FROM THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: ISHPEMING, MI – The U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is excited to announce the ten-member Hall of Fame Class of 2024 that will be inducted, along with Class of 2023 member Jeff Brushie, at the annual Snowsports History Celebration in Lake Placid, NY in March 2025. The Class of 2025 was unveiled at the...
What an honor – my first story in Skiing History, the official publication of the International Skiing History Association, Viva Catedral. It was the ski trip of a lifetime. Huge shout out to Aaron Scorsch and Savor the Journey, the athletic and culinary outfit I hooked up for my ten day Patagonian sojourn. Shortly, I’ll publish my Mountain Gazetteer...
GRANBY, COLORADO—Indy Pass previewed its latest innovation today, announcing it will release a new digital and interactive Indy Pass in the fall of 2024. The digital pass leverages BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) technology and is supported by additional secure on-screen redemption options. The technology goes beyond lift access, with self-service functions including...
JAY PEAK RALLIES BACK FROM FORMER OWNER’S EB-5 PONZI SCHEME SCANDAL You can’t discuss the history of Jay Peak without a timely, candid, open assessment of the Ponzi scheme scandal in which Jay Peak was embroiled from 2016 when the SEC seized Jay Peak from its owners and put it under receivership of one Michael Goldberg until 2023 when Goldberg permitted Jay Peak to...
In honor of my gal pal’s birthday, here’s her winning the Women’s U.S. Open of Mountain Boarding in 2000. Happy birthday, beautiful! Welcome to the Honor Roll!
Torrey the Prediction Cat correctly hit the Chiefs and the OVER in his Super Bowl pick to finish the playoff season at 4-3 in teasers, 9-4 over all. Meanwhile, Chiefs win, Niners blow it, Taylor goes to after parties, I puke, the end. This is the 19th consecutive season the animal prognosticators in this column have finished the season above .500. Torrey will now...
Big props to the Kitzbühel Ski Club, the organizer of the Hahnenkamm Races, for alerting the skiing world that the FIS – the International Skiing Federation – celebrated its 100th birthday on February 2. Following an International Winter Sports Week held in in Chamonix from the last week of January 1924, which was also the first Winter Olympic Games...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 overall last week, 1-1 in teasers, bringing his playoff totals to 8-4 overall, 3-3 in teasers. The lone blemish was the UNDER hit in RAVENS-chiefs because Baltimore turned the ball over at the goal line twice in the fourth quarter. And as for Justin Tucker, WTH? C’mon man, you’re the kicker. Leave that to the linebackers...
[Author’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on New Hampshire’s Gunstock Mountain.Though usually overlooked when discussing the gnarliest terrain in the east, Gunstock’s contributions to skiing history are monumental, dating all the way back to the primordial age of the sport in America. Small, but plucky, what Gunstock lacks in haute chic, it...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 last week, 1-1 in teasers, making his payoff record thus far 5-3 overall and 2-2 in teaser picks. He hit with the Buccaneers covering against the Lions and the BILLS-chiefs game going OVER. And despite “Wide Right Reprise” Torrey covered with the Bills as part of the teaser parley. His lone miss was the Niners failed to...
Thundersnow! That’s what’s predicted for upstate New York as a big ol’ storm powered by a frigid cold front passes over the unfrozen Great Lakes startring this evening. Hallelujah!!! It’s that joyous tie of year when skiers everywhere get to ask themselves “What set from my quiver am I going to shred first?!” (I have it tough: my...
Consider the stoke fired! Skiers and boarders from all across the east coast spent last weekend in Boston to kickoff the winter season, as they have for over two generations. Now called the Snowbound Expo and run by Great Britain’s Raccoon Management, thousands of winter sports enthusiasts and industry insiders gathered at the sparkling new Boston Convention...
New Jordan Hotel at Sunday River Brings Ski-in, Ski-Out to Resort’s Western Reserve Area —by Jay Flemma, special to NASJA— NEWRY, MAINE – Maine’s iconic Sunday River just opened a game changer; the new Jordan Hotel brings ski-in and ski-out convenience to the emerging Western Reserve Area of the resort. Already sprawled across seven peaks...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing, Part 11 – Pats Peak —by Jay Flemma— DATELINE: THE ONLY HENNIKER ON PLANET EARTH, N.H. – It’s astounding the people you meet that learned to ski at New Hampshire’s tiny, but plucky Pats Peak: real estate magnates who play Monopoly with real buildings, skiing celebrities from chichi mountain towns all...
From the press release, great news as Indy comes to the rescue. Black Mountain had previously announced it could not operate this season. “BLACK MOUNTAIN TO OPEN THIS SEASON The Fichera family will operate the ski area for one more season after Indy Pass provides resources to operate this season and assistance in finding a buyer for the historic ski area. Grand...