Snow White

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a snowflake in the middle of a blizzard, whirling, spinning, twirling, falling in a rush of motion and acceleration? Well, now you can experience the rush for yourself: experience The Blizzard, the world's fastest gravity-defying, breathtaking steel coaster which is setting new records for average speed and sheer death defying velocity. As you exit the station at a constant speed, you begin your climb into the clouds, where you will begin your…

There he met my mom and then came along me. Until I was about seven, my dad took his break from skiing so that he could take care of me along with my mom. As a kid, he would always tell me his crazy stories about skiing out west and how amazing the snow is. One thing that he told me really stuck with me, after every story about skiing he would say “Skiing is in your blood, Morgan” and I really believed it. I don’t know what took so long, but finally my dad decided to take my brother and I…

got our third player!” the twins announced excitedly. “who’s that; Ive never seen her in our house before?” one of them asked, he had flat brown hair. “This is Stella, she’s in Ranvenclaw; she’s one of our new friends!” the twins explained making a snow fort. “Stella…Archer by chance?” another asked. “That’s me” I smiled “you’re the only first ear to pass up into 3rd year charms!” one of them…

illuminating the glistening snow. Sundown, a place people go for thrills and fun during the winter. Not everyone departs with a good memory in mind. If you’re not careful you might leave with a traumatic experience and broken bones. Sundown is a place not too far from here. It is located in Asbury, Iowa. It’s a cold place with warm buildings and greasy food. Not a place for everyone. But a place for someone like me. As you arrive, from a mile down the road you can see the snow twinkling in the…

amount of snow. The snow is a symbol of death because when snow falls, a lot of what is buried will end up dying. Another time that Aiken refers to death is when he talks about the darkness in The Room. "Of darkness against darkness. Within the room / It turned and turned, diving downward..."(Aiken, line 3-4) This diving of the darkness is almost put into a hellish tone. This sounds like someone has just died in front of Aiken…

Snow Camping Quinzee Building Introduction Snow camping is a much different form of camping than its counterparts – dry and wetland camping. This excursion encompasses building a shelter, staying dry, and ultimately staying warm. A quinzee is a shelter made of snow that offers protection from the outside weather through its elevated floor, insulation, and all around protection. It is one of many forms of snow shelter and with the proper tools, practice, and conditions can be an effective…

averages 32 inches across Iowa and varies from around 40 inches in northeast Iowa to about 20 inches in the extreme southeast corner of the State. The snow season normally extends from late October through mid-April but significant snows has fallen as early as September 16 (1881) to as late as May 28 (1947). The average number of days per season with snow cover one inch or deeper varies from about 40 days along the Missouri border to around 85 days along the Minnesota border. In about half of…

“Skeleton racing involves plummeting head-first down a steep and treacherous ice track on a tiny sled. It is considered the world’s first sliding sport” (“Skeleton”). The current definition, which is widely accepted, brings into question the validity of some olympic events being called olympic sports. The definition also needs to change due to the nature of language, which is that it changes. The current definition of a sport needs to be changed to better capture the essence of what a sport is.…

It is impossible to know what drives people to take risks, but people do crazy, often dangerous, things when they undertake a mission. For example, Stanley Pearce walked thirty miles through the snow to stake a mining claim. Farah Ahmedi climbed a mountain on a prosthetic leg to reach freedom. Annie Johnson started a business from nothing but an idea so that she could support her children and not have others care for them. These real people had different reasons for doing what they did. Pearce…

In the article “The Great Pleasure Project” on SkiMag, Tim Neville writes about his trip to North Korea for its newly opened ski resort. Neville is taking the risky, yet a worthwhile journey into the land of mystery covered in media stereotypes. Utilizing contrast and contradiction, the author writes about nothing that could be called pleasurable and so little about skiing to defy what the readers will be expecting. Seeing the article, SkiMag followers and fans of travel writing are looking…