ski Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/ski/ One more mountain line Sat, 18 Jan 2020 08:56:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thesnowalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Snowalker-logo-mountain-bw-2-1-32x32.jpg ski Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/ski/ 32 32 90835253 The Blizzard of Aaahh´s – How the underground rebels saved skiing in the 80´s. https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/09/03/the-blizzard-of-aaahhs-how-the-underground-rebels-saved-skiing-in-the-80s/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/09/03/the-blizzard-of-aaahhs-how-the-underground-rebels-saved-skiing-in-the-80s/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:01:06 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1654 It´s a cold winter day in 1988 and our gym teacher has decided that instead of playing outdoor ice hockey we would watch a movie instead. The class is packed with runny-nosed 15-year-old kids watching skeptically as the moustache wearing middle-aged ski coach sets up the VHS system. It takes […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/09/03/the-blizzard-of-aaahhs-how-the-underground-rebels-saved-skiing-in-the-80s/feed/ 0 1654 Review: Salomon S/Lab Shift MNC binding https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:25:36 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1087 Photo: Amer Sports/Salomon The S/Lab Shift MNC hybrid binding has been one of the most talked about ski equipment releases of the 2018/19 season. There has been so much interest toward the binding that Salomon pro skier Cody Townsend had to tell people just before the turn of the year […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/feed/ 0 1087 Climate Change and the Future of Ski Resorts https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/12/01/climate-change-and-the-future-of-ski-resorts/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/12/01/climate-change-and-the-future-of-ski-resorts/#respond Sat, 01 Dec 2018 05:46:39 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=840 28 December 2017: Koli National Park, Finland   It should be a busy ski day after the Christmas holidays, but the lifts and cross-country trails remain closed. The Koli ski resort has given an official warning to stay out of the surrounding forests due to the heavy loads of frozen […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/12/01/climate-change-and-the-future-of-ski-resorts/feed/ 0 840 On the Myoko Express https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/11/09/on-the-myoko-express/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/11/09/on-the-myoko-express/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:46:17 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=244 After spending a sleepless night in a hotel situated in the middle of Kabukicho´s red light district in Shinjuku we headed for the busy Tokyo Station. Sleep-deprived, we pulled our ski bags through a constant stream of people trying to read the signs written mostly in Japanese. In the end we managed to find […]

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