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Smaller than a steamship; boat in which the primary method of marine propulsion is steam power

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Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West
Episode 136 - Hidden Treasures

Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 54:27


Send a textGary finds some hidden gems under a layer of rock. Tune in to find out what on earth he's talking about!PlaylistElias Alexander, Eamon Sefton, Kathleen Parks and Patrick Bowling with Grammy's Trip to Oregon, Antrim Rose and The Knowledge Drop Karate Chop from BywaterMetro Toronto Police Pipe Band with Bonnie Dundee, Steamboat, The Bugle Horn and the Atholl Highlanders from On the Beat.  Berroguetto with Vilalbalcan II from Navicularia  Donald MacPherson with Donald Gruamach's March from Donald MacPherson: a Living Legend. Fraser Fifield and John Mulhearn with The Ardoch Polka, EYP Live Recording University of Edinburgh, February 2026. Tony McManus with Inveran, The Devil in the Kitchen and Locheil's Awa Tae France from The Maker's MarkHamish Moore with Mrs Hamilton of Pencaitland from Stepping on the Bridge   P/M Alasdair Gillies with The Miller of Drone, the 74th Highlanders, the Rusty Gun, Alex Currie's, The Road to Balquhidder, the Lintie, Molly on the Shore, Rossie Castle from the Winter Storm Festival Concert, 2009 Nuallan with Donald James MacDonnell, P/M Donald MacLean of Lewis, Alice and Grace Twa and The Swaggering Jig  from Nuallan: Piping from Cape Breton Island.  LinksElias Alexander Tour Dates    Support the show

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast
Steamboat Comedy Podcast Episode 157! A Cry For Help!

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 48:57


In this new episode of The Steamboat Comedy Podcast, your boys Kyle Ruff and Matt Newland realize that they have the only podcast out there where instead of giving advice, they desperatey need it. Topics also include the investment of teeth, the con-men who pray on sad dudes online, sentences that have never been said, and more jokes (or serious statements?) from a card.

Podcasts – KRFY Radio
Community Character Hour: Steamboats and Ferries

Podcasts – KRFY Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 58:12


Discussing ferries and steamboats on Lake Pend Oreille and the Pend Orielle River, from the 1860s until 1957. The post Community Character Hour: Steamboats and Ferries appeared first on KRFY Radio.

Primary Attribute
SA024 – Leveling to 11!

Primary Attribute

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 84:14


Everyone levels up to 11! Spells are chosen, hit dice are rolled, and a lot of wandering conversation is had along the way. Heads up that this level up session is extremely meandering! If you'd rather just get a short summary of people's level up choices, we'll be sure to quickly go over everything at the start of our next proper PA episode. :) Ian reads spells from ancient tomes. Adam considers Vons's different elements. Erin recalls The Lore. Whit tricks out Steamboat's ride. Check us out online! We're at https://www.primaryattribute.com

Rush To Reason
HR1 A Deadly Decision in the Mountains: What Went Wrong in Steamboat? (2-16-26)

Rush To Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 55:59


Join the Conversation at 303-477-5600 or text 307-200-8222 Monday – Friday from 3 pm – 6 pm MT HOUR 1 Hour 1 of https://RushToReason.com opens with a sobering and deeply personal discussion following the tragic plane crash near Steamboat Springs involving automotive industry leader Aaron Stokes. John Rush and Jerzee Joe, an experienced pilot, explain why this flight represented a near worst-case scenario—nighttime conditions, instrument weather, mountain terrain, and a notoriously unforgiving airport. What turns a flight into a clear “no-go,” and how does pressure push even experienced pilots toward dangerous decisions? The conversation expands into aviation judgment, “get-there-itis,” and why impatience can be deadly in the air or on the road. John then pivots to Colorado realities, including high winds, power shutoffs, and why being prepared for 24 hours without electricity is simple common sense. The hour closes with a thoughtful debate on Broomfield's proposed RV parking ordinance. Is it government overreach—or a necessary step to protect neighborhoods and property values while balancing compassion? Where does responsibility meet regulation? Guest Timestamps • Jerzee Joe – 13:46 HOUR 2 Hour 2 delivers a fast-moving mix of culture, policy, and performance as Ann Schlafly of Eagle Forum (https://eagleforum.org) joins John to react to a surprising shift from the New York Times on marijuana legalization. Have the risks of high-THC marijuana been ignored for too long? Ann explains why today's cannabis is far more potent—and dangerous—than what existed decades ago. John then answers listener questions about marijuana crossing state lines and whether law enforcement cooperation is unconstitutional or simply the reality of states' rights. That theme of accountability continues with a pointed discussion on toll evasion, obscured license plates, and expired tags. The hour lightens with Richard Rush, covering Michael Jordan's Daytona 500 win, whether NASCAR needs a reboot, and standout moments from the Winter Olympics. Hour 2 wraps with car reviews of the 2026 Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo and the 2026 Lexus NX 350h F Sport AWD. Guest Timestamps • Ann Schlafly – Eagle Forum – 1:10 • Richard Rush – 26:39 HOUR 3 Hour 3 dives into national security as Ammon Blair of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (https://www.texaspolicy.com) joins John Rush to explain what really happened behind the FAA shutdown near El Paso and New Mexico. Was it just a balloon—or a warning sign? Ammon details how Mexican cartels are now using advanced drone warfare tactics learned from Ukraine, exposing major blind spots along the southern border and even near U.S. military installations. The hour continues with callers weighing in on aviation safety, unrest in Iran, and the human cost rarely seen in headlines. John then challenges climate-alarm narratives tied to Trump policy reversals, questioning multibillion-dollar cost projections for Colorado. The show closes with a hard look at the everyday consequences of progressive policy—from rising vehicle costs driven by federal mandates to Denver's controversial bike lanes. Are these changes improving life—or making it harder for the people who live and drive here? Guest Timestamps • Ammon Blair – Texas Public Policy Foundation – 1:16

