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Spring skiing and snowboarding is the best time of the season to enjoy the slopes, especially this year, when the Rockies, Sierras and Canadian Rockies have been pounded with snow from a La Nina weather year. Spring skiing means sunshine until the lifts close, fewer layers to wear, and the biggest discount deals [...]   January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. Resorts in 34 states are participating with discounted lessons. It will cost you less to play in the snow in January. Nearly 100 top ski and snowboard resorts in 34 states are offering free or discounted ski and snowboard lessons during the annual Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. The theme of the 2011 program is “Humans Were Never Meant to Hibernate’. The overall theme theme for this national effort is to get children and adults outside this winter for fun and exercise on snow. The program ambassadors are Olympic Gold medal winner Bode Miller and ski icon Glenn Plake. The National Ski Areas Association reports there were between ten and 12 million skiers and riders in the U.S. last year, and just under 60 million visits to ski resorts for skiing and snowboarding. And this season could be even better, considering the bounty of champagne powder that resorts received early in the season. Virtually every resort in the United States is offering some kind of package for Learn to Ski or Snowboard month. See the next page for state-by-state highlights, from New England to the Rockies and Sierras:  Playing in the powder at Winter Park It’s already snowing in the Rockies. The upcoming ski and snowboard season begins officially by Thanksgiving in most resorts, and as usual, the best deals are early in the season. To celebrate the start of winter, many towns and resorts in Colorado are offering budget deals for early season lodging and activity packages, with prices starting as low as $50 per person, per night. Tired of paying $25 or more baggage fees for your skis or snowboard? Book your flight with Southwest Airlines and your skis or snowboard fly free to Colorado. In celebration of 50 years of skiing and riding, Crested Butte Mountain Resort is offering 50 percent off lift tickets and $50 per person, per night for lodging. This deal is vaid through December 16, 2010 only. Get a free adult lift ticket for every night lodging you book at Winter Park, with a two night minimum. This ski free deal is valid through Christmas Day. More early season ski deals and savings in Colorado on next page ……… Playing in the powder at Winter Park The calendar may say spring, but it’s still winter at ski and snowboard resorts, which are offering savvy travelers the best deals and discounts of the season. Here are some great ski vacation bargains in Colorado ski country on lodging, equipment, lessons and lift tickets from now [...] To many of us downhill diehards, spring offers the best skiing and riding conditions, with warmer days, later sunsets, and great bargains on airfare and hotels. Here are two travel deals to get you on the snow before it melts for the season: Once the 2010 Winter Olympics are over, there will be a lot of empty [...]  1964 Olympic medalists Jimmie Heuga and Billy Kidd in 2009 Olympic medalist Jimmie Heuga, a star of the 1964 Olympic Winter Games and one of the U.S. Ski Team’s greatest ski racers, has passed away. His death on Monday, February 8, 2010 was 46 years to the day after he won a bronze medal behind Billy Kidd’s silver in the 1964 Olympic slalom. His passing saddens all of us who love skiing and the Olympic spirit, especially his U.S. Ski Team family, just days before the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jimmie Heuga was 66 years old and suffered from Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, diagnosed when he was just 26 and at the height of his racing career. Heuga gained worldwide acclaim for his 1964 Olympic medal. But his real contribution was after he was diagnosed with MS, and dedicated his life to research and innovative treatment of the disease. MS is a degenerative disease in which connections between nerves literally break, affecting movement, and — eventually — breathing. In case you are wondering why a blog about green travel and green cars includes a posting on a skier’s death it is because a very close family member of mine also suffered for years from MS. His death was twenty-one years ago today, on February 9, 1989. And because I love skiing. And because I have a profound respect for the work Jimmie Heuga did founding his center in Edwards, Colorado, near Vail, to spread his positive can do philosophy and help MS sufferers. He will be missed. More about Jimmie Heuga on the next page. |
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