The blizzard that ground parts of the Midwest to a halt this weekend hit the Upper Peninsula hard Saturday and Sunday, closing ski areas and heaping snow on the 250+ inch base Mt. Bohemia already had. We saw the forecast coming at Midwest Ski Journal, so we joined MSJ Correspondent @choiceyturns to chase a powder …
Midwest Ski Journal likes to highlight a few pieces of skiing internet worth your time in Linking Turns. Find the best, most important, least important and otherwise links here each week. This week MSJ gets in the weeds with a media acquisition affecting our favorite magazine. Then, we check out a profile of one of …
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Through the stops in Japan and British Columbia, the Freeride World Tour has bounced back overseas to the Austrian Tyrol, where the riders will take on Fieberbrunn this weekend. The competition has been confirmed for Saturday morning Austrian time, which will make for an inconvenient 1:45 a.m. Saturday (late Friday night) start time in the …
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A recent vacation afforded me some quality time between the pages of a few books, one of which was a skiing-centered biography unlike most I've read. "Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs" was a personal and thoughtful look at Coombs' iconic ski career. 'Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of …
Skiing Instagram is both my favorite thing and my worst nightmare. Now more than ever, all of our favorite skiers, ski areas and ski enthusiasts are bringing the best of the ski world to us at all times. It's beautiful. @Instagram Ski photography and cinematography have always been excellent and ski personalities flourish through the …
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When you ski alone, you run the risk of riding the chair with someone awful. Here are the four worst people you'll meet on those never-ending chairlift rides and a few other honorable mention candidates, too. Mr. ThingsHaveChanged That hotel? Wasn't there when Mr. ThingsHaveChanged started skiing here. Neither was that lift, or snowboarders, or …
Midwest Ski Journal likes to highlight a few pieces of skiing internet worth your time in Linking Turns. Find the best, most important, least important and otherwise links here each week. This week we take a look at Lindsey Vonn's decision to hang up the boots, a trio of Swedish ski racers who saved the …
A pack of 12 kids rip by. Not a turn in sight. Their conversation from the chairlift never ends. It just gets louder, even while bombing down the hill in a fast-moving mass of havoc. Everyone can hear every word and they don't care. On the next trail, a snowboarder tries to offer tips to …
Midwest Ski Journal likes to highlight a few pieces of skiing internet worth your time in Linking Turns. Find the best, most important, least important and otherwise links here each week. This week MSJ mourns the loss of one of our own, examines the beginner's surprisingly quick path to being a professional and the latest …
Two Vail-owned Midwest ski areas will give singles their shot at love next week. Chairlift Speed Dating, offered Feb. 10 by both Afton Alps in Minnesota and Wilmot in Wisconsin, puts singles in two separate lift lines, pairing them together for the ride up the hill. Your shot at finding love is just a lift …
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