Ski Bum Advice: Stuff I Missed This Season
Out There’s Ski Bum missed three significant components of his usual ski day experience during the 2020-21 COVID ski season.
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Benefits of Socially-Distanced Skiing
Ski Bum Advice for the COVID-era and the benefits of social-distancing and masking protocols for the ski mountain.
Powder Predictions This Winter
Learn the snow weather predictions from NOAA and Farmers’ Almanac for the Pacific Northwest during winter 2020-2021.
Ski Bum Advice: Things I Did Not Do This Season
I don’t like setting expectations, mainly because I end up being disappointed. Maybe I should try setting lower standards, and then fail to meet them. A great example would be the tradition of making that New Year’s resolution to get into shape starting Jan. 1. Not me. No, I set the date for Feb. 1, …
Brad Northrup: Ski Bum Advice – The Mountain Translator
Like most folks out there, I am locked up in a cubicle Monday through Friday in order to pay the bills, put food on the table, and keep myself and my better half geared up during ski season. Thankfully, I happen to work with some super nice people, many of whom share my love of …
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Ski Bum Advice: Winter, Oh, How I Have Missed You
I have stashed the golf clubs in the dusty nether-regions of the garage, shoved my wet boardshorts in a far back drawer, and have begun to grow my winter beard. Well, maybe not the last one since my significant other despises my feeble attempt to look like one of the dudes from Duck Dynasty, or …
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Ski Trends I Hope Never Change
They say change is inevitable. I say poopy to that—at least to the idea that all things have to change. Now I’m sure that some change is good, like replacing Marlboro 100s with e-cigs, or making seatbelts required rather than optional. I get it. Things work this way on the mountain, too. New runs and …
5 Signs You Are Becoming a Grumpy Old Skier
I had a rude awakening over the summer. There I was, deep in the bowels of our basement back room, rummaging for life jackets, inner tube pumps, and what was left of my sanity when I came across my ski bag. Hoping that whatever treasure I sought was located under it, I grabbed the …
Piste Off Liftie: Naughty and Nice
Man, am I thankful for the season so far. The hill has been open since right after Turkey Day with decent coverage, and I somehow survived the crazy holiday season without totally blowing a gasket after working 30 days in a row. Guess the Zoloft and St. John’s Wort are working. Anyway, we’re having a …
Ski Bum Advice: Three People You Never Want to Carpool With
Whether you have been on skis since you were in the womb or you just took up the sport as part of your midlife crisis, chances are good that getting to the mountain has occasionally involved sharing a ride. Could be your best friend, long-time ski buddy, or super-nice neighbor who helps pass the long …
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