Aviation News Talk podcast
414 Epic E1000 N98FK Crash at Steamboat Springs: LNAV+V Advisory Glidepath Trap

Aviation News Talk podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 39:55


An Epic E1000, N98FK, crashed near Steamboat Springs, Colorado during a night RNAV (GPS) approach. The lateral track was almost perfect, but the vertical profile was fatal: the airplane remained on an LNAV+V "advisory glide slope" and descended below the 9,100-foot MDA into terrain. Max explains what Garmin calls Advisory Vertical Guidance, why LNAV+V can look nearly identical to an LPV on the PFD, and why it does not provide obstacle protection below minimums. He shows the airplane crossed the FAF MABKY and stepdown fix WDCHK essentially on altitude—then continued descending instead of leveling at MDA. Max reviews the three requirements in 91.175(c) for descending below an MDA, explains why many autopilots will fly any coupled glidepath right through minimums unless you intervene, and decodes chart warnings like "Visual Segment – Obstacles" / "34:1 is not clear." He also shares his own simulator experience flying the RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 32 at KSBS and hitting the same mountain when the autopilot was coupled to the advisory glidepath. If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon. Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk. Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1299NEW – Lightspeed Zulu 4 Headset $1099 Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $949Lightspeed Sierra Headset $749 My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu Send us your feedback or comments via email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Mentioned on the ShowBuy Max Trescott's G3000 Book Call 800-247-6553 Video of the Week: Free Index to the first 282 episodes of Aviation New Talk So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon – Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Check out Max's Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/ Social Media Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium "Go Around" song used by permission of Ken Dravis; you can buy his music at kendravis.com If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

The Troubles with Weekly Wrestling
From Crockett to Chaos Episode Thirty Five: SuperBrawl II

The Troubles with Weekly Wrestling

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 101:08


It's a completely insane episode of From Crockett to Chaos for a lot of reasons. For one, our TV stash was low so we kind of went nuts and maybe got a little ELEVATED while taking notes on any and all things surrounding SuperBrawl II! Liger and PIllman change wrestling in the States! Rude and Steamboat have a classic! The Tag Title Match had a case of the Dusty Finishes! A ton of needless underneath stupidity! Jim showed me his nipples...Jim is on social media over here:https://bsky.app/profile/thejimdb.bsky.socialhttps://www.threads.com/@thejimdbhttps://www.instagram.com/thejimdb/Troubles on social media is here:https://bsky.app/profile/troubleswres.bsky.socialhttps://www.threads.com/@troubleswreshttps://x.com/TroublesWreshttps://www.instagram.com/troubleswres/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit troublesweekly.substack.com

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast
Steamboat Comedy Podcast Episode 156! Unteachable

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 56:40


In this brand new episode of the Steamboat Comedy Podcast, comedians Kyle Ruff and Matt Newland share some stories about being terrible students and terrorizing their old teachers, as every student should. Topics also include spitting on your hands, hot new pick up lines, and Valentines sentences that have never been said

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast
The Steamboat Comedy Podcast episode 155! Sweet, Rad, and Sick

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 49:15


In this episode of the Steamboat Comedy Podcast, comedians Kyle Ruff and Matt Newland give you life lesson on how to be cool. Since the locals constantly tell us how sweet, rad, and also sick we are, we decided to share that wisdom with you. Topics also include more topical jokes, sentences that have never been said, and the curious case of Matt's missing water bottle.

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast
WCW Sat Night on TBS Recap May 14, 1994! Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title!

