Tim Whorl Roundtop, PA Snowmaker since 1987       SAM: FAVORITE TEMPERATURE? Tim: 5 degrees because that was the temperature on the day I learned to ski. Skiing was foreign to me until my older brother joined the Army and was stationed in Colorado Springs. He would tell us about the mountains, chairlifts and how skiing wa...

jason Seal Massanutten, VA Snowmaker since 2003    SAM: FAVORITE TEMPERATURE? Jason: 10 degrees, or honestly, anything below 27.0 wetbulb. SAM: WHAT'S YOUR LIFE PHILOSOPHY? Jason: Always give 110 percent, and be honest. Just try to do everything to the best of your ability, that’s all you can do. SAM: WHAT WAS Y...

COREY PETERSON Steamboat, CO Snowmaker since 2005   SAM: FAVORITE TEMPERATURE? Corey: +8° F wet bulb SAM: WHAT'S YOUR LIFE PHILOSOPHY? Corey: Work hard, lead by example, be fair, think outside the box, and always search for ways to make improvements. SAM: WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE GUN RUN? Corey: My first gun...

  SENATH (SAM) MORRILL Sugarloaf, Maine Snowmaking Since 2009   SAM: FAVORITE TEMPERATURE Sam Morrill: Zero degrees. Not too hot, not too cold. Perfect. SAM: WHAT’S YOUR LIFE PHILOSOPHY: Sam Morrill: Live, love, laugh, and be happy. SAM: WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE GUN RUN? Sam Morrill: It was Christmas my r...

September 11, 2013 - Gregg Blanchard

Ask a skier what’s wrong with skiing and they’ll tell you, in a resounding chorus, “it costs too darn much!” What’s the solution? “Lower ticket prices,” they say, “make it more affordable.”

November 6, 2013 -- Gregg Blanchard

There have been a few times recently where I've honestly had to keep from smirking when discussing Twitter.

Each time a common insight has come up from social media marketers who complain, in one form or another, that:

"I just don't get a lot of traffic from Twitter. It's great for other things, but it doesn't generate many site visitors."

October 28, 3013 -- Gregg Blanchard

October 28, 2013 -- Gregg Blanchard

It’s been a while since I talked about print ads. A long while, but I do have an excuse.

Ready? I didn’t see any.

Well, I saw some, but they were few and far between or hyper-local and not representative of resorts as a whole. So I waited...until last week when the Freeskier resort guide came with not one, not two, but ELEVEN resort print ads. Hallelujah.

October 8, 2013 -- Gregg Blanchard

When I was a kid, I used to silently worry about weird stuff. Like, somehow, I had mixed up the day of the backpacking trip and I was going to show up at my scout leader’s doorstep a day early loaded to the gills with gear. Or that I had mixed up the time of a birthday party and I’d be three hours early.

Ray Weller Breckenridge, CO Snowmaker since 1992   SAM: FAVORITE TEMPERATURE?  Ray: 10° F wet bulb, clear and calm. The system is at full capacity and production is out of this world. SAM: WHAT'S YOUR LIFE philosophy? Ray: Carpe Diem. Give 100%, help others, constantly re-imagine life and work, revel in successes, do no...

The death of Alpine Meadows patroller Bill Foster shook the Lake Tahoe community in a very big way. Foster was a 30-year veteran, a mentor and a friend to everyone he ever worked with in the industry. During routine avalanche control work on December 24, 2012, Foster stood in the “safe-spot” when the charge was thrown. No one expected the resulting avalanche to reach him, but it did. He had probably stood in that exact spot hundreds of times before.