Month-by-Month with the Brave Ski Mom: August
All busy moms (and dads) need checklists. August is a busy month (name a month that isn’t??) at our house. Even though we are feeling bittersweet about going back to school, the air feels a bit cooler...
View ArticleSki Passes: Can A Brave Ski Mom Have Too Many?
Last ski season, we over-passed. Some people overeat, some over-sleep, we over-passed. We over-passed out of fear of under-passing.
View ArticleGetting Schooled: Kids’ Ski Passes
The Brave Ski Mom strategy for kids’ ski passes is similar to the adult strategy: figure out how many days you want to ski, where you want to ski and get the best deal (see Wednesday, August 25)....
View ArticleMonth-By-Month with The Brave Ski Mom: September
All busy moms (and dads) need checklists. September is the most beautiful month of the year, in my opinion. The kids are back in school and the weather is perfect for biking, hiking and running. It is...
View ArticleMulti-Mountain Ski Passes Offer Value (and Cry Out “Road Trip”)
My, what a difference two years makes. This time, two years ago, I was creating a rather fanciful decision tree to help skiers decide how many ski passes to buy. At that time, I was a big fan of...
View ArticleTight Turns: EpicMix Racing, Liftopia Update and One Horn Tooting
New This Winter: EpicMix Racing This season, Vail Resorts is replacing NASTAR with EpicMix Racing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Northstar. It’s a big blow to NASTAR. In...
View ArticleKick Off Ski Season With A “Mystery” Giveaway
What Will You Win? Gift cards, product samples and more from Mountain Khakis, Liftopia, VISA, Hestra, PortaSki, Helmet Huggers and FOSY Originals. Later this week, the calendar will mark a change from...
View ArticleWhy It’s Good to Be A 5th Grader
My sons, like most kids, are all about growing up. They want to be older, taller, able to do more things and go more places independently. Once they graduated grade school, they deemed it “the worst.”...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Look Forward to the Coming Ski Season
If you’re like me, you probably already have a very long list of reasons why you’re looking forward to ski season. Or maybe your list is super short, starting with “skiing” and ending with “skiing” (or...
View ArticleColorado Skiing’s North Stars: Eldora Mountain Resort
On March 8, International Women’s Day, I went skiing with women, a bunch of women, about 80-90 women, on the final day of a multi-week women’s program at Eldora Mountain Resort. It was also the final...
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