What’s so great about glade skiing? Is it the adrenaline rush of a high speed slalom through the trees or maybe the seductive siren song of better, softer snow? Is it the novelty of an alternate dimension offering the chance to escape groomer-bound crowds in a secret, pristine snowriding playground? Maybe part of it is simply supply and demand? In my native turf of the mid-Atlantic US glade/tree skiing is not always a given and what we get can be highly ethereal due to sparse natural snowfall. Whatever the draw, it is clear that for many folks glade skiing is the holy grail of Ullr’s winter domain.   Pristine view from the trees at... » read more

ep·ic /ˈɛpɪk/  Show Spelled [ep-ik]  adjective Also, ep·i·cal. 1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem. 2. resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country. 3. heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war. 4. of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions  Except when used with EpicSki.com, IMO epic has become an overused word. But an epic day of skiing is special. What does it mean to you? » read more

I did last weekend. And had failed to read the fine print of my contract. I mean skiing is a HOSPITALITY business after all. Or should be anyway. My area says, forget your pass and you "BUY a daily pass at the current and FULL price." No exceptions to the rule...Stop, no pass go. Which begot a really unpleasant conversation and left a distinctly bad taste in my mouth. I recently dropped $900 for a discounted $1200 2013/14 local pass this year.  Which I had never done before. When I pay less for a full vallley Chamonix pass. Makes no sense to me and likely the last time I will support that particular mountain. I have options and will buy a pass there (any where but here) next year. What say you?  » read more

Here’s a pretty detailed account of our trips to Gulmarg this season. Now, I’ll give the immediate disclaimer that this is a sponsored post, we will be posting about the trips we ran last season to Gulmarg with our clients for The Adventure Project, but I’ll try and do it from my perspective and try not turn this into a major marketing piece. Hopefully there will be some decent information for those looking to conduct their own trips to Gulmarg and I have absolutely no problem with people asking me questions, even if you were not interested in one of our trips. I’ll always try to help anyone going to Gulmarg for the first time, as I’ve done before; it’s good to have any advice if you’ve never been... » read more