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The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Stuart Winchester

Everyone’s searching for skiing’s soul. I’m trying to find its brains. www.stormskiing.com

sports & recreation outdoor

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Podcast #44: West Mountain, N.Y. Owners/Operators...

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2021/04/18

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoSara Montgomery, General Manager of West Mountain and Spencer Montgomery, Co-Owner and Operator of West Mountain, New YorkRecorded onApril 12, 2021Why I interviewed themBecause West Mountain is one of the best stories in New York

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Podcast #43: NSAA President & CEO Kelly Pawlak

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2021/04/12

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.Who National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) President and CEO Kelly PawlakRecorded onApril 6, 2021Why I interviewed herBecause the NSAA saved our 2020-21 ski season. They did this by creating the Ski Well, Be Well standards, which united

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Podcast #42: Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory

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2021/03/25

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.Who Rusty Gregory, CEO of Alterra Mountain CompanyRecorded onMarch 24, 2021Why I interviewed himBecause Alterra and its Ikon Pass sit at the center of the lift-served skiing universe. The very fact of the pass’ existence is a marvelous

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Podcast #41: Eric Wilbur, Coauthor of “30 Years In A...

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2021/03/21

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoEric Wilbur, coauthor of Thirty Years In A White Haze with extreme skiing pioneer Dan Egan. Wilbur is also the online editor of New England Ski Journal.Recorded onMarch 15, 2021Why I interviewed himBecause Wilbur is one of the

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Podcast #40: Montage Mountain Managing Owner Charles...

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2021/03/03

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoCharles Jefferson, Managing Owner of Montage Mountain, PennsylvaniaRecorded onFebruary 23, 2021Why I interviewed himPennsylvania skiing is an exercise in the technological and improbable. Winters deliver marginal temperatures and

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Podcast #39: Granite Peak, Wisconsin GM & Marketing...

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2021/02/28

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoGreg Fisher, General Manager and Marketing Director of Granite Peak, WisconsinRecorded on Feb. 22, 2021Why I interviewed him Because in the ski snob chain of dismissiveness, the West looks down on the East, the East looks down on the

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Podcast #38: Waterville Valley President and GM Tim...

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2021/02/23

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.Who Tim Smith, President and General Manager of Waterville Valley, New HampshireRecorded onFeb. 22, 2021 Why I interviewed himBecause Waterville Valley is one of a half-dozen or so leading ski areas in one of the nation’s great ski

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COVID-19 & Skiing Podcast #12: Ski Vermont President...

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2021/02/14

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by Mountain Gazette. Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.The podcast is also sponsored in part by Helly Hansen. Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.Recorded onFeb. 8, 2021What this isThis is the 12th in a series of conversations exploring the fallout to the ski industry from Covid-19. Click through to listen to the first 11: author Chris Diamond,

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Podcast #37: Sunday River General Manager Brian Heon

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2021/02/10

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoBrian Heon, General Manager of Sunday River, MaineRecorded on February 2, 2021Why I interviewed him Because if you’re listening to this podcast, you can probably never get enough Sunday River. It’s big. It’s amazing. It’s important

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Podcast #36: Windham Mountain President Chip Seamans

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2021/01/31

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoChip Seamans, President and General Manager of Windham Mountain, New YorkRecorded on January 25, 2021Why I interviewed himBecause there it sits, 1,600 vertical feet of fall-line skiing within day-trip distance of New York City

Podcast #35: Bolton Valley President Lindsay DesLauriers

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2021/01/22

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoLindsay DesLauriers, President of Bolton Valley, VermontRecorded onJanuary 15, 2021Why I interviewed her Because while plenty of independent, family-run ski areas remain in the Northeast, few have Bolton Valley’s size and stature

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COVID-19 & Skiing Podcast #11: Schweitzer Mountain...

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2021/01/20

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:* Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.* Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.Recorded on Jan. 19, 2021What this is This is the 11th in a series of short conversations exploring Covid-19’s effects on the ski industry. Click through to listen to the first 10: author Chris Diamond, Boyne Resorts CEO Stephen

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Podcast #34: Gunstock President and General Manager...

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2021/01/13

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by Mountain Gazette. Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch. The podcast is also sponsored in part by Helly Hansen. Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoTom Day, President and General Manager of Gunstock, New HampshireRecorded on January 11, 2021Why I interviewed himBecause Gunstock is everything you could want from a New England ski area: scrappy

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Podcast #33: 'Powder Magazine' Editor-in-Chief Sierra...

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2020/12/11

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. Get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Sierra Shafer, Editor-in-Chief of Powder MagazineRecorded on: December 9, 2020Why I interviewed her: Because over the half past century, no single entity has better defined how we ski, what we ski, and the way that we think and talk about skiing than Powder Magazine. It is a guidebook and a glossary and

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Podcast #32: Hermitage Club General Manager Bill...

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2020/12/04

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. Get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Bill Benneyan, General Manager of Hermitage Club, Vermont, and former President, COO, and General Manager of Mountain Creek, New Jersey.Recorded on: December 1, 2020Why I interviewed him: So you’re profiling a mountain with a 50K buy-in and another 15 grand a year to keep playing in the sandbox? This

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Podcast #31: Bousquet Owners & Management

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2020/11/20

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops in November, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Mill Town CEO and Managing Director Tim Burke, Bousquet General Manager Kevin McMillan, and Pittsfield native and Olympic Skier Krista Schmidinger Recorded on: November 16, 2020Why I interviewed them: Because lift-served skiing is not just a few giant ski

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Podcast #30: Saddleback GM and CEO Andy Shepard

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2020/11/13

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops in November, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Andy Shepard, General Manager and CEO of Saddleback, MaineRecorded on: Nov. 9, 2020Why I interviewed him: Because this is one of the best pure skier’s mountains in the Northeast. Classic New England steep and twisty shots run between broad gladelands of the

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Podcast #29: Mount Snow General Manager Tracy Bartels

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2020/11/10

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops later this month, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Tracy Bartels, Vice President and General Manager of Mount Snow, VermontRecorded on: November 2, 2020Why I interviewed her: Because Mount Snow is where big-time Northeast skiing begins. As the southern-most major Vermont ski area, it is a skier’s

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Podcast #28: Sugarbush President and General Manager...

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2020/11/02

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops in November, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: John Hammond, President and General Manager of Sugarbush, Vermont Recorded on: October 30, 2020Why I interviewed him: Because after a transformative 19-year run, in which he once again fused Sugarbush with the community that surrounded it following a period

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Podcast #27: Jay Peak President and General Manager...

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2020/10/19

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops in November, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Steve Wright, President and General Manager of Jay Peak, VermontRecorded on: October 19, 2020Why I interviewed him: Because there it sits, towering off the top of America, an unlikely snow trap that is the spiritual center of Northeast skiing. It is the best

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