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on our web site, and have been
archived here due to their popularity and/or usefulness, for future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.
 Fit
to Ski: ACL
Protection
- Chapter from a book by Carl Petersen, physiotherapist and
fitness coach for the Canadian Olympic ski team. More info at:
www.fit2ski.com.
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.
NW Ski Challenge
- Oregon, Washington, & Idaho. David Schor's diary of visiting them all!
5.
Ski Safaris
-
Road trips. See
& ski the world! 60 ski areas within driving
distance! Map included.
6.
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).
7. Canada Ski
Safari 2 - Kootenays, the Columbia River valley. The newer, longer trip,
including Revelstoke, Kicking Horse, Panorama, Kimberley, Fernie.
8.
Canada Ski Safari 2005/06
- Photos from the 6-day road trip.
9.
Canada Ski
Safari 2006/07 - Experiences and impressions of the Dec. 2006 ski
safari.
10.
Tips for Skiing in Canada - Some
useful tips and ideas, re. passport, money matters, & skiing.
11.
French Alps 2006: Val d'Isere
-
A week in the French Alps. Ooh-la-la!
12.
Idaho Adventure bus trip (2006) -
Tamarack and Brundage Mt. (ID), plus Anthony Lakes (OR).
13.
Crystal Mountain, WA bus trip
(2005). Photos and description of the trip.
14.
Big Mountain Train trip (2005).
Our 4-day trip via AMTRAK to the slopes of Big Mountain.
16.
High on
Adventure - Collection of interesting first-hand account articles on
Western ski areas.
LOCAL LORE & LOCAL ISSUES
1.
Mt Hood Trivia
- Did you
know all this about Mt. Hood?
2.
NW Snowsport Advocates
- Get involved. Help you local ski area!
3.
Forest Service proposal to decommission roads around Mt. Hood (maps
included).
4.
Mt. Hood
National Park. Introduction, overview, and what it could be like.
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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