Colorado Snow
The BEARTek bluetooth gloves, which can control your phone or MP3 player just by touching your fingers together, are the best technology to come to snow sports in a while. We met with the founders, Tarik and Willie, at SIA and really enjoyed chatting with them about the product and demonstrate them. They’re a fairly […]
Have you taken the Where I’ve Skied Challenge on Facebook yet? It’s quite simple: mark all the mountains you’ve visited and see how you stack up against your friends. My list is pretty paltry, but we’re hoping to visit more of Colorado’s gems this season to see what they’re all about.
So many photos are taken everyday while skiing and snowboarding but there’s no good place to see any of them. Sure, the resorts themselves will re-post photos and put up some of their professional shots, and our friends may happen to post some photos the day of (or many days later). But what I’m interested […]
Here’s part 2 of the Snow Science series from Joel Gratz and OnTheSnow. This is something I’ve always been interested in: how much does it cost a resort to make snow? You have to wonder about the cost/benefit (economics) for someone like Arapahoe Basin and Loveland to make snow so early in the season. Or […]
If you haven’t seen Vail’s blog, they’ve done a great job posting photos and videos from the new “One” gondola construction throughout the summer and fall. If you weren’t aware: Vail built a new gondola to replace the Vista Bahn Express Lift (#16) in Vail Village for their 50th anniversary (treat yourself, right?). It has […]
Our pal Joel Gratz (of OpenSnow.com) and the folks at OnTheSnow have put together an excellent video explaining the science behind snowmaking and why resorts across North America need fake snow to keep the lifts turning. Guest appearances by Loveland and Beaver Creek.
Through the power of PR I’ve stumbled upon an interesting looking video app: Streamweaver. Simply invite a handful of nearby friends to capture the same moment and you can pull together the different points of view into one video. So, for example, you and a friend set up at the bottom of a jump and […]
Check out my latest guest post over at Buzz where I highlight some of the lesser known features of Instagram, foursquare, and EpicMix — my top three apps for tracking my season on the snow.