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 106:03


If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from May 14, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 1/15/2026): HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Opening Shenanigans! Make sure you hit the Hype Button! And you can't get the big piece of chicken anymore? ( 0:01:29 )  Indy rasslers who can't let it go. ( 0:06:43 ) NFL Mock Drafts and Doc enjoyed the Eagles losing to San Fran. ( 0:09:52 ) College Basketball gambling scandal? ( 0:15:12 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS May 14, 1994 recap! ( 0:20:00 ) Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan you get a MONTH FREE!  Doc and Harper get distracted by a lady in the crowd, AGAIN! ( 0:24:29 )  WCW Saturday Night on TBS May 14, 1994 recap continues! ( 0:27:31 ) More low level sports betting references from the actual WCW commentary team? ( 0:29:57 ) Quinn Nash and Halfpint. ( 0:32:49 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS May 14, 1994 recap continues! ( 0:33:47 ) A.I.auto generated chapters and time stamps on places like Spotify can't spell Larry Zbyszko. ( 0:45:38 ) Sherri pinches Mean Gene on the tush. ( 0:54:36 ) Another lovely lady in the audience and what most indy rasslin rats look like. ( 0:57:31 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS May 14, 1994 recap continues! ( 1:05:40 ) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight title on Saturday Night on TBS! ( 1:13:36 ) Apollo Creed is the greatest heel turned face in movie history! And Iron Eagle is dumb? ( 1:17:48 ) Back to Flair vs Steamboat for the WCW World Title! ( 1:24:54 ) Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan you get a MONTH FREE!  Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:38:27 )  Easy E tells you what you need to know! Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:44:54 )  Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again.

Throwback Music Video Review Podcast
Ep. 132-Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)

Throwback Music Video Review Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 66:24 Transcription Available


Everybody get on board the steamboat Chameleon as Louie, Ryan & Al embark on a discussion on Culture Club's 1983 classic, Karma Chameleon! Do we keep it afloat, or do we torpedo this music video? Listen to find out!

Sail On: The Beach Boys Podcast
96 - Holland (Part 1)

Sail On: The Beach Boys Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2026 92:48


Hello Friends, It's finally time to haul this entire operation to the Netherlands as we begin the HOLLAND SAGA (or is it the California Saga?) Either way, we are all very excited for the possibilities that await.  All aboard the Steamboat!  WAIL ON, SAILORS!   Thanks for listening! Wyatt   Patreon Discord Instagram X www.sailonsounds.com sailonpodcast@gmail.com

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #222: Corralco, Chile General Manager Jimmy Ackerson

