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For the Love of Skiing
Spring Skiing At It’s Finest
Some of the best ski days of the season are in the spring. No crowds, sunny weather and the need to ski your brains out because you know the ski season is soon coming to an end. After parking the truck this morning right up near the lodge, I stepped out to a 29...
First Rule of Skiing – Falling is Good
Falling and learning how to fall, are two of the most important activities while learning how to ski. While most kids (and adults) typically base the success of their day skiing by the number of times they fall, i.e. the lower the number the better, I focus on the...
Cascade Ski Club – Our Little Slice of Heaven
Headed home from the mountain after a long day of the best sport in the world, skiing! Tired and don’t want to drive home? You aren’t alone. But wait! There’s an answer! Cascade Ski Club, of course! What is CSC, you ask? Well, it’s our local before and après ski lodge, a skier’s dream!
The Fairy Tales Are True! Peter Pan Is a Skier
In The Words of Peter Pan, To Ski Is An Awfully Big Adventure. As skiers, we crave the adrenaline rush and the wind blowing our faces. We crave being free and not tied to the ball and chain of society’s norms. We crave being so utterly consumed by skiing that we forget our problems and just live exactly in the moment.
Should I Teach My Kid How to Ski or Put Him in a Lesson? Advice from a Parent/Instructor
So your kids are finally ready to learn to ski? It’s every ski parent’s dream to pass on their love and passion of skiing to their kids. The day quickly arrives when your child wants to learn to ski, which then begs the question, should I teach my kid how to ski or put him in a lesson?
The Skier’s Drought, The Plight of Die Hard Skiers in a Snow Starved Ski Season
For most skiers, slogging through a low snow ski season is something we’ve all experienced from time to time, not happily of course, but what choice do we have. After the record snow fall that the Pacific Northwest had last season, I was afraid Ullr (the old Norse God of Winter) would decide to take this season off.
Welcome to NW Skibum!
Hello! Welcome to NWSkiBum.com! The primary objective of our new blog is to help spread the love and joy of skiing. We hope that you will join us on our journey as we build and expand our blog to include skiing history, stories from old timers, product reviews, resort reviews, photography, videos, ski instruction, interviews with locals and much more.