A ski resort in the summer: Okemo Mountain Resort
As some of you know, I have a thing about heights. So why I found myself 25 feet off the ground on...
Read Moreby Wendy Clinch | Jul 17, 2018 | Off Season, Resorts | 0 |
As some of you know, I have a thing about heights. So why I found myself 25 feet off the ground on...
Read Moreby Wendy Clinch | Dec 20, 2016 | Resorts | 1 |
One of the perks of being The Ski Diva is that from time to time I get invited to media events at various ski resorts. These are days that the PR people set aside to familiarize members of the press with all the stuff they have going on. You go on mountain tours, sit through presentations, eat at the various restaurants. It’s actually very nice.
Read Moreby Wendy Clinch | Feb 24, 2015 | Women's Skiing | 0 |
Okemo’s women’s program has been around for what seems like forever — which means they recognized the value of women’s-only clinics long before a lot of other mountains put them in place. (I couldn’t get a definite number, but it’s been at least twenty years.) First known as Women’s Ski Spree, the clinic now meets several times a season for varying lengths of time.
Read Moreby Wendy Clinch | Nov 19, 2014 | General skiing, Resorts | 0 |
At long last. Like all of you, I’ve been waiting, waiting, and waiting some more for ski season to begin. After all, my last ski day was April 17. It’s been far, far too long. This week I finally got my turn with not...
Read Moreby Wendy Clinch | Aug 5, 2014 | Resorts | 0 |
People get incredibly attached to lifts. Here in Vermont, it’s not unusual to see a house with an old lift chair or gondola cabin in the yard. And then there’s the historic single chair at Mad River Glen, which has a mystique all its own (see the image above). When the mountain refurbished its lift in 2007, the old chairs were auctioned off to raise funds, with a minimum starting bid of $1,000. They sold.
Read MoreWhat are your thoughts on this? Here are mine: * I think this is targeted to the occasional skier who probably skis just a few times a year, and maybe… [...]
Thanks to @EdithP for this suggestion! You can see her story here and @TiffAlt story here I started skiing in Feb 2022 because my daughter's (9 years old now) best… [...]
I bought this on SAC just a few minutes ago. Do I need it? No Am I excited about it? Well, yeah!!! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error":… [...]
Preface: I know this is probably going to sound very silly, but I still feel like I've bought "too much ski". Or maybe not the right ski for what I… [...]
I think it speaks for itself: [...]