Ski touring

skied these mountains for most of my life. Taos Ski Valley is elevated 12,400 feet above sea level and receives on average, 300 inches of snow during the winter every year. Some of the most memorable times I’ve had at Taos were skiing down double black diamond runs waist deep in 40 inches of new snow fall. What makes Taos my favorite landscape is its tranquility and the memories I’ve created there with the people I love. The first day of the ski season feels like cows getting let out of the barn

In Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Jennifer Armstrong demonstrates the difficulties that Shackleton and two of his men encounterd. To begin, Shackleton and his men traveled from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island. Facing many difficulties of the ocean, they finally arrived at the Island. However, they sensed that they were not the only three people present on the island. More shockingly, they also were not the only people who have clutched this fourth presence. Instead of continuing

Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald most commonly performed the song Moonlight Vermont. Karl Sussdorf and John M. Blackburn wrote the song in 1944. The song lyrics are, “Pennies in a stream, Falling leaves a sycamore, Moonlight in Vermont, Gentle figner waves, Ski trails down a mountain side, Snowlight in Vermont, Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway and they travel each bend in the road, And when people meet, in this romantic setting they’re so hypnotized by the lovely Evening summer breeze, sweet warblings

seventy-five” feeling you get lounging on a beach. No matter what the season, the excursions are limitless, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming is the ideal place to experience it all. Clear blue skies, a fresh coat of powder blanketed across the mountain, my two skis carving through the snow, and a frigid winter wind burning against my face. This may not sound ideal to most, but for me, it’s the perfect vacation. I have made countless trips to Wyoming

shoveling. However, there is a group of people who thrive during these frozen winter months. They are known as skiers. The dictionary definition of downhill , or alpine, skiing is simply “the sport or recreation of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings.” Does that do skiers justice? As a dedicated skier, I think that definition is insulting. There is so much more to skiing than just standing on some pieces of metal and plastic. Some people think of skiers as bums who like

that skiers use is ski wax. This wax helps the skiers to control how their skies perform under certain conditions. The type of ski wax depends on the type of snow they will encounter while skiing. Chemicals in some wax help skis go smoother down the mountains. The wax repels water that is on the skis as they go down the snow. On the other hand, cross country skiers must go uphill as well as down hill, so their wax has to grip the snow while going uphill. There are two formulas for ski wax, one that makes

You look out across the mountains, taking in the amazing sunset as it reflects off the snow. You are filled with adrenaline and excitement, but you are also relaxed, mind free of any worries. Then you take off, flying down the mountain, and its just you and the slope. And when you get to the bottom, you get back on the lift, ready to do it all again. That’s what skiing is like for me, and I hope to convince all of you to attempt to find that same state of euphoria. There are a multitude of reasons

Russians, and Altay Mountain folk that were using some form of skis to travel vast distances and hunt; thus skiing was a way of survival. It wasn’t until about the 1860’s that Americans in Sierra Nevada started to use skis to race and have fun. After that, well the rest is history- skiing is now a significant leisure activity around the world. However, there are important points in the history of skiing that made a considerable difference in the ski world we know today. It is still being debated where skiing

In this advertisement, Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort combines a thought-provoking rhetorical question with an image that evokes both adventure and tranquility in order to appeal to experienced skiers who feel that skiing is an important element of their identity and lifestyle. The quote used is more than just a rhetorical question to the audience, it makes them consider how skiing is ingrained in their personality. If skiing was taken away from them they would not feel complete as a person, almost

A ride coming to a park near you. When you first approach the ride you walk into a mining elevator. The elevator shakes as you slowly approach the top of the gigantic mountain. Maybe you'll even hear the screech of a Yeti.You suddenly come to a halting stop. As the doors slowly open you walk through small dirt and rock tunnels in the mountain until you reach the tip of the mountain. You go out a door onto a deck which you get into a line of the minecarts (roller coaster seats).Looking down everyone