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What Is Backcountry Skiing?
Okay, so you’ve heard of skiing. You’ve even heard of cross-country skiing. But backcountry skiing? As it turns out, the term isn’t very complicated. You see, backcountry skiing simply refers to a less-regulated form of skiing in which people go out into more wild areas and ski in unmarked areas. In essence, people are simply [...]
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Scouting for Ski Hills: Tips and Tricks
If you’re new to the sport of skiing, it goes without saying that you’ll want to find the right ski hill for you. The problem, of course, is that if you’re new to skiing, you don’t know what “the right ski hill for you” even means. Luckily, there are ways to find out what this [...]
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How Many Types of Skiing are There?
Snow Skiing originated over 5000 years ago in the Nordic regions of the planet. Initially invented as a method of transportation over the arctic snows, it evolved over the centuries through technological advancements and innovations in equipment. Currently, there are many skiing categories, and imagination is the only limitation of what creative skiers may invent [...]
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Finding the Right Ski Resort
Skiing and snowboarding are awesome fun, but they require a certain environment that can only be found in limited locations. Usually you will have a two of three choices of ski resorts, but how can you find the one that’s right for you? Are you looking solely based on its location, or are you looking [...]
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What Do the Winter Games Do To Ski Resorts?
If you’ve been exploring the possibility of taking a family vacation – or even a private vacation – at one of the world’s most renowned ski resorts, you might have noticed some of the different characteristics these top resorts have in common. Many are situated in well-known mountain ranges like the Alps or the Rockies, [...]
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How to Begin Snowboarding
Whether your inspiration was the X Games or just a long time desire, snowboarding is an interesting way to have fun that’s totally different than skiing. It’s debatable that snowboarding is much harder than skiing because of the way you have to hold your legs to balance is not as natural as it is with [...]
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Do Some Spring Skiing
For many it seems like the winter fun has just begun and it is suddenly over, especially for skiers. The good news is that just because winter is over it doesn’t mean that you have to hang up the skis. A lot of ski resorts have extended hours through April offering longer hours and deep [...]
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5 Tips to Take Your Child Skiing
While skiing is one of the most enjoyable experiences there is, it can also be fairly dangerous. So what do you do when you go to the ski resort with your family and you have a child? Well, you have more options than you think as there are plenty of things to do at a [...]
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What Type of Skier are You?
If you are into skiing then you should know what type of skier that you are. This is an important question because ski resorts label their slopes accordingly. Are you a beginner, an advanced skier, an expert, or the extreme skier? You might not think that it really matters but it does so that when [...]
