of the most enviable views of the Swiss Alps and is also the best starting point for sledging if you want to get down to Bort. The hotel there offers the most sinfully good meals in the whole resort. The view from Bort ski slope 2. Pets (even though we only saw dogs) are welcome everywhere - literally, and they get served water and biscuits.…

Lake Placid hosted the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Since then, the venue has been a popular sports venue. Till date, Lake Placid has hosted two Olympic Winter Games, Speed Skating, Ski Jumping and Bobsledding World tournaments. Spend some time at the museum and explore the America’s first Olympic hometown. The site has Lake Placid Hall of Fame, where you can see the achievements and contributions of individual and group athletes.…

girl by birth and my love for snow runs deep. I vividly remember my first snow day on the North Shore Mountains. It was surreal to me that I could leave the big city far below and within minutes be skiing downhill. The panoramic views from the ski hills…

The edges of my skis slice across the freshly groomed trails while my poles force thrust back propelling my body over and past a steep hill. I continuously repeat this motion hundreds of times, so many that it feels woven into my fabric of a person. The numb fingers, frozen eyelashes and aching muscles from cross-country skiing over the years become routine for how I spend my winters. However the lessons learned from this sport extend past the practices. Over the years the repetition of the…

Introduction: Ski jumping is one of the competitive sports with the Olympian ideal of going faster, jumping further and leaping higher than the opposition (Muller 269). However, sometimes accidents happen. For example, Thomas Morgenstern crashed during a trial round for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Bad Mitterndorf. Later, he was hospitalized with skull injuries and a bruised lung (The Associated Press). Then, why did this accident happen? What influenced the performance of Morgenstern and…