LA Times has a
package of
articles covering some of the best winter destinations in the state and beyond. My favorites are mentioned:
Tahoe and
Mammoth.
It’s a simple, but excellent little guide that gives you the run down of what all the resorts offer, as well as
Web Cams,
Dining and
Events.
For example, Mammoth is hosting the Vans Unbound Freestyle Championship. Bookmark ths baby as you make your sinter
ski plans.
Even though the vast majority of stuff posted over at sister site
Luxist is way out of our spending range, it’s always interesting to see what they find. Here’s
an interesting post on the
Tempter House in Telluride, a $5000 per
night lodge that, resting at 12,000 feet will have you gasping for air as you grab your wallet. Forget driving your SUV
there, guests are instead chauffeured on a snowmobile up the to the resort, and once yo’re there, you will be swaddled
in sybaritic luxury.
Leather couches (Corithian leather, perhaps?), a fully stocked bar, a 36 inch flat screen TV, pool tables, steam
rooms, hot tubs, fire places…somethiiing right out of a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story.
I’ve been keeping my eyes open for a site that has the full listings for ski areas on the East Coast, so that I can
find a good weekend and get up to do some skiing or snowboarding. I’ll make an awful confession right here. After six
years on the East Coast, I’ve hardly skied a day out here. Every year I head West to the glorious slopes of Utah or
California (Mammoth or Tahoe) to get my ski fix. But this year, I think I’m going to make a major effort to get to
Vermont, or New Hampshire. And so
this page in the
Phillly Inquirer does a reasonable job letting you know what areas are around, what their V is, the number of
trails, lifts and so on. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to provide the amount of snow on the ground, and for that I head to
Alpine Zone, which breaks out similar info by state. The only
problem is that you have to do a lot more clicking around.
Davis, West Virginia may not be your ski destination of choice this year, but
there are several
reasons to consider the quiet and quaint little place.
Mens Journal named it one of the “10 Coolest Mountain Towns” in North America
and with 150-plus annual inches of snow, residents who were surprised about the amount of visitors who didn’t know
about their town in the past will surely be surprised when they start flocking to Davis. The area which is located
at the edge of the highest mountain valley east of the Rockies, a 14-by-3-mile trough claims to be a pretty happening
place for an urban refugee.
Mostly due to it’s lack of shops which is limited to antique shops, an art gallery, herb shop, and gourmet
food shop. Davis isn’t a place to go to be overwhelmed by the mountain, snow, or flashy high-end ski shops.
It’s the kind of mountain town you to go that makes you feel like home away from home while providing enough snow for
memorable ski experiences.
Here we are, the season has hadly begun and already we’ve got missing snowboarders.
At least this one was found. At Keystone today, 31 year-old John Ryan,
who went
missing on Wednesday, was found. He survived by building a shelter for himself and was remarkably close to
civilization when he was discovered.
Let’e be careful this year folks. Beware of avalanche dangers, bring your beacons and cell phones.