
Vermont Adaptive Skiing
It was almost fourteen years ago that I recognized I needed an excuse to get to the mountain. The kids had outgrown skiing with dad, and my wife never took to the sport. It would be far too easy to look out the window on a Saturday morning, decide it was too cold, too gray […]

An Interview with Alaska Backcountry Guides Owner, Joey Wolf
Dreaming of traveling? Adventure mavens are foaming at the mouth to get out of their homes and off on an exploration. With borders to Canada closed and much of the world shuttered to Americans, travelers are looking within the US to quench their thirst. Alaska Backcountry Guides (“ABG”) seeks to draw you in and offer […]

Mad River: Boarders Need Not Apply
December 5, 2020 When I first met Jimmy, we discovered we both love to ski. So of course we immediately started talking about where and when. He said he’s a hard-core Mad River Glen skier. To which I replied that I could only get there on weekends, so I sometimes avoided the place because of […]

I Hope to See You Next Year: Same Time, Same Place
If you recognize the phrase that is the title to this article, then you can hear THE voice. That would be the voice of Warren Miller, the ultimate ski bum. This was always the last thing he said at the end of every self-narrated film he made. For those of you wondering what the hell […]

Why conSKIerge?
Why might you ask? Why start conSKierge? There are a million resources for ski and snowboarding information, and we know what you are thinking – what the hell can a Medicare-aged man and his daughter add to the scene? Sorry, but given our love for the sport, we just couldn’t resist. If you want to […]

Dog Avalanche Training - AKA Rumble Goes to School
Several years ago Charlotte’s then boyfriend, Dave (now husband – he finally manned up) and I were hanging out in Alta after skiing, and the conversation turned to my hunting dog, Rumble. Rumble was barely 10 months old, and we had only been able to hunt him one season. But he already proven he was […]

Memories
My brother (a life long ski buddy) recently sent a group of us several pictures of a ski day we had shared. The pics reminded me that there are certain ski days that are etched deeply in the memory banks and never fade. Ski experiences that regardless of where you are and what you are […]