Skiing’s variety show since 2015. CO, VT and beyond. Produced by AK former dirt ski bum and resort exec. VM/text line (802) 560-5003.
Posted in DefaultTag on Apr 3rd, 2020 Comments
Exactly how f*ucked is the business of skiing and therefore the communities around skiing? AK attempts to place betting odds on three different potential scenarios as of early April 2020. Send in your predictions to the pod voicemail 802 560 5003. Follow @wintrymixcast.
This all sucks. Stay safe.
Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 18th, 2020 Comments
AK is joined by Mountain Outfitters Doug and Cindy of Breckenridge from Quickpod 4, Dave Amirault of SLC from Quickpod 3 and Clinton Desveaux from Atlantic Canada. This is the final Quickpod for now. We all grasp we're screwed and now it's just a question of to what degree and for how long. So we start to look at some of those questions.
Recorded at 4pm Mountain Time on Wednesday, March 18.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 17th, 2020 Comments
AK is joined by his mom as well as Senior VP at Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Matt Mosteller.
Recorded at 5pm Mountain Time on Tuesday, March 17.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 16th, 2020 Comments
AK is joined by Doug Bittinger and Cindy Reese, proprietors of Mountain Outfitters in Breckenridge right as Summit County, Colorado announced nearly all business will be closed and all visitors are to leave (and all recent visitors to the area should distance themselves).
Recorded at 4:30pm Monday, March 16th.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 15th, 2020 Comments
AK is joined by Maddy Grainger, Mark Warner, Dave Amirault and Katie Clifford as we all come to grips with our future in and out of the mountains. Recorded Sunday, March 15 at 6pm Mountain Time.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 14th, 2020 Comments
Joining AK is Jay Peak's Steve Wright, SAM Magazine's Dave Meeker and Mike Rogge of Verb Cabin and Mountain Gazette.
Recorded moments after Alterra and Vail Resorts (and others) announced indefinite closures.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 13th, 2020 Comments
A few minutes on the horn with the News Director at Krystal 93 in Dillon, Colorado about life and times in ski country while a pandemic spreads. Recorded Friday, March 13 at about 5pm.
Episode 83 will come out once this storm passes.
Posted in DefaultTag on Feb 21st, 2020 Comments
Mark Warner, Mike Powell, Adam Jaber and I had never been in the same room at the same time.
When we finally gathered this shit happened. We apologize.
This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company.
Email me alex@wintrymixcast.com. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003. Questions. Rants. Anything.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Feb 3rd, 2020 Comments
A former Aspen Skiing Company executive has recently been sentenced to 6 years in prison for stealing from the company. It's quite the story. Jason Auslander of the Aspen Times helps us understand what happened.
This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company.
Email me alex@wintrymixcast.com. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003. Questions. Rants. Anything.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play or elsewhere. Now on Spotify too. Follow and/or pester me on instagram @wintrymixcast. All the links are on the sidebar of WintryMixCast.com too.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Apr 12th, 2018 Comments
AK's off season partnership podcast is live. Go subscribe to PodSAM if you want to hear some serious inside baseball from some of the ski industry's most accomplished resort leaders.
The teaser is live and a 6 episode run will begin in April.
Wintry Mix will be back in late summer or early fall, hopefully.
Listen. I explain.
Posted in DefaultTag on Feb 16th, 2017 Comments
The Vermont Slope Posse (VTSP) found each other in Burlington in 1985 thanks to skateboarding. The rest is history. In this episode, AK sits down with Greg Manning, Mike Hayes and calls up Kris Swierz to recollect the days when snowboarding was a seed of the tree it would grow up to be.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Left to right pictured: Matty L - GMan - Cole B. - Josh Brownlee aka (JAB)
Posted in DefaultTag on Feb 1st, 2017 Comments
It's not easy to book flights 3 weeks out and still nail a storm cycle. In this episode AK and Adam spend day 1 of the #podpowmission stuck in the lodge at Snowbird waiting for the storm to clear prior to hammering the tail end of a seven foot cycle for three days in a row. Best. Pow. Ever.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 19th, 2017 Comments
Since entering the ski business in 1972 at Killington, Chris Diamond led Mount Snow and Steamboat through multiple ownership changes and countless upgrades.
