Articles on Skiing
The articles below have appeared in previous newsletters or
on our web site, and have been
archived here due to their popularity and/or usefulness, for future
reference.
SAFETY
1.
Vision for 21st
Century (PDF: 186K)
Word, 775 KB
Letter to ski areas. Promoting Turning
skills.
2.
Six Slices of Safety Hexagon - or -
Safety Hexagon
condensed version - The 6 facets of safety.
3.
Avalanches -
learn about them, learn to recognize the conditions that put you at risk.
4.
Safety in powder
- Powder skiing precautions, + Call for more trees at ski areas.
5.
Orange cones for
practicing turning skills - What we've learned by trying it.
6.
Obstacle
courses for turning skills - a variety of approaches to encourage
controlled turns.
7.
Reckless
skiing - Mt. Hood Meadows spreads awareness & gets tough on reckless
skiing.
8.
Safety bar on
chairlifts - Lower the bar. Stay safe.
9.
Danger: Slick
Rain Bags - Real examples of injuries from plastic bags on the slopes.
RACING
1.
Picking the
Best Line - How to carve the quickest line through racing gates.
TRAVEL
1.
Passports - How to get one.
2.
Oregon Ski
areas - (Ski Oregon Challenge) The 12 main Oregon ski areas, photos,
descriptions.
3.
Washington Ski areas - (Ski Washington Challenge). Photos, descriptions,
diary.
4.
Ski Safaris -
Road trips. See
& ski the world! 60 ski areas within driving
distance! Map included.
5.
Canada Ski Safari 1 -
Okanagan. Detailed trip plan, based on the 2003 - 2006 trips.
(15 pages, large PDF file - 1.3 MB - Abt. 1 - 3 minutes download time).
6. Canada Ski
Safari 2 - Kootenays, the Columbia River valley. The newer, longer trip,
including Revelstoke, Kicking Horse, Panorama, Kimberley, Fernie.
7.
Canada Ski Safari 2005/06
- Photos from the 6-day road trip.
8.
Canada Ski
Safari 2006/07 - Experiences and impressions of the Dec. 2006 ski
safari.
9.
Tips for Skiing in Canada - Some
useful tips and ideas, re. passport, money matters, & skiing.
10.
French Alps 2006: Val d'Isere -
A week in the French Alps. Ooh-la-la!
11.
Idaho Adventure bus trip (2006) -
Tamarack and Brundage Mt. (ID), plus Anthony Lakes (OR).
12.
Crystal Mountain, WA bus trip
(2005). Photos and description of the trip.
13.
Big Mountain Train trip (2005).
Our 4-day trip via AMTRAK to the slopes of Big Mountain.
14.
High on
Adventure - Collection of interesting first-hand account articles on
Western ski areas.
LOCAL LORE
1.
Mt Hood Trivia - Did you
know all this about Mt. Hood?
2.
NW Snowsport Advocates
- Get involved. Help you local ski area!
EQUIPMENT
1.
Shaped Skis Hype - Were
skis ever straight?
2.
In Search of the Perfect Ski Watch -
Compare features and prices. Contact manufacturers.
3.
Radios - Is anyone out there -
Tips for using radios on the slopes.
4.
Chains and Traction Tires
- Will you have to chain up or not?
TECHNOLOGY (Photos,
Videos, Cameras,
Computers, the Internet)
1.
Web Search Engines - Finding a ski
club using an internet search.
2.
How to Prepare/Post
Photos & Videos for our web site / newsletter. Same in
Word .DOC.
HUMOR
1.
Drinks and Personalities
- A bit of humor. What your drink reveals about you.
2.
Snow Shoveling
Scam - beware of this pair of scammers!
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