Skiing
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Another (Hopefully Better) Gift Guide for the Hiker/Traveler/Skier in Your Life
This list contains items I enjoy and use often. None of these are affiliate links (one day, I’ll be cool enough to have an affiliate program!) and all of these are reasonable gifts to buy for someone. This means two things – first, these are affordable (as much as your ski buddy would love to…
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7 Ways to Get Ready for Ski Season (or: Increasingly Unhinged Ways to Tide Yourself Over Until it Snows)
While we love summer activities (hiking, backpacking, camping, sailing, etc.), I will admit that we are really looking forward to it being winter again so we can go skiing. Here are some ways that we’ve been biding our time, waiting for snow.
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Guest Pawst: A San Antonio Dog’s Guide to Surviving Winter
Hi friends! It’s your man, Tuck here. In case you don’t know me, I’m the third (and best) member of Meera and Jerry’s family – their dog. I’m a South Texas native, so when my paw-rents moved me to Salt Lake City for the winter, I had to learn to adapt. Here’s some of the…
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Must-Have Items for Skiing and Hiking (and Living) in Salt Lake City
We just spent January-March in Salt Lake City. While there, we skied a lot, hiked some, and generally familiarized ourselves with the city. Here’s a list of things we found particularly useful.
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Guest Post: 7 Tips to Make Your Zermatt Ski Trip a Bit More Epic
Our 2022 ski trip to Zermatt, Switzerland, was our second time visiting the city. The first time, we went during the summer and stared longingly at the snow-covered mountaintops as we hiked (this trip was, in fact, the experience that started our skiing journey). This time, we went ready for a skiing adventure, and along…
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Guest Post: Notes from Our First Day at Valle Nevado, Chile
Our first day skiing in Chile started inauspiciously, and way too early, but it ended with hours of skiing and some beer.
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Guest Post: Experiments in Ski Photography
I spent our third day at Valle Nevado focusing on taking pictures instead of skiing. Here are the results.
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Don’t Sleep on Salt Lake City
We’ve spent the last three months in Salt Lake City, Utah. We’ve previously spent a good bit of time here for skiing, camping, or conferences, but these last few months were the first time we got to spend an extended amount of time in the city.
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Guest Post: How to Pack for a Multi-Season Trip (Without Checking a Bag)
Everyone knows checking a bag is just asking the airline to lose your luggage. But when your trip covers three hemispheres in three weeks, how do you avoid it? Here’s how I did it.
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Guest Post: How Not to Ski Every Run At Valle Nevado in One Day
We tried to ski every single piste in one single day. We almost succeeded. Valle Nevado, Chile, has 38 pistes to ski. Today, 33 of them were open, and we set ourselves the goal of skiing all of them in one day. We started all the way at the top: the Tres Puntas lift, named…