Is Global Warming Hurting the World Cup Ski Season?

Global warming is in the news once again after the FIS was forced to cancel several men’s World Cup downhill ski races. The culrpit? A general lack of snow in Europe. The forecast? “There’s a good chance the World Cup will be on hold for quite a while,” said Phil McNichol, head men’s coach of [...]

This Will Probably Hurt My Website Traffic Temporarily

Goodbye, snow.blogware.com… hello www.highlyobsessed.com!
(snow.blogware.com will still work, mind you.)

Highly Obsessed Snow Report for Ontario, Canada

Highly Obsessed Snow Report for Pretty Much All of Ontario, Canada
New snow in past 24 hours: NoneChance of new snow in next 24 hours: NoneTotal snowfall for fall/winter 2006: NoneSnowbase: NoneTemperature: Really warm and rainy. Like sixteen degrees celcius. In late November. WTF.Happiness barometer: FallingReasons to like November: NonexistentDesire to live out west: Extremely highDesire [...]

If You’ve Had an Arthroscopy, Tell Me if I’m Crazy

So the receptionist at the orthopaedic surgeon’s office knows me as “the guy who wants surgery in the spring”. Back when I found out I had a partial ACL tear, I told the doc I wanted to wait until spring 2007 for surgery. The reason? Take a guess.
Anyway, I was told to give the office [...]

Snowboarding Poll Results

Thanks for participating in the poll. I’ll put another one up as soon as I find an interface I like (I don’t like having to force everyone to click off the site to vote).

Post #201

We’ve cracked 200! Thanks again for all your support. 
–adam

American Racers Love Canadian Hills

From Ski & Snowboard Canada:

“Recently,
Forbes Traveler Magazine polled members of the U.S. Ski Team about
their favourite ski resorts in North America… the top ten were as follows:
 
Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia
Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-Country Centre, Quebec
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Vermont
Methow Valley, Washington
Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, California
Telemark Resort, Wisconsin
Devils Thumb Ranch, Colorado
Soldier Hollow, Utah
Sun Valley Nordic [...]

Xanadu New Jersey is a Go

A commenter recently lamented that Meadowlands Xanadu, an indoor ski hill project in New Jersey, was reportedly not going to get built. But according to First Tracks, the project is back on. Now, am I correct in reading that the hill will be 780 feet tall? That’s bigger than anything we have OUTDOORS here in [...]

V0N 1B0 Whistler

If you’re a Whistler local, I think you will find this article extremely interesting. If you visit occasionally (like me), you will still find it interesting. And even if you haven’t been to Whistler, you’re likely to find the story of how a local ski hill became a world famous ski resort interesting , anyway; [...]

‘Tis A Sorry Sight in Ontario Right Now

Recent capture from the Mount St. Louis Moonstone webcam:

  SNOW, DAMN YOU!!!!  WHY WON’T IT SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!