Just Go Places Issue 1 January 2014 | Page 2

E d itors L e t t e r k it t y and I decided t h i s fir st Ed it or s' L et t er sh ould be from me b ecause I am t h e skier in our d uo. OK, l et me cl arif y - I ' m a fa ir-w ea t h er skier w h o appreciat es a w el l-roun d ed ski ex p er ien ce. M y h usba n d is t h e die-h ard sk ier w h o w a n t s our ch ild ren t o follow in h is w ake. We t o ok our ch il dren t o Brecken r id ge for t h eir fir st skiin g experience. Wh y? Ha v in g be en m olly cod d led a ll t h eir life, t h ey wouldn' t b e ab l e t o cop e w it h t h e ES F 'y ou ski w it h no wh ing ing ' at t it ude. Plus, t h ey on ly sp ea k En glish . Th e American imag ery of p iz z a ( for t h e sn ow p low ) a n d fr ies ( f or paral lel sk iing ) w a s d efin it ely t h eir kin d of la n gua ge. Final ly, t h ey w ere only 3 y ea r s old a n d F ren ch ski resor t s require a minimum age of 4 before ski sch o ol. My ch ildren l oved it ! T h ey could n 't w a it t o go skiin g a ga in . Mission accomplish ed. We' ve picked 7 resort s suit a ble for a ll t y p es of skier s wh ich w e t h ink will insp ire y ou t o t h in k of skiin g in t h e West ern U SA. Wh o k n ow s? You m igh t just lov e it t o o. Happy t rail s! Sho bha Cont ents - 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 20 24 25 28 30 32 34 - I n tro du c ti o n - Tr i v i a - B eg i n n er s - I n ter medi ates - E xper ts - M i xed Abi li ty Group s - P o w der - Sn o w bo arder s - Char m an d Sc en e ry - B e en there, Rec om m e nd that - I n f o r mati o n - T hi n g s to k n o w - F o o d f o r the mo untain - Co o k i e i n a mu g - Other w i n ter f u n - Next i ssu e