Upon retiring in 2015, Diamond set out to document his decades in skiing and has recently released a new book entitled "Ski Inc. My journey through four decades in the ski resort business, from the founding entrepreneurs to mega companies."
In episode 41 AK and Chris delve into some anecdotes from the book, his years working with and for Les Otten and what he thinks about the future of skiing.
You can purchase the book here: https://skidiamondconsulting.com
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 9th, 2017 Comments
Discussing I-70, Vail Resorts, marijuana, affordable housing, new ski areas and other mountain stuff with veteran Denver Post reporter Jason Blevins.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Dec 27th, 2016 Comments
The season's first bonafide coastal storm is primed to deliver snow and wind to a large chunk of the northeast to bring 2016 to a close. This Storm Track episode grabs Eric Fisher from CBS Boston to chat possibilities and get some takes on naming storms, hoax weather and other hot topics.
Storm Track episodes are special episodes that catch up with weather pros when a big snowfall is imminent. Episode 39 is a more traditional episode. Catch that one too.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Dec 23rd, 2016 Comments
Fat bikes. Every year there's more. Episode 39 catches up with Dave Ochs, organizer of the Fat Bike World Championships in Crested Butte, Colorado, and Vermonter Brooke Scatchard who has been perfecting his Fat Bike Ski design since high school. Caroline the intern is back too in this wide ranging fat bikes discussion.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Dec 11th, 2016 Comments
I don't know enough about ski racing. I came up in moguls and pipe. Thankfully Brad Williams and Bob Kimball from World Cup Supply are down to help. Chatted with them at their Bradford, Vermont office and got a tour of the warehouse to learn more about their resort and event supplies business model as well as the state of ski racing from a newbs perspective.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Nov 30th, 2016 Comments
There hasn't been a more deserved "beer thirty" than the one enjoyed by Killington staffers on the Sunday afternoon after the massive World Cup crowds departed. They earned it.
AK hung out in the VIP zone chatting up the key resort players / former colleagues while consuming a few frosty beverages. This was a euphoric moment in time worth capturing. Enjoy.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Nov 17th, 2016 Comments
Our second 'Storm Track' of the season catches up with Josh Fox of the popular Single Chair Weather Blog. A weather pattern change is afoot so meet Josh and get the chilly details for the next few days and weeks.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
And here's a link to his blog. http://madriverglenweather.blogspot.com
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Posted in DefaultTag on Nov 13th, 2016 Comments
We've got some healing to do. The recent Boston Ski and Snow Expo had a weird vibe, sort of like America, in the days immediately following the election.
Episode 36 serves as a reminder that we'll all do better if we lay off the cruelty and division. Be hopeful. Be kind. Be vigilant. And let's get some snow soon please.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Closing music by Tony Lee Thomas Band.
Posted in DefaultTag on Nov 2nd, 2016 Comments
Bryn Carey is CEO and founder of Park City based Ski Butlers, which offers delivery of ski and snowboard equipment rentals in ski regions across the western US and Canada.
In Episode 35 AK and Bryn discuss launching a new business based on an idea of how to improve on this very common transaction (renting skis). We also touch on what it's like to roll into everyone's condos at all hours of the night.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Oct 24th, 2016 Comments
There are plenty of well equipped New England ski areas including Saddleback, The Balsams and Tenney that haven't stayed open consistently. Ascutney had been dormant since 2010, but thanks to land grants and community spirit there's a new future of recreation on this historic ski mountain.
Episode 34 catches up with Laura Farrell of Ascutney Outdoors, the non-profit leading the effort, on a recent community volunteer day.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Oct 20th, 2016 Comments
Incoming! New as part of season 3 are "Storm Tracks" where I catch up with regional meteorologists when incoming winter weather warrants. In our first attempt I grabbed Tim Kelley of NECN and Ski The East fame to discuss the first useful dump of the year.
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Oct 12th, 2016 Comments
Raising awareness is so 2010.
Climate, public lands, and attracting outdoorsy businesses seem to be the three key pillars of the recent surge in outdoor activism aiming to influence the state and national political landscape. Non-profits like Protect Our Winters and the Outdoor Industry Association head to Washington while individual states navigate their own local priorities influenced by their increasingly engaged outdoor industry citizenry.
