Posted by frontrangeriffraff on February 28, 2009
Rocky Mountain News winter sports edition cover from January 31, 1937.
Colorado lost a good friend this week, as the 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News ceased publication on Friday, February 27, 2009.
I will miss many things about the Rocky, from the outstanding photography to the great investigative reporting to the tenacity and hustle to report the news. And I will miss their ski and snowboard coverage.
It’s a sad day for journalism.
RIP RMN.
Posted in News | Tagged: 1937, Colorado, history, January 31, media, News, newspaper, RMN, Rocky Mountain News, sad | Leave a Comment »
Posted by frontrangeriffraff on February 26, 2009
The recession is causing people to ramp up their bartering activity. Or something like that. From the Orange County Register story:
Mono County Sheriff’s Department officers advertised on Craigslist.com an offer to sell lift vouchers for Mammoth Lakes’ skiing area in exchange for narcotics. The buyers came to Mammoth Lakes, gave the agents the drugs, and were arrested Friday, Mono sheriff’s officials said.
Posted in News | Tagged: California, drugs, lift tickets, police, weed | 4 Comments »
Posted by frontrangeriffraff on February 19, 2009
It was bound to happen. Brociety just launched as a snowboarders version of Steep and Cheap. It’s the latest online one-deal-at-a-time specialty store from backcountry.com, the same company that bought you the original SAC, plus Tramdock, Chainlove and Whisky Militia. It’s online marketing genius.
But I’m still waiting for somebody to open a photography-only version of SAC. That would be cool. I’d love to see this at 50% off.
Also, there are some really good gear sales going on right now, both online and in real stores. Seems to be the year of the markdown, and I predict more to come. Guess there is an upside to the recession.
Posted in Cheap Thrills, News | Tagged: brociety, chainlove, cheap, deals, gear, online, sale, sick brah, SNOWBOARD, steep and cheap, store, tramdock, whisly militia | 1 Comment »
Posted by frontrangeriffraff on February 13, 2009
Trail map of the Mt. Greylock Ski Club in Massachusetts. Keeping it real with 350 of vertical and no crowds. (Courtesy Mt. Greylock Ski Club)
Valentine’s Day is for skiing, and diamonds are for saw blades.
The Times Union in Albany, NY, has a nice feature on the Mt. Greylock Ski Club in South Williamstown, Massachusetts, a private ski club that’s keeping it real. The club gives members access to skiing the way it used to be. This ain’t no Yellowstone Club. Thank God for that.
From the story:
Steve Melamed, a graduate student from Bard College, is an avid skier who comes here most weekends with his fiancee, Marisa Shuman.
Shuman was not a skier when they met. He brought her to larger resorts, but she wasn’t interested. However, she loves it here.
“It saved our relationship,” he says.
So hats off to small ski areas, simple pleasures, and love. (And a hat tip to Uncle Lou for the tip.)
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: East Coast, keeping it real, love, Massachusetts, Mt. Greylock Ski Club, relationship, skiing, small, snu snu, South Williamstown, Valentine's Day | Leave a Comment »
