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ISP Snowboarding trumps skiing Over the past few decades ski areas have been split between skiers and snowboarders. People who are looking to hit the slopes for the first time have a big decision to make: buy/rent skies or a snowboard? Given these two options, I believe that first timers should take up snowboarding instead of skiing. Snowboarding has a cooler and more interesting culture, snowboarding is more practical, and snowboarding has better style than skiing. For these reasons it would…

Alta is a ski area in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County and they just added a new trainee to their Alta Ski Patrol rescue team and when Lucy is on Puppy Patrol she takes her job seriously. If you’re ever caught in an avalanche, the first responder that will come to your aid will probably have a cold wet nose, wearing a fur coat and running on all fours. Lucy being a trainee still has a ways to go before she can join the ranks of her other four-legged friends as an official…

Snow is quickly taking over the weather reports these days. With all the snow hitting the ground, people 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…

About two years ago during the winter, my friends and I went to Mountain Creek to go snowboarding. We would go frequently throughout the snowboarding season, so it was like any other day. We got there and headed straight for the slopes. After an hour or so, the temperature raised and they started blowing fake snow. This made it difficult when riding past the machines because you couldn’t really see throw the thick cloud of fake snow the machine was making. As I was riding through the machines…

downhill skier. Why would I want to shake test tubes inside all day when I could be burning my lips off flying down a mountain? Fast forward eight years, and while I have grown to understand and respect professions from all walks of life, my passion for skiing remains ever so present. When I ski, I fly. Nothing can catch me. No physics problem set, no essay on Beowulf’s attitude towards Grendel, no marketing presentation could ever do more than nip at my heels when I’m gliding down the slopes.…

Skiing is a sport that requires determination, toughness, and good physical fitness. It is the one thing that I look forward to all year (other than cross country). My dad was the one that taught me to ski; he had been a ski instructor for ten years before and after college. I began skiing when I was only two years old. At that time, my dad would put me on a ski leash so that I couldn’t get too far away from him and crash. Being only two, it was very scary for me; at the same time, it was super…

Mammoth Mountain is a great place to relax and a strenuous place to reach but you can have a little fun too, but if you can’t roll with the punches it can be exhausting if you’re new to snowboarding. Mammoth has copious amount of activities for people of all skill levels and age groups, like kids ski club for the little ones. All the way up to double black diamond slopes for pros. There are also bars, cafes, a small museum of sorts, and shops for people who like to shop on their vacation.…

Snow flies through the air. Blistery, frigid, and stinging air flows through the crowd. The sound of the ice crunching as the board glides over the shiny course projects through the Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, South Korea. 17 year old Red Gerard is having the run of his life as he spins through the air. His final run is his best yet, with him using the whole slopestyle course to his advantage. After falling in both of his first two runs, things weren’t looking too good. Red was sitting in…

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 skiing in Vermont. I was ecstatic, I couldn’t…

A Winter’s Tale Bags, suitcases and clothes were all scattered around the house. We were all trying to get ready for the upcoming trip and we were so unprepared. Us kids, we’re just stuffing shirts, pants, socks and whatever we needed and mom and dad were ready a day before, but we were not, sadly. Zipping up the last of suitcases, we headed to Burlington coat factory for ski pants and coats. We made payment on the clothing and went back home. That night we were aroused, fired up for the trip…