Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. 7 March, 2017. Tsakhkadzor is Armenia’s biggest and least impressive ski resort. With 4×2-person fixed-line lifts and one non-functional 4-seater, the resort cannot handle large crowds, but that’s okay, because there’s no reason why a lot of people would want to go there. The slopes range from so Continue Reading
A Tour to Remember
I turn sideways and push my edges into the ground as hard as I can, bringing a mountain’s worth of momentum to a full stop in a fraction of a second and filling the air with light, sparkling powder. The snow flakes slowly fall back to the ground like confetti Continue Reading
April Showers Bring May Powder
5:15 AM, Friday, April 29, 2016. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! “Oh shut the…….$@#&! Wake up!” I rifled through the blankets, struggling to find my phone in the dark to make that horrible noise go away. Having already hit the snooze button twice, I was running late. Lazily, Continue Reading
First Impressions from Gudauri
I stumbled across the border into Georgia without a clue what I was getting myself into or how to even get to Gudauri, the resort town in the Caucasus Mountains in northeast Georgia, where I was going to be a ski instructor for the winter. I’m not talking about Atlanta, Continue Reading