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 86:19


WhoJimmy Ackerson, General Manager of Corralco, ChileRecorded onJuly 24, 2025About CorralcoClick here for a mountain stats overviewLocated in: Curacautín, Araucanía, ChileYear founded: 2003, by Enrique BascurPass affiliations: Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass – 2 days, no blackoutsBase elevation: 4,724 feet (1,440 meters)Summit elevation: 7,874 feet (2,400 meters) top of lifts; 9,400 feet (2,865 meters) hike-toVertical drop: 3,150 feet (960 meters) lift-served; 4,676 feet (1,425 meters) hike-toSkiable acres: 2,475 acres lift served; 4,448 acres (1,800 hectares), including hike-to terrainAverage annual snowfall: 354 inches (899 cm)Trail count: 34Lift count: 7 (1 high-speed quad, 1 double, 5 J-bars)Why I interviewed himThe Andes run the length of South America, 4,300 miles from the southern tip of Argentina north to Venezuela. It is the longest continental mountain range on Earth, nearly six times the length of the Alps and 1,300 miles longer than the Rockies. It is the highest mountain range outside of Asia, topping out at 22,841 feet on Mount Aconcagua, more than a mile higher than the tallest point in the Rockies (14,439-foot Mount Elbert) or Alps (15,772-foot Mont Blanc).So this ought to be one hell of a ski region, right? If the Alps house more than 500 ski areas and the Rockies several hundred, then the Andes ought to at least be in the triple digits?Surprisingly, no. Of the seven nations transected by the Andes, only Argentina and Chile host outdoor, lift-served ski areas. Between the two countries, I'm only able to assemble a list of 37 ski areas, 33 of which skiresort.info categorizes as “temporarily closed” – a designation the site typically reserves for outfits that have not operated over the past several seasons.For skiers hoping to live eternal winter by commuting to the Upside Down each May through October, this roster may be a bit of a record scratch. There just aren't that many ski areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Outside of South America, the balance – another few dozen total - sit in Australia and New Zealand, with scattered novelties such as Afriski lodged at the top of Lesotho. There are probably more ski areas in New England than there are south of the equator.That explains why the U.S.-based multimountain ski passes have been slow to move into the Southern Hemisphere – there isn't much there to move into. Ikon and Mountain Collective each have just one destination on the continent, and it's the same destination: Valle Nevado. Epic offers absolutely nothing in South America.Even with few options, Vail moved south a decade ago with its purchase of Perisher, Australia's largest ski area. That English-speaking nation was a logical first pass frontier, but the five Kangaroo resorts claimed by the Epic and Ikon passes are by far the five largest in the country, and they're a 45-year flight from America. New Zealand is similarly remote, with more but generally less-developed ski areas, and Ikon has established a small presence there.But South America remains mostly wide open, despite its obvious appeal to North Americans: the majesty of the Andes, the novelty of summer skiing, and direct flights with no major timezone hopping required. Mountain Capital Partners has dropped anchor in Chile, purchasing Valle Nevado in 2023, neighboring La Parva the following year, and bidding for also-neighboring El Colorado in 2025 (that sale is pending regulatory review).But perhaps it's time for a broader invasion. Last March, Indy Pass added Corralco as its first South American – and first Southern Hemisphere – ski area. That, as Ackerson and I discuss in the podcast, could be just the start of Indy's ambitions for a continent-spanning (or at least, Argentina- and Chile-spanning) resort network.So this is a good time to start getting to know Chilean skiing. And Ackerson, longtime head of the Chilean Ski Areas Association, former leader of Chilean giants Portillo and Valle Nevado, and a Connecticut-born transplant who has been living the upside-down life for more than 50 years, is probably better suited than anyone on the planet to give us that intro.What we talked aboutReverse ski seasons; why Corralco draws (and retains) so much more snow than any other ski area in Chile; no snowmaking; Corralco as training ground for national ski teams; the logistics of moving a high-speed quad from Holiday Valley, New York to the Chilean Andes; rebuilding a lift as a longer machine; how that lift transformed Corralco; new lift, new alignment; the business impact of replacing a double chair with a high-speed quad; how a dude who grew up in Connecticut with non-skiing parents ended up running a ski area in South America; Chile's allure; Portillo; Chilean skiing past and present; Corralco's founding and evolution; shrinking South American ski areas; Mountain Capital Partners (MCP) buying four more ski areas in Chile after purchasing Valle Nevado in 2023 and La Parva in 2024; the Americans are coming; why La Parva, Valle Nevado, and El Colorado “have to be consolidated” for the benefit of future skiing in Chile; MCP's impact on Chilean skiing so far; “the culture is very different here” both on the hill and off; MCP's challenges as they settle into Chilean skiing; why Corralco joined Indy Pass; a potential Indy Pass network in South America; and getting to Corralco from the U.S., from airplane to access road – “we have no switchbacks.”What I got wrong* In the intro, I said that it was the “heart of ski season in South America.” This was true when we recorded this conversation in July 2025. It's not true in January 2026, when the Chilean ski season is long over.* I said the highest peak in Chile only received a few inches of snow per year and didn't retain it, but I couldn't remember the name of the peak – it is 22,615-foot Ojos del Salado.* I gave new stats for Corralco's high-speed quad, but did not mention where those stats came from – my source was skiresort.info, which catalogues a 4,921-foot length and 1,148-foot vertical drop for the lift, both substantially longer than the 4,230-foot length and 688-foot vertical rise that Lift Blog documents for the antecedent Mardi Gras lift at Holiday Valley, New York. We discuss the logistics and mechanics of moving this machine from North to South America and extending it in the pod. Here are a few pics of this machine I took in New York in January 2022:Podcast NotesOn Corralco's evolving footprintCorralco is a new-ish ski area, at least insofar as public access goes. The 2008 trailmap shows a modest vertical drop served by surface lifts:But growth has been rapid, and by 2022, the ski area resembled modern Corralco, which is now an international training center for athletes:On Camp Jewel, ConnecticutAckerson learned to ski on a two-tow bump called Camp Jewell, a YMCA center in Connecticut. NELSAP has some fun info on this defunct ski area, including photos of what's left of the lifts.On Sigi GrottendorderAckerson's conduit to South American skiing came in the form of Austrian-born Sigi Grottendorfer, who led the ski schools at both Sugarbush, Vermont and Portillo, Chile. He passed away in 2023 – The Valley Reporter ran an obituary with more info on Grottendorfer's expansive and colorful life.On Chile “five years after the coup had occurred”We reference past political instability in Chile, referring to the 1973 coup that launched the military dictatorship of the notorious Augusto Pinochet. The nation transitioned back to democracy in 1990 and is considered safe and stable for tourists by the U.S. State Department.On PortilloWe discuss Portillo, a Chilean ski area whose capacity limits and weeklong ski-and-stay packages result in Windham-is-private-style (it's not) confusion. Skiers can visit Portillo on a day pass. Lift tickets are all of $68. Still, the hotel experience is, by all accounts, pretty rad. Here's the bump:On previous podcastsWe mention a few previous podcast guests who had parallels to Ackerson's story. Bogus Basin GM Brad Wilson also left skiing for several years to run a non-ski resort:Longtime Valle Nevado GM Ricardo Margolis appeared on this podcast in 2023:On the shrinking of Volcán Osorno and PillánI won't reset the entire history here, but I broke down the slow shrinkage of Volcán Osorno and Pillán ski areas when Mountain Capital Partners bid to purchase them last year:On Kamori Kankō buying HeavenlyFor a brief period, Japanese company Kamori Kankō owned Steamboat and Heavenly. The company sold both to American Skiing Company in 1997, and they eventually split owners, with Heavenly joining Vail's roster in 2002, and Steamboat now part of Alterra by way of Intrawest. Today, Kamori Kankō appears to operate five ski areas in Japan, all in Hokkaido, most notably Epic Pass partner Rusutsu:On MCP's free season passes for kids 12 and underOne pretty cool thing that Mountain Capital Partners has brought to Chile from its U.S. HQ is free season passes for kids 12 and under. It's pretty incredible:On Sugarbush Ackerson worked for a long time at Sugarbush, an Alterra staple and one of the best overall ski areas in New England. It's a fully modern resort, with the exception of the knockout Castle Rock terrain, which still spins a double chair on all-natural snow:On skiing El ColoradoWe discuss the insane, switchbacking access road up to El Colorado/La Parva/Valle Nevado from Santiago:The route up to Corralco is far more suited to mortals:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Who Wear There by the Travel Brats
Our Top Destinations Visited in 2025 That You Should Hit in 2026

