Story and photos by Ericka Kastner
As I write this, a full moon is rising and will shine overhead this evening. There’s no place I’d rather witness this orb of night than at the top of the Continental Divide.
Skiing
Equipment improves, but skier safety doesn’t
Brief by Allen Best
Skiing – September 2007 – Colorado Central Magazine
Jim Chalat is Colorado’s best-known lawyer in ski-related cases. He told The Denver Post recently that the ski slopes are not necessarily safer than they used to be.
Back to the basics? Or a new hustle?
Article by Allen Best
Skiing – January 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
AS BEST I CAN FIGURE, the story at Silverton is about how much sex you can have before you cease being a virgin. Aaron Brill professes near virginity with his new Silverton Mountain Ski Area, and if I sound skeptical, perhaps even cynical, maybe it’s because I haven’t been among those reporters who have trouped to this newfound Shangri-La of 50° slopes, 13,000-foot peaks, and just one lift.
Spirit of Snow, a film by Dave O’Leske
Review by Allen Best
Skiing – July 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
Spirit of Snow
A Film by Dave O’Leske
I never put on skis until I had twice voted in presidential elections, but I had voted yet a third time before I learned how to turn those skis. That was seminal. Now, 20 years deeper yet into life, I’ve turned skis often and count those days as being among life’s richest.
Ice Crusaders by Tom Wolf
Review by Allen Best
Skiing – May 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Ice Crusaders: A Memoir of Cold War and Cold Sport
by Tom Wolf
Published in 1999 by Roberts Rinehart Publishers
ISBN: 1570982562
Deep Powder Snow by Dolores LaChapelle
Review by Ken Wright
Skiing – March 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
Deep Powder Snow – 40 Years of Ecstatic Skiing, Avalanches, and Earth Wisdom
by Dolores LaChapelle
Published in 1993 by Kivaki Press
ISBN 1-882308-21-2
Can ski areas be all things to all people?
Article by Allen Best
Skiing – February 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
ADAM ARON went bonkers after a vodka company published an ad that lightly alluded to skier injuries. “There is nothing amusing about skier injuries,” said Aron, the CEO for Vail Resorts, an empire that now controls nearly 10% of the U.S. skier market.
Timing is everything, though.