Sundance Ladies Day Lesson 3 Getting the Hang of This
This time at Sundance Ladies Day, I actually did something closer to skiing. Don’t pay too much attention to the flailing arms, but look what I did on my second day actually getting off the lift at...
View ArticleSundance Ladies Day Lesson 4
When I started this Sundance Ladies Day skiing journey 4 weeks ago, I was tackling something that I thought I would NEVER do in my life. I was happy to be the hot chocolate mama and sit in the lodge...
View ArticleThe BEST Day Ever! Skiing in 2013
Today was the start of Sundance Ladies Day and I can’t say enough about what an amazing day it was! The snow is SO much better than last year and skiing on snow instead of ice is really amazing. But,...
View ArticleLadies Day Conquering the Back Mountain
My second day of Sundance Ladies Day started out SO wrong. In short, I found out we had purchased the wrong size ski poles for my son and was late because the school could not find my daughter for 20...
View ArticleCrunchy Ladies Day on the Mountain
Day 3 of my 2013 Sundance Ladies Day was bitterly cold! REALLY. But the sky was bluebird blue and the air was clear. This winter, that is a huge plus since the air in the valley has been very...
View ArticleReaching the Top
The Last Day of my 2013 Sundance Ladies Day classes was everything I could have hoped for. Utah was caught in a crazy snowstorm and my husband did not want me to go up the mountain. But how could I...
View ArticleSkiing as a Family
Nancy and Lindsay discuss how to get the entire family into winter sports like skiing–both downhill and cross country. Don’t stay locked inside the house this winter–get out together and enjoy an...
View ArticleBack On the Horse
Nancy Here! I have been looking forward to Sundance Ladies Day since the last day of skiing in April 2013. We purchased season passes and Sundance was blessed with enough snow to open early in...
View ArticleTop of the Mountain in Three Easy Lessons
My friend Andrea had “skied” three times in her life. You know that kind of skiing: someone who can’t remember how hard it is to stand on the side of a snow-covered mountain on waxed ironing boards...
View ArticleCarving Up the Mountain
I am not coordinated like my friends Lindsay and Andrea who caught on to skiing quickly. I am a slow learner (think tortoise and the hare) and that is OK. But, this is my year to learn to carve. I...
View ArticleWhat I Learned in Sochi and at Sundance
This week, I missed Sundance Ladies Day for the Olympics in Sochi. It was so wonderful to be there next to the Black Sea and to be able to watch the greatest skiers in the world. I wish! Actually, I...
View ArticleGuy’s Take on Ladies Day
Last Saturday, I went to Sundance for a lesson from the same instructor that Nancy has had during Sundance Ladies Day last season. His name is Jay and he is a regular Ladies Day Instructor. Frankly, I...
View ArticleBack to Black
I missed three weeks of amazing snow, but today, I was up there again! I wasn’t quite sure if I was ready for Sundance Ladies Day , so I went up to try my knee and meet the Ladies after Ladies Day for...
View ArticleUnstoppable Today
Have you heard the song by Sia called Unstoppable? On my way up to Sundance Ladies Day today, I head this song for the first time. Call it fate, but that prepared me for something big. In the words...
View ArticleSticks Where the Sun Don’t Shine
It’s Thursday. It’s Ladies Day. So, it’s snowing at Sundance. We can’t catch a tiny patch of blue sky on a Thursday this season. The sun shines most other days. As we line up for class, we all joke...
View ArticleMama Got Her Mojo Back
January 2017 has been an out-of-the-comfort-zone Ladies Day season. Deep powder, ice, high winds snow storms, white-knuckle driving. We joke that If it is Thursday and if it is Ladies Day, there must...
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