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Colleen Cardarella

First run was off a t-bar on a free county park at age 3 or 4. Spent a couple decades as a ski instructor and a while running a chamber of commerce in a ski town. Love that skiing brings family and friends together. Looking forward to that next run.

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Q & A: Stretching & Warming Up Before Skiing

Why do skiers skip warming up? The benefits to a good stretch and warmup before skiing are clear. Timing might be the reason. Here's how to fit in a good warmup.

Podcast 302: Back to (Ski) School with Kathy Brennan

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Podcast 302: Back to (Ski) School with Kathy Brennan

Skiing with a pro helps assess your skiing and overcome challenges at any age. Instructors are trained to recognize disruptions to skiing common among seniors and help them. Many skiers find joy as instructors later in life. Kathy Brennan of PSIA-AASI Eastern Region is our Gold Skis Podcast guest.

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Remember Ski Ballet?

Ski Ballet, sometimes referred to as Acroski, featured alpine skiers in an on snow competition with nuances of figure skating or gymnastics. It was a demonstration sport in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics and later lost favor to newer snow sports.

Guest: Dr. Leslie Desrosiers

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Podcast 301: Keep Skiing Longer

An ACL injury can end a ski season. Dr. Leslie Desrosiers, talks about the ACL, why skiing puts it at risk, and what skiers over 50 can do to stay powerful, balanced, and injury-resilient to keep skiing longer.

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Skiing in Jeans is Back in Record-Breaking Numbers

Remember Skiing in Jeans? Waterproof, insulated fabric have replaced jeans for most skiers. But skiing in jeans is back in record-breaking numbers.

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Is your age impacting your balance?

Does balance decline after 50? Yes. Is there anything you can do about it to maintain good balance for skiing well into retirement? Yes.

Pre-Season Checklist

Pre-Season Checklist

Ready for the ski season ahead. Here's a checklist of things to get ready, while you wait for the lifts to start turning.

Photo credit: Gary Rosenke

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Downshifting Among Ski Friends

7 Tips to ski with friends and family with different terrain interests or ability levels. When your ski friends decide to ski more conservatively, you can still ski together.

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The time to prevent a season-ending injury is now.

You probably take little precautions to avoid injury while skiing. As we age, the importance of preseason training may be increasingly important for a safer, healthier season.

Pass rates just went up - 10 ways you can still save on skiing.

Pass rates just went up - 10 ways you can still save on skiing.

We've got 10 ways you can still save on skiing, after season pass rates just increased.Plus we take look at what's been happening with passes and lift tickets.

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It's Time. Jump in Line.

Snow has fallen in parts of the Rocky Mountains. Eastern mountains are bearing their fall colors and welcoming leaf peepers to fall festivals and chairlift rides. Season and mega pass deals everywhere have passed their early deadlines. All these signs point to one thing. Ski season is around the corner.