2024-04-28 12:13
This weekend, as we were having breakfast, the Bee Gees’ 1977 disco song “Stayin’ Alive” was playing, and it reminded us that this should be our first and foremost co… Read More
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Go 11 ...skiing with both skis pointing straight down, going "schuss", life is far too short to make trivial turns!
Somehow find that finite balance between courage, audacity and looming danger...
2024-04-27 12:05
Each year, we make a point to go and see the lampoon of all things Park City at the historic Egyptian Theater on Main Street. The Follies are starring an all local cast and consist of a paro… Read More
2024-04-26 12:15
On Tuesday, I was reading a strange first-page story in the Washington Post about what happened on March 21, 2023, to the Colorado-born Emily Franciose, a senior at a pricey Swiss boarding s… Read More
2024-04-25 20:22
Today was the Supreme Court’s hearing Donald Trump’s claim that the federal charges accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election must be thrown out because he is immune… Read More
2024-04-24 12:03
Some 39 years ago, my wife and I paid a visit to Park City together in order to look for a house to buy. It was my spouse’s first visit to the area. For some strange reasons and o… Read More
2024-04-23 13:10
Not only was yesterday Earth Day, but it was the last day for skiing in Park City. Since I’m not one to miss closing day, I was there and did all my turns plus some, to conclude my 71s… Read More
2024-04-22 12:04
Today is Earth Day, and it’s one of the year’s most important celebrations to me. I love and appreciate the planet upon which I stand, and I feel that it deserves all the tender… Read More
2024-04-21 12:12
My wife loves skiing but doesn’t enjoy having her feet prisoner of her ski boots. Her relationship with that stiff footwear has never been idyllic. Things like cold feet to which women… Read More
2024-04-20 12:16
When I meditate these days, I believe that I am managing to connect
with the cosmic energy each and every time. The results, in terms of
intensity and perceived benefits vary with each ind… Read More
2024-04-19 13:45
Personally, I believe that there is a some kind of force or energy in the universe or the cosmos. I have no facts or proofs to support my belief, but the intense, tumultuous and continued ac… Read More
2024-04-18 21:23
Since 1958, back in Sun Valley, Idaho, when Ed Scott, launched an aluminum ski pole to replace good old bamboo, change has always been the order of the day. In 1970, the firm entered the mot… Read More
2024-04-17 12:07
As Tesla just announced the lay off of more than 10% of its global workforce, Elon Musk is explaining away that he’s “Preparing the company for its next phase of growth, and… Read More
2024-04-16 19:05
How should resorts promote skiing? Seemingly by attracting unlikely customers that are spooked by the perception – also a dire reality – that skiing is a sport for the ultra-rich… Read More
2024-04-15 12:08
In the United States, Tax Day is when individual income tax returns must be submitted to the federal government and since 1955, Tax Day has typically fallen on or just after April 15. U… Read More
2024-04-14 12:01
The other afternoon as we happened to be coming home and while standing in our driveway, a neighbor stopped by, asked me how many days I had skied this season and told us he a great day of p… Read More
2024-04-14 11:50
What do you see? A chairlift running with two passengers sitting in a chair? How was it filmed? What do you really see? Write your answers in the comments section, thanks… Read More
2024-04-13 12:11
Like with cats, it’s not easy to herd deer, especially after a long Park City winter. They love to loiter in subdivisions, feast on fancy trees or shrubs and leave the homeowner with t… Read More
2024-04-12 12:03
This week will have been almost entirely consumed looking for the origin of a leak that has messed up everything contained inside the closet, under our kitchen sink. Nothing glorious or exci… Read More
2024-04-11 12:19
At Park City Mountain, Jupiter’s old chairlift and original terrain remain iconic of skiing of the past. The lift is slow, the area isolated and even though it sits at the top of our l… Read More
2024-04-10 12:11
Recently, we suffered a leak inside our water purification system that, while being a minor incident, created some major havoc in our household since the time it happened on Saturday when my… Read More
2024-04-09 20:37
As people get older, their limbs get much stiffer and for skiers it can be hard to bend over to put on and take off ski boots, not to mention exerting sufficient force to be able to buckle u… Read More
2024-04-09 20:34
Today was a big day in America with a total eclipse running on a narrow band between Maine and coastal Mexico. It attracted thousands of people who traveled to be in its path, contribut… Read More
2024-04-07 12:08
Recently, I learned of a recent study by researchers Daniel Scott and Robert Steiger who claim that climate change is creating major damage to the American ski industry. Nothing unexpected… Read More
2024-04-06 12:27
If this may sound like bragging to you, so be it, I feel that at my age, I’m entitled to boast every now and then! On Thursday, I skied the Super Condor hill for about three and a… Read More
2024-04-05 12:01
Who are we really? Some of us are fine carpenters, other supreme chefs, great journalists and for me, I’m just a skier.