Who Wear There by the Travel Brats

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 65:27


A Year of Adventure: Why 2025 Set the Bar High2025 was stacked. International trips, deep dives into U.S. cities, mountain towns, beach escapes, national parks, and friendships that only happen when you travel together. From Europe to the Caribbean to coast-to-coast U.S. adventures, this year reminded us why we started The Travel Brats in the first place:Travel opens doors—to places, people, and moments you never forget. 

House Call Vet Café Podcast
Ep. 86: Boat Calls in Key West, House Calls in Steamboat, and The Veterkin Society; Meet Dr. Ronit Berdugo

House Call Vet Café Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 33:32


Dr. Ronit Berdugo is a 2001 Ross University graduate, also a 2022 Housecall vet academy graduate! She had a house and boat call practice in the Florida Keys from 2005- 2022 called Island Paws of Key West. She also worked PT picking up relief shifts at the Florida Keys SPCA. She traded the mountains for the ocean in 2022 when she moved with her family to Steamboat Springs, Co. She currently is a relief vet for the Routt County Humane Society and has a small house call practice called Pampered Pet Home Vet. Lastly, she is part of a new business called The Veterkin Society which seeks to provide resources and savings to every vet. Topics covered in this episode: Dr. Ronit's journey as a long-time house call vet, including running a house and boat call practice in the Florida Keys What it's really like providing mobile veterinary care to island and boat-dwelling communities How climate, geography, and environment shape the structure of a house call practice The realities of sustaining a mobile practice long-term, including burnout and major life transitions Starting over with a house call practice after relocating to a new market Why finding a clear niche within house call medicine is more important than ever Links & Resources: Pampered Pet Home Vet: https://pamperedpethomevet.com The Veterkin Society: https://veterkin.com  The House Call Vet Academy Resources:  Download Dr. Eve's FREE House Call & Mobile Vet Biz Plan Find out about the House Call Vet Academy online CE course Learn more about the Concierge Vet Mastermind Get your FREE Concierge Vet Starter Kit mini course Learn more about Dr. Eve Harrison Learn more about 1-to-1 coaching for current & prospective house call & mobile vets Learn more about the House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference → Register TODAY for the House Call & Mobile Vet Virtual Conference, February 7th-8th, 2026!!!!!! Music:  In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.  Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.  This podcast is also available in video on our House Call Vet Cafe YouTube channel  P.S. Here's a special gift from me as a huge thank you for being a part of our wonderful House Call Vet Cafe podcast community! ☕️ GET 20% OFF your Four Sigmatic Mushroom Coffee when you order through this link! 4Sig truly is my favorite!!! Enjoy it in good health, my friends!

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Liberty Chats
How a Harvard Conservative Landed at The Boston Globe & Won the Steamboat Fellowship

Liberty Chats

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 22:57


Welcome to the Freedom Forge! In this first episode, Paula Mateer from the Steamboat Emerging Leaders Council sits down with Carine Hajjar, an opinion journalist for The Washington Post's Opinion section, former columnist and Editorial Board member at The Boston Globe, and Steamboat Institute Fellow. They talk about being a conservative at Harvard, going on to a career in journalism, and more!

