doug lifton

Have you noticed in skiing how skiers and instructors have become obsessed with Carving? Who doesn’t like tipping a nicely tuned shape ski on edge,

Happy Holidays!  To those of you in ski country, I hope you are making some nice turns in a Covid safe fashion.  For those of

With Covid, the surges that are taking place and all the uncertainty what makes most sense, to get a season pass or pass on a

So here’s the scoop about buying new gear and what to focus on. There’s a number of places to review the latest in skis, boots

Over the past 10 years Vail Resorts has continued to consolidate the skiing industry to the point of monopoly or certainly oligopoly proportions.  The formation

Aerosmith?  Ski Teaching?  What’s the connection? Really it’s quite simple.  You know the song Walk This Way? Nope, we’re not talking about Areosmith’s Stephen Tyler’s

Intro As a Level 3 Certified Instructor member of PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America), I hold the highest level of cert and have taught

What will people do in the winter of 2020/21, head to the islands, head out to mountains to ski or stay home due to Covid? 

Just before the start of 4 th grade, we moved to a suburb of Syracuse, NY, where the winters are long, grey and cold. Here