Episode 33 is an evening behind the scenes at a Sue Minter For Governor fundraiser with an outdoor industry focus. Candidate seeks donors and support. Donors seek policies that can help grow their industry. It's not always so scary, and it's happening nationwide on a variety of issues. And yes I tried to get both Vermont campaigns to talk outdoor biz for episodes, but Minter's was only one to respond.
Creative Commons photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_king/
Season 3 of Wintry Mix is supported by www.Snowbird.com, www.Worldcupsupply.com and www.Liftopia.com.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Sep 19th, 2016 Comments
In the final episode of Season 2, Alex catches up with reps from resorts in Vermont, Maine and Colorado to get a glimpse of winter operations as October and November approach.
There's also a bit of a tease as to what is to come in Season 3, which will see a bit of tweak in the format of the podcast as it enters the second year. Expect some more timely storm/weekend content as well as the occasional long form interviews. Does your brand want to partner in season 3? Hit me up asap.
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support from www.snowbird.com, www.skivermont.com, www.peakresorts.com and www.llbean.com.
Photo by http://www.shelleybcreative.com
Posted in DefaultTag on Sep 1st, 2016 Comments
Brew Moscarello and Dave Schmidt are some OGs. These dudes were part of the group behind Burton in the 80's. Fast forward 30 years and they're the guys behind Balance Designs which sells the popular Vew-Do Balance Boards and more recently, The Snurfer, from their headquarters in Manchester, Vermont.
In this episode we'll talk old school Burton, running a small business, the early days of snowboarding and how to ride a Snurfer.
FMI: https://www.snurferboards.com
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support from www.snowbird.com, www.skivermont.com, www.peakresorts.com and www.llbean.com.
Posted in DefaultTag on Aug 18th, 2016 Comments
Golf is hard if you take it serious.
The High Fives Foundation, which supports injured mountain action sports athletes and injury awareness, keeps it light. As part of their national fundraising activities, they host an annual east coast charity golf tournament which attracts a cross section of mountain sports industry participants.
Episode 30 is a camp out on the 7th tee, chatting with passing groups and dodging raindrops. Might be fun.
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support from www.snowbird.com, www.skivermont.com, www.peakresorts.com and www.llbean.com.
Posted in DefaultTag on Aug 8th, 2016 Comments
Spanning 300 miles and nearly 200 landowners, the Catamount Trail is a decades old winter ski route. As uphill/downhill backcountry skiing participation grows, the CTA is broadening its mission beyond The Trail to encourage the responsible proliferation of human powered skiing zones across Vermont.
Vermont's Catamount Trail is the longest continuous XC ski trail in the United States. It was conceived in 1984 and fully linked together in 2008. In this episode Alex welcomes the CTA's Amy Kelsey and Brian Mohr to the VPR studios to get a "state of the trail" as it navigates its future.
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support from www.snowbird.com, www.skivermont.com, www.peakresorts.com and www.llbean.com.
Posted in DefaultTag on Jul 28th, 2016 Comments
The Herishko brothers (Tom and Mark) grew up on a farm in the foothills of the Taconic Mountains of New York, which is east of the Hudson River and west of Massachusetts.
Since their school was 20 minutes from home, they were on their own for after school activities. This need for a more local hobby birthed what is now Polar Peak, a private and do-it-yourself cow pasture ski area which they've been refining since 1991.
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support comes from www.Snowbird.com, www.SkiVermont.com, www.PeakResorts.com and www.LLBean.com.
Posted in DefaultTag on Jul 18th, 2016 Comments
Want to live closer to your passions? Co-working spaces in mountain towns across North America and Europe have been opening rapidly as the global workforce becomes less tethered to any given location.
In this episode we'll hear from those who put together a successful co-working space in North Lake Tahoe and a few of their members that have fueled the growth of similar spaces around the world.
Season 2 of Wintry Mix is made possible by www.Inntopia.com.
Additional support comes from www.Snowbird.com, www.SkiVermont.com, www.PeakResorts.com and www.LLBean.com.
Photo by GP Martin Photography
