Base Kamp

12/29/2023

🍾⛷️ As we gear up for the coming season and head into the new year, Mark and I looked back at our LAST year on the snow. We often hear that skiing is an expensive sport, and, while there’s (much) truth in this claim, there’s value to be found, too. Click the link below to read more, on the blog!

https://www.basekampski.com/blog/a-season-in-numbers

12/17/2023

🎿 First day on the slopes for the year and first day of practice for H and Z on the Cascade Ski Team. We need some snow up here in Wisconsin!!

12/07/2023

⛷️ ❄️ The Base Kamp crew wrapped up the 2022-2023 season at Colorado's Copper Mountain. We've shared our experience at this Summit County classic, including H's Taco adventure, tubing, a ski beach, and MORE, in our most recent blog post. Click the link below to read all about it!

Base Kamp at Copper: https://www.basekampski.com/blog/trip-take-copper-mountain

12/04/2023

A week after the moms hit Deer Valley, Mark grabbed his Ikon Pass and three ski buddies then hopped a flight to Wyoming to ski Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Jackson has long topped Mark's list of must-ski destinations. What did the dads think? Click the link below for the full story--and a moose! 🫎🚠

Base Kamp Dads Trip to Jackson Hole:

A week after the Moms Trip to Deer Valley, the dads jumped on a flight to Jackson, WY to ski Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR). JHMR has long been on my list of top ski destinations, and, with my IKON pass in hand and three willing skier friends, this was the best opportunity I’d had to make the

09/24/2023

⛷️ 🦌 Base Kamp is back with a wrap up of our 2023 spring trips, starting with a Girls' Guide to Deer Valley Resort! Click the link to read all about it: https://www.basekampski.com/blog/trip-take-deer-valley

03/12/2023

🎿✈️ Trip Take: a two-family, Presidents' Weekend adventure to Vermont's Stratton Mountain Resort (and our case for skiing the East). Check It Out! ⬇️

I’ve always found the regional ski wars a little silly. Easterners extol their local peaks and the gritty skills their mountains teach, while western devotees singing the praises of powder and 12,000-foot summits. Which is “better”? Who has ultimate bragging rights? My take: who cares? The rea...

02/05/2023

Our Winter Park Trip Take is up! Read about our holiday weekend adventures at...

We consider signing our kids up for lessons every time we take a trip. Z still needs the confidence to stay parallel on the steeps, and H needs to ski with kids more capable than his sister so he can be challenged and seek out real adventure. At Winter Park, all-day group lessons were available for

01/16/2023

Another fine day at Winter Park!

01/13/2023

🌞⛷ Our Trip Take on Sun Valley is new on the blog! Read how the trip went for us below.

The Base Kamp crew just finished up winter break with five days at Sun Valley (ID). Sun Valley, still independently owned, switched its pass affiliation from Epic to Ikon last season. Since we, too, made the decision to switch to Ikon this year, trying Sun Valley made perfect sense. We knew its repu

01/06/2023

❄️ Enjoying the view after several inches of fresh snowfall in and around Sun Valley’s Sunny Side Bowl. ⛷️

01/03/2023

Howdy from the top of Sun Valley!