Yeah, I’m the quintessential skier. I could have turned d… Read More
2024-04-04 12:04
When I’m looking into the future, I realize that aging isn’t gentle for most people as desires, plans for the future and eagerness to create and undertake seem to diminish at an… Read More
2024-04-03 12:01
I just finished reading “The Climate Book” not quite authored by the young environmental activist Greta Thunberg, but rather by a collection of thought and opinions gathered from… Read More
2024-04-02 12:10
On Saturday night, I received a notice from Tesla that another update for my car’s software was ready. As I always do, I downloaded it and on Easter morning I received a message that I… Read More
2024-04-01 13:39
With a great snow year in Park City are coming signs of worsening winter conditions that don’t bode well for the future of skiing. Frequent “Atmospheric Rivers” as well as… Read More
2024-03-31 12:06
Since the mid nineties, we’ve made bananas part of our daily breakfast. I personally crush them every morning and that way, we find them most delicious! It’s fair to say that we… Read More
2024-03-30 12:02
At long last, I skied my age on Thursday, March 28! Last year, I reached 75 days on March 3, but that was the greatest ski year I ever had since living in Park City. Yesterday was a terrible… Read More
2024-03-29 17:51
Since about 2010, when I got a Gopro camera, I have produced many ski videos, first placing the camera on top of my helmet, then moving it to a more stable location over my chest and have sh… Read More
2024-03-29 17:47
Vail Resorts does it again! On Tuesday, I stayed stuck for one full hour on Tombstone, one of their six person chairlifts without knowing what was going on. After more than 30 minutes of wai… Read More
2024-03-27 12:01
A few days ago, following a substantially new snowfall, I was sitting on the chairlift, next to a young man equipped with a strange pair of skis. Long, wide and with what could be called a … Read More
2024-03-26 11:57
My wife and I often see interesting things during our morning walks. Yesterday, I was first to spot a skier waiting for the shuttle and ready to ski the new powder that had fallen overnight… Read More
2024-03-25 12:03
Following a short-lived spring skiing season intermission, Mr. Winter is back at it again and has returned to Park City for at least the next two weeks according to the weather forecast.&nbs&hell…Read More
2024-03-24 14:42
Today, as we were walking, a van passed with the markings “Stunt Puppy” and I said to my wife, this must be a company that sell remote training collars to give dog owners with th… Read More
2024-03-22 23:06
For those who believe in nothing or aren’t following what’s going on
in Christian America, the Rapture is an eschatological position, meaning
a view of the last things, like im… Read More
2024-03-22 12:07
Last year (2023) was a record hot year for our planet, and so far, with some very warm weather all around the northern hemisphere it could very well be that 2024 continues this worrying tren… Read More
2024-03-21 21:06
Yesterday was a special day. On Tuesday, Dave, a neighbor, had suggested I join him to climb and ski “Pinecone”, an out-of-bound ridge in the Jupiter area of Park City. I hesitat… Read More
2024-03-20 12:08
It’s true that for people of my generation we were just taught about subjects like math, science, history, and language, but not much about emotional management that wasn’t even… Read More
2024-03-19 21:07
Since this past weekend, Park City skiing has switched to Spring mode, including warmer sun and bluebird days. To top it all, today is the first day of Spring! I’ve been skiing with my… Read More
2024-03-18 12:00
Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of moving into our new home, the 4th in Park City and perhaps the last one, but who really can tell? Do we still like the house we’re in now?… Read More
2024-03-17 12:09
Whether it's because we are in a bind, taken by surprise or angry or otherwise emotional, asking a question might often be the best way to get unstuck and literally, turn a bad situation aro… Read More
2024-03-16 12:03
When I was a young kid, I must admit that I mostly was attracted by modernism, fast cars, airplanes and tall buildings. It’s only when I traveled to the USA in 1971, that I discov… Read More
2024-03-15 12:11
With the warmest winter on record so far in the United States, and with snow shifting to much higher elevation in the Alps, ski aficionados have good reasons to worry. In fact, since 1990, t… Read More
2024-03-14 12:07
The war between Israel and Gaza has been the occasion for certain folks to be labeled as “antisemitic”, including myself on the account of my various blogs. Yet, both Jews a… Read More
2024-03-13 12:07
I sincerely believe that Biden is dead wrong in his support of Israel and his weak handling of Netanyahu. Still I believe all Americans that are a tiny bit intelligent or more, should hold t… Read More
2024-03-12 14:27
Last Sunday, we rode the chairlift with a young man who had just skied for 3 days and told us he had just skied down a black run. I realized where he went down and even though the difficult… Read More
2024-03-11 20:07