THE PAYOFF
HONKY, MACHO, HOGAN & RICKY! Honky Tonk Man & Randy Savage v Hulk Hogan & Ricky Steamboat Dark Match on 01-05-1987

THE PAYOFF

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 36:04


The Random Wrestling Review
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

The Random Wrestling Review

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 76:22


In mid-1994, Hulk Hogan, the 5-time WWF Champion, and babyface centrepiece of Vince McMahon's juggernaut for the previous 10 years, jumped ship to its main competitor, WCW. Having attracted The Hulkster to the company, WCW's Senior Vice President, Eric Bischoff, wasted no time in booking a match that the WWF had decided not to deliver a couple of years earlier, Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair. The match, for the WCW World Title, also featured Shaquille O'Neal to hand the title to the victor, Mr T in the corner of Hogan, and a bunch of stars in the crowd. Also on the show, 'Stunning' Steve Austin defended the WCW United States Title against Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, and Lord Steven Regal took on Johnny B Badd for the Television Title. The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tinky.

Tales from the Cripps
33. Part 3: Tragedy in Mexico with Nathan Werner

Tales from the Cripps

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 164:40


This is the final installment of my interview with Nathan Werner. Nathan discusses a life altering paddling accident in Mexico and his physical and mental recovery from it.Today's episode's sponsors:4Corners Riversports4Corners Riversports is located in Durango, Colorado. They are a full service paddlesports retail and rental store! If you are looking to get on the water, look no further than 4Corners Riversports. Call them at 970-259-3893 or visit their website www.riversports.comTaylor Barker with The Group Real Estate SteamboatI have known and paddled with Taylor for years. If you're interested in purchasing a property in the Steamboat area, Taylor is happy to share his expertise and help you find the perfect property. You can reach him at 336-314-4353 or by email at taylor@brokerintheboat.com.This podcast is being featured in the podcast section of paddlinglife.com.  If you haven't already visited the site, check it out for news, stories, reviews, and just about anything related to the paddling life.For comments, questions, or if you have a story worth sharing, pitch it to me:talesfromthecripps@gmail.comSend me a text message with any comments, questions, or suggestions.Support the show

Primary Attribute
218 – The Inevitable Kind of Surprise

Primary Attribute

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 79:13


The secondary facility is back online and it's time to find the Great Wizard Dave. And more importantly, meet back up with Grickx and Steamboat! Grickx is back, baby! Vons finds a shiny. Jyessi knows how to talk to teens. Cool Vons wants to know what's hot and what's not. Steamboat Willie knows the rules of the game. Wealdroa tries to squeeze truth from a stone. Check us out online! We're at https://www.primaryattribute.com

Tales from the Cripps
32. Part 2: Shouldering Boats and Exploring Wyoming with Nathan Werner

Tales from the Cripps

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 87:25


I continue my conversation with Nathan Werner, this time delving into his transition into expedition kayaking and finding love for exploring the Rockies of Wyoming.Today's episode's sponsors:4Corners Riversports4Corners Riversports is located in Durango, Colorado. They are a full service paddlesports retail and rental store! If you are looking to get on the water, look no further than 4Corners Riversports. Call them at 970-259-3893 or visit their website www.riversports.comTaylor Barker with The Group Real Estate SteamboatI have known and paddled with Taylor for years. If you're interested in purchasing a property in the Steamboat area, Taylor is happy to share his expertise and help you find the perfect property. You can reach him at 336-314-4353 or by email at taylor@brokerintheboat.com.This podcast is being featured in the podcast section of paddlinglife.com.  If you haven't already visited the site, check it out for news, stories, reviews, and just about anything related to the paddling life.For comments, questions, or if you have a story worth sharing, pitch it to me:talesfromthecripps@gmail.comSend me a text message with any comments, questions, or suggestions.Support the show

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast
Steamboat Comedy Podcast Episode 153! Do we really need another podcast?

The Steamboat Comedy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 56:52


In this all new episode of the award winning Steamboat Comedy Podcast, comedians Matt Newland and Kyle Ruff respond to the random critics on TikTok who ask: "Do we really need another podcasts with two random guys talking?" Topics also include a set of serious statements that we need you to hear, as well as more sentences that have never been said, a new corporate wh*re of the week, and a special gift reveal from Friend of the Show Zach.

Tales from the Cripps
31. Part 1: From BV Drainage Canals to Whitewater Park Designer with Nathan Werner

Tales from the Cripps

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 88:54


Nathan Werner has been a perennial whitewater kayaker across the Colorado and Southern Rockies regions for many years, until a tragic accident derailed his focused enthusiasm. This loquacious interview has called for a three part series. In this episode, we'll explore part 1 of the series, how Nathan's early enthusiasm for whitewater lead him to a career as a whitewater park designer. Find out why you keep flushing out of your local play hole, and more.Today's episode's sponsors:4Corners Riversports4Corners Riversports is located in Durango, Colorado. They are a full service paddlesports retail and rental store! If you are looking to get on the water, look no further than 4Corners Riversports. Call them at 970-259-3893 or visit their website www.riversports.comTaylor Barker with The Group Real Estate SteamboatI have known and paddled with Taylor for years. If you're interested in purchasing a property in the Steamboat area, Taylor is happy to share his expertise and help you find the perfect property. You can reach him at 336-314-4353 or by email at taylor@brokerintheboat.com.This podcast is being featured in the podcast section of paddlinglife.com.  If you haven't already visited the site, check it out for news, stories, reviews, and just about anything related to the paddling life.For comments, questions, or if you have a story worth sharing, pitch it to me:talesfromthecripps@gmail.comSend me a text message with any comments, questions, or suggestions.Support the show

Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast
#595: 91% of Homes LOST Value But Prices Stay Flat?? | November 2025 Denver Market Update

Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 39:36


The Colorado real estate market in November 2025 is sending mixed signals. Denver sellers are pulling listings at the second-highest rate in the nation (39%), while prices somehow rose 2% year over year. Meanwhile, Colorado Springs faces a documented 27,000 unit shortage, yet new construction has dropped by half. Additionally, 91% of Denver homes show value declines on Zillow, but actual sales prices climbed higher in the November 2025 Colorado real estate market. Chris Lopez hosts the monthly Colorado market roundup with Jenny Bayless (Colorado Springs investor and agent), Brandon Scholten (Keyrenter Property Management CEO), and Troy Howell (Nova Home Loans senior loan officer). This panel breaks down November 2025 market data across both metros. Furthermore, they reveal what’s really happening beneath the surface of these contradictory trends. November 2025 Colorado Market Trends November brought sharp inventory changes across the Colorado real estate market. Specifically, new listings dropped 41% month over month in Denver and 36% in Colorado Springs. These represent typical seasonal patterns amplified by seller frustration. However, active inventory declined 15% in Denver but remains 13% higher than last year. Notably, transaction volume matches 2009 levels despite Denver’s population growing 30-40% since then. The panel discusses why Colorado Springs condo prices jumped 10% year over year while Denver condos fell 7%. Additionally, Troy shares details on closing a $720,000 Steamboat condo—one of the few condo transactions anyone’s seeing. Colorado Springs released a comprehensive housing assessment showing systemic affordability problems across all market segments in November 2025. The city documented that one-third of homeowners are cost-burdened. Moreover, renters need $78,000 annual income to comfortably afford the average $1,800 rent. Unfortunately, only one-third of renters earn that much. Building permits dropped from 9,000 units in 2020 to under 4,000 in 2024. In contrast, the city estimates needing 8,500 units annually. As a result, the panel debates potential solutions and why building costs make affordable housing nearly impossible without subsidies. Investment Opportunities and Market Predictions The Federal Reserve cut rates by another quarter point in November 2025. However, 30-year mortgages remain stuck at 6.2%. Troy explains why Fed actions don’t directly impact mortgage rates. Furthermore, he discusses what investors should expect heading into 2026. Meanwhile, Brandon shares a recent win with a fourplex in East Denver generating $2,270 monthly on midterm rentals versus $1,350 for long-term. This represents a 70% premium that’s helping investors squeeze better returns from existing inventory. Despite negative sentiment, the panel sees opportunity. With frustrated sellers, motivated buyers remain scarce. Additionally, transaction volume sits at multi-year lows. Nevertheless, December through February traditionally offers the best deals for patient investors. Chris, Jenny, Brandon, and Troy each predict where prices will land by December 2026. Their predictions range from “slightly negative” to “flat to fractionally improved.” Moreover, they discuss strategies for finding value in specific neighborhoods rather than chasing broad market trends. In This Episode We Cover: Why Denver ranks second nationally for sellers pulling listings (39% delist rate) and what this signals How Colorado Springs faces a 27,000 unit shortage despite vacant Class A apartments downtown The paradox of 91% of Denver homes showing value declines while actual sales prices rise 2% Why transaction volume matches 2009 levels but nobody’s talking about it What Federal Reserve rate cuts actually mean for mortgage rates (spoiler: not much) Specific neighborhoods and property types where deals are available right now How one investor is generating 70% more revenue with midterm rentals versus long-term Building permit data showing Colorado Springs at half the required supply to meet demand Where four market professionals predict prices will be in December 2026 Why December through February offers the best acquisition opportunities for 2026 Whether you’re hunting for your first Colorado rental property or managing a portfolio through choppy waters, this November 2025 market roundup delivers the specific data and local insights you need to make informed decisions. The panel’s predictions for 2026, combined with current opportunity identification, make this essential listening. Ultimately, anyone invested in the Colorado real estate market will benefit from these actionable insights and expert analysis. Watch the YouTube Video https://youtu.be/0Arr3gpQrSk?si=E8CxNEOpXltRNEYq Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome & Guest Introductions00:59– Colorado Springs Market Update – New Listings Drop 36% Month Over Month05:45 – Denver Metro Market Trends – Active Inventory Hits 10,000 Units09:18 – Condo Market Reality Check – Troy Closes $720K Steamboat Condo 13:44 2026 Price Predictions – Four Experts Call Higher, Lower, or Flat14:50– Transaction Volume Comparison – 2025 vs Great Financial Crisis Era17:30 – Frustrated Sellers Pulling Listings – Denver Ranks 2nd Worst Nationally20:17 – Zillow Data Reveals 91% of Denver Homes Down in Value Year Over Year21:48 – Colorado Springs Housing Crisis – City Reports 27,000 Unit Shortfall 29:18 – Building Permit Data Shows Supply Falling Short of Demand34:27 – Federal Reserve Rate Cut Impact – What It Means for Mortgage Rates36:02– Opportunity Discussion – Best Time to Buy in Choppy Markets37:41 – Midterm Rental Success Story – 70% Premium Over Long-Term Rent Connect with our Guests: Jeff White: jeff@envisionrea.com Troy Howell: troy.howell@novahomeloans.com LinkedIn: Troy Howell Website: https://www.novahomeloans.com/loan-officer/troy-howell/ Brandon Scholten: brandon@keyrenterdenver.com LinkedIn: Brandon Scholten Website: https://keyrenterdenver.com/ Links in Podcast Frustrated Denver Home Sellers Are Pulling Their Houses Off the MarketHome Value Declines Spread, But Losses Since Last Sale Are RareCity of Colorado Springs and El Paso County Regional Housing Needs Assessment Who is Keyrenter? Keyrenter Property Management Denver provides rental solutions for homeowners and real estate investors in the metro area who are interested in transforming their properties into passive income. It offers various services, from property marketing and thorough applicant screening to tenant placement and 24/7 maintenance services. Keyrenter Denver's team of experts can take the clients’ burden of managing their rental off their hands so they can get back to what matters to them. Who is Nova Home Loans? For over 40 years, we've been focused on helping homeowners find the perfect loan to fit their financial needs and personal goals. Working with NOVA is a personalized experience from initial application to final loan closing and beyond. We will be with you every step of the way toward successful homeownership. Start working with NOVA & Troy Howell today! NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION, DBA NOVA HOME LOANS NMLS 3087/ EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY/8055 EAST TUFTS AVENUE, SUITE 101/DENVER, CO

