Retailers pray: Let it snow
Adrianne Pasquarelli - When groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow last week, a collective cheerwent around area businesses that cater to the ski and snowboard crowd. They're hoping winter, which has been noticeably absent from New York, might finally arrive, and with it the sales on which they so mightily depend. “It's so difficult,” said Parker Riehle, president of the Vermont Ski Areas ...
Whiting: How tough are you on the slopes?
It may be the driest winter in three decades, but I recently skied at Bear Mountain and found plenty of snow - and plenty of, er, thrills.So join me for another edition of "How Tough Are You," my feature in which the only competition is you. This time we tackle the slopes.It...
Rise of the splitboard
Splitboarding has come a long way since someone took saw to a snowboard. We check in with the revolution at the Canuck Splitfest at Rogers Pass.
Sporting goods retailers find ways to compete with online dealers
Ah, the difference two centimeters make. Standing next to a line of colorful snowboards covered in so many logos and designs they look like an art museum turned into a picket fence, Edge of the World shop manager Steve Hogan explains the difference between 154 centimeters and 156. "A lot of people aren't up to speed on reverse camber," Hogan said, referring to the way the bottom of a snowboard ...
Vail Daily columnist Warren Miller:Oh, what a future
I held the future in my arms when our two young friends, Nic and Jenny, stopped by with their new baby, named Magnolia Leigh. Magnolia was 6 days old and weighed 6 pounds. As I held her, she was so small that her fingers could not wr Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Vail Daily columnist Warren ...