Park City finally got some decent snow in January and February in spite of a rather warm winter. While we observe a lowest temperature of -11 degrees Farenheit last winter, we only registere… Read More
2024-03-10 12:11
Following his “retirement” last October, allegedly in a dispute over having freedom to work with his own sponsors, Braathen just announced his surprising return to alpine skiing… Read More
2024-03-09 13:09
On Thursday night, Joe Biden didn’t miss a beat and was able to forcibly turn his State of the Union address into a great campaign speech by hitting hard on Trump and its party’s… Read More
2024-03-08 13:10
A good way to illustrate or explain the foot sensation that should happen when a skier initiates carving, is to imagine a small “pedal” on the inside of each ski boot that is dep… Read More
2024-03-07 13:16
When I was a kid, I was all but disciplined and it created a lot of unbearable anguish for myself. Then, as a teenager, I discovered discipline and I developed a liking for it as it cured my… Read More
2024-03-06 13:09
A “canted” ski slope refers to the sideways tilt of a ski slope, which can affect the skier's balance and edge control when it’s been skied on. This kind of slope is a… Read More
2024-03-05 13:06
This past Sunday was cold, very windy, super cloudy and yet, I decided to go skiing for a few hours in the afternoon. Since it was the weekend, I didn’t take a chance and rode the… Read More
2024-03-04 15:56
It all began with a power outage this past Friday night. We were expecting a big snowstorm for the weekend and its was so windy that it might have caused us to lose power around 9 pm as we… Read More
2024-03-03 13:02
I try not to take skiing for granted. We’re lucky we live in a great ski resort, just five minutes from its slopes and we can ski whenever we feel like or when the weather is too nice… Read More
2024-03-02 17:52
Israel is a rich nation, with a gross domestic product around $50,000 per capita (more than Canada or Germany). So, why should the US further fund Israel to the tune of $3.3 billion annually… Read More
2024-03-01 13:10
Around mid-February, I wrote Mitt Romney, the best of our two Utah Senator, asking him to intervene and have the US tap into the more than $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets… Read More
2024-02-29 12:54
There is no question in my mind that if trumpism is a cult, we should all endeavor to “deprogram” our fellow trumpists, but that appears to be a heavy and difficult task. In stud… Read More
2024-02-28 13:10
Sometimes I tell myself there has to be more than charisma and admiration for Trump as his die-hard supporters keep on sticking with this horrible man. I think to myself “It’s j… Read More
2024-02-27 16:04
As I watched the men’s world cup ski race in California last weekend, I was struck by how most racers had a hard time adapting to Western US soft snow after a full season of racing on… Read More
2024-02-26 12:57
If there is something I’m quite certain is about my own mortality, meaning by this, my potential lack of eternity. I don’t buy the concept that body and mind are separated and on… Read More
2024-02-25 13:07
Each day, as I wake up, I love to discover what’s new and exciting by listening to NPR, my favorite source of news and I’m quickly reminded how bad and rotten our world is. Naval… Read More
2024-02-24 13:12
One would think that after Navalny’s death, Putin’s enemy are on the warpath and scheming to eliminate the Russian dictator. Fortunately for the latter he is both extremely prude… Read More
2024-02-23 15:32
A good old friend of mine who is no longer a baby but is brand new to the internet and some of its unreliable contents said that he heard from different sources that our planet might be cool… Read More
2024-02-23 15:30
Today, I’m talking about the sport of skiing and how important sight is when we’re on the slopes. The ideal situation being of course a “blue-bird day” where every si… Read More
2024-02-21 13:10
As age forces its way and its limitations on us, one might wonder if those of us who make timely adjustments are smarter or simply more attuned with self-knowledge and with their environment… Read More
2024-02-20 13:13
In winter, skiing and snow removal are parts and parcels of our daily lives. Some winters more than others, but in any case, the two activities remain front and center, as long as the snow k… Read More
2024-02-19 23:42
Faced with the refusal of our MAGA-Republican representative in Congress to allow a vote on helping Ukraine, it would seem that the next logical step, or “Plan B”, is for the US… Read More
2024-02-18 13:07
Yesterday, I happened to be riding the chairlift with what seemed to be a fairly young man to me (maybe between 30 or 40) and he was explaining to me how he was riding his snowboard through… Read More
2024-02-17 13:11
We’ve decided to call the female deer that lives next to our garden “Bérangère”. That name originates from the German “Beringari”, whose roots &ld&hell…Read More
2024-02-16 20:51
A few nights ago, I had that fascinating dream involving myself inside an airplane where I had just discovered a section of the aircraft outfitted with real, comfortable beds. Since it appea… Read More
2024-02-15 14:35
Whenever we travel to Salt Lake City, we love to shop at Trader Joe’s and wish we had a store like it in Park City. We particularly appreciate their cheese offering, that is both varie… Read More
