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Deer Valley, The Gold Standard in Skiing
<p>Since its first days, <a href="http://www.deervalley.com" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Deer Valley</a> has been synonymous with the finest of everything resort skiing has to offer. From gold-plated faucets in the restrooms to pristine grooming on the slopes, it is almost impossible to come away from a day of skiing there without a gleaming Ultrabright smile on your face. Even among skiers who have traveled the world looking for the most gnarly off-piste terrain on the planet, Deer Valley gets enthusiastic high marks for being such a unique, high quality experience. When there is deep powder to be had, the high speed lifts and lack of crowds guarantee you will get all you can eat. If it hasn’t snowed for a while, get ready to dig into the daily house-special: miles of velvety corduroy grooming.</p><p>Deer Valley has always been known as one of the most expensive resorts in the U.S., but that’s changing. This hasn’t occurred because they have lowered their prices, but because many other resorts have raised their ticket prices to the point that Deer Valley, at $86 for a full-day pass, is in line or less than resorts like Vail ($98), Park City ($86) or Sun Valley ($82). A major difference with Deer Valley is that once you are there and have a ticket, everything from parking to assistance carrying your skis (important if you have kids), to mountain tours is included so you are not constantly pulling out your wallet to pay for incidentals.</p><p><a href="http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/deer-valley-the-gold-standard-in-skiing">read more</a></p> |
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Skiing Utah's Park City
<p>For such a small ski town, there is a lot of confusion surrounding Park City, Utah. First off, there is the city of Park City, then a ski resort named the Park City Mountain Resort, which is commonly referred to as “Park City”, and its neighboring resort, Deer Valley, which adjoins the Park City Mountain Resort although you can’t ski between the two, and finally there is The Canyons ski resort, which is not technically in the township of Park City, but in general terms is considered part of the Park City skiing experience. During the Sundance Film Festival or the peak holiday weekends, Park City becomes No Parking City and as a final linguistic twist, there is a Park City City Park in the middle of town.</p><p><a href="http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/skiing-utahs-park-city">read more</a></p> |
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Art Wolfe Photographs the Southern Ocean and South Georgia Island
<p><span>In this episode of <a href="http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/travels-to-the-edge-with-art-wolfe">Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe</a>, Art visits one of the earth’s most extreme environments — The Southern Ocean boarder Antarctica, and South Georgia Island. Known as the Antarctic Oasis, South Georgia is a haven for wildlife from the region, including albatross, king penguins, various species of seals, including elephant seals. But most striking is the landscape in this wild place. For anyone interested in adventure in pristine environments, South Georgia Island delivers. Art’s images tell a story of nature at its wildest</span>. <a href="http://www.greatoutdoors.com/video/art-wolfe-previews-the-southern-ocean-and-south-georgia-island">See Art's video introduction to this episode. </a></p> |
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Art Wolfe Previews The Southern Ocean and South Georgia Island
<p>As part of his ongoing collaboration with GreatOutdoors.com, photographer <a target="_blank" href="http://artwolfe.com/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Art Wolfe</a> previews another segment from his award-winning PBS series, <a target="_blank" href="http://travelstotheedge.com/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Travels to the Edge</a> with Art Wolfe. This time, Art takes us to the remote Southern Ocean on the edges of Antarctica, and South Georgia Island.</p><p> </p> |
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Olympic Hopefuls - Methow Valley USSA Super Tour
<p>Two weeks have gone by since the nation’s elite sprinters, skate and classical skiers, competed at the Official 2009 US Cross Country Ski Championships (Dec. 31-Jan. 9th) in Anchorage, Alaska. Around 500 competitors made the journey in hopes of realizing their athletic dreams at arguably the most important domestic races of the season. Given the timing and proximity to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the Nationals would typically be the final punctuation in helping U.S. coaches determine who makes the U.S. Olympic team, but last weekend (Jan. 16-17th) there was one more event that could impact the results of hopefuls.</p> <p>Providing the perfect final tune-up, the Methow Valley USSA Super Tour offered one last chance to lay down on the line years of focused training before the world descends on Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics. The Methow stop, one of eight in a nationwide race circuit, that provides skiers the opportunity to compete for cash prizes and series points; with the many complexities involved in choosing the U.S. team — the fact that the Olympics are in Canada this year opens up the possibility for a larger contingent from the U.S. team, the Methow race could be what puts some skiers over the top for getting the nod.</p> <p>“We kind of lucked out securing this date,” MVSTA event director Kristen Smith said. “This is the last time the athletes will do a major race before they start to taper and get ready for (the Olympics). “The team will be chosen primarily on Monday (Jan. 18),” Smith said</p> <p>Leading Saturday's sprinting charge, two-time Olympian Torin Koos of Leavenworth, Wa. put his signature on the race while mixing it up with other hopefuls such as 2006 U.S. Olympians Leif Zimmerman and Chris Cook, 2006 Canadian Olympian Drew Goldsack, Kenyan Olympic hopeful Philip Boit, and Iranian Olympic hopeful Beejan Kangaloo.</p><p><a href="http://www.greatoutdoors.com/blogs/gordys/20100118/olympic-hopefuls-methow-valley-ussa-super-tour">read more</a></p> |
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