2024-02-14 13:06
Since I claim to keep on learning something new the longer I ski, and since we are half-way in the ski season, this stands as a good opportunity to take stock of where I am in my learning pr… Read More
2024-02-13 13:02
Going skiing is one thing, but returning home is a whole different kettle of fish, even on a Friday afternoon, when I had to get out of Park City Mountain’s parking areas. This fo… Read More
2024-02-12 13:05
We must have been living under a rock ever since we moved to America in 1977 to ignore the sect imagined by Claude “Raël” Vorilhon and celebrated its 50th birthday by becom… Read More
2024-02-11 18:25
Our next US presidential election is scheduled for November 5, 2024. On that date, Trump would be 78 years old and Biden would be 82. I don’t like it at all. Of course, I’d… Read More
2024-02-10 13:03
Currently, I am faced with a complicated situation with many moving parts and that is in fact hard to sort out. I first asked myself: “Wouldn’t it be nice to have access to… Read More
2024-02-09 15:23
Yesterday was a short ski day for me, but what a fun one! I went out between 1:30 and 3:30 pm and did a lot of runs I particularly craved, but had not skied yet this season. Skiing unde… Read More
2024-02-08 13:06
These weeks seem to see a return to the series of atmospheric rivers that were so prevailing last year and my observation is that the water vapor contained in these massive plumes of deep tr… Read More
2024-02-07 13:07
I was fortunate to receive some good feedback and ideas on how to prevent a slide with bad consequences on a dangerous ski slope, following my recent blog on the subject. To summarize, there… Read More
2024-02-06 13:08
Parking at the Park City local areas has become very difficult and frustrating if one doesn’t decide to leave early in the morning to go skiing. Then, by leaving before the masses, the… Read More
2024-02-05 13:01
For those who know me well, you might suspect that I ski alone a lot and still have plenty of fun. The exception is of course with family members and friends I appreciate a lot. Skiing… Read More
2024-02-04 13:05
It’s my personal opinion that my life is quite good, but my dreams tell me a different story. They’re generally bad, stressful, wake me up and to often leave me quite depressed… Read More
2024-02-03 13:15
We watch a lot of Swiss-produced television, mostly newscasts, and through it all, we like it a lot, because it makes us discover a culture profoundly based on common sense. That’… Read More
2024-02-02 15:34
Each time I think of my fall and slide, this past December, I am reminded that we never prepare and train well enough to handle this type of situation in very steep terrain. As some of… Read More
2024-02-01 13:10
Our life is a busy one, always overflowing with something exciting to do as a direct result of our needs and wants. It’s made up of a mosaic of daily special moments that we have built… Read More
2024-01-31 13:14
On Sunday afternoon as I was wrapping up my ski day at Canyons, I got stuck on the Super Condor chairlift for more than 15 minutes. “Mechanical problem” told me the ski patrol in… Read More
2024-01-30 13:09
Sunday saw the last day of the fortieth Sundance Film Festival and as good Parkites, my wife and I took advantage of the annual event to go and see “Ibelin” the Festival’s… Read More
2024-01-29 13:06
Ever since it purchased Park City Mountain, Vail Resorts has showed very little interest, if no inkling at all, in managing the vegetation near or on its ski runs whether they were fallen or… Read More
2024-01-27 13:07
It took me some time, but I finally noticed Kristoffersen’s grey ski boots and did a quick search to find out that it was a good old Lange. While I wasn’t looking for it, or… Read More
2024-01-27 13:04
In recent years, our wildlife population has exploded in Park City. Too many deer, elks, or ducks that are starving during our harsh winter months. Since humans don’t really care… Read More
2024-01-26 13:11
Since 2015, I have written on that blog everything I hate about Trump and I think it would be just fair, before the man gets convicted of crimes and finally moves to jail, that I submit to m… Read More
2024-01-25 13:12
I should have titled this blog, what is snow-pack, but that subject came to my mind as I was watching our local weather news and was shown a map of the snow depth in our US western states… Read More
2024-01-24 13:07
That’s not just a good question, it’s a fundamental interrogation. Many of us don’t understand the seemingly stupidity of Trump’s agenda and the religious fanaticism… Read More
2024-01-23 13:06
After becoming recently a consistent downhill winner, Cyprien Sarrazin, 29, wasn’t an instant success. Instead, he’s been toiling since 2016 on the French Ski Team. Beginning as… Read More
2024-01-22 13:25
My old street neighbor has the terrible habit of throwing his snow into the street instead of shoveling it somewhere on his property. This, to me, has always been a matter of basic common se… Read More
2024-01-21 13:04
When I hear “Imagine” by John Lennon, I think about him as if he was still around, alive and well, even though he was stolen from us almost 45 years ago. All this to say tha… Read More