Talklaunch with Ryan Estes
Paul Karolyi from City Cast Denver

Talklaunch with Ryan Estes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 55:28


We're welcoming special guest Paul Karolyi, podcast veteran and Senior Executive Producer of City Cast Denver! Paul is catching us up on The Denver-est Denver Awards, presented by City Cast Denver this Thursday at the Oriental Theatre!   If you want to attend, head to their website to purchase tickets, or subscribe to the Real Good Denver Newsletter for your chance to win a free pair! Sign up at realgooddenver.com   As always, we've got the top Denver news and things to do on our radar this week as well.   Follow RGD: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8u8GmvBi6th6LOOMCuwJKw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/real_good_denver/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realgooddenver   Do you have a Denver event, cause, opening, or recommendation that you want to share with us? We want to hear from you! Tell us what's good at tom@kitcaster.com. We're opening up early access to a custom Denver job alert program through our newsletter thanks to https://www.jobstreamai.com/. Sign up at realgooddenver.com to be the first to know when it's ready!! News & Events: Probabilistic Snow Forecast This week Steamboat, Eldora, Vail and Copper are the places to be! House For The Holidays @ Two Moons City Cast Denver - Denverest Denver Awards @ The Oriental Theatre ETH Denver Registration Den Thai Grand Opening   Shout Outs: City Cast Denver Den Thai Grand Opening Los Dos Potrillos Phatt Matts Rockmount Ranchwear   Our Sponsors: Motor Street 360 Telescope Mapping   ​​Music produced by Troy Higgins Goodboytroy.com  

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American History Hit
Life on a Mississippi Steamboat

American History Hit

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 45:24


It's one of the most iconic symbols of early Americana; it conjures up images of bustling saloon bars and Mark Twain. But as glamorous as they may seem, there's a dark side the history of the Steamboats of the Mississippi River.In this episode we welcome Professor of History at Colorado State University, Robert Gudmestad. His newest book is The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War.Edited by Rich Power. Produced by Tom Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Daily Sun-Up
Steamboat billionaire to the rescue?

The Daily Sun-Up

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 13:49


Can a billionaire be the model for swiftly addressing the high-country housing shortage? Today, outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses a new housing project in Steamboat Springs backed by a tech-focused venture capitalist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast
WCW Sat Night on TBS Recap April 9, 1994! Ric Flair turns his attention to Steamboat!

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 108:44


If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from April 9, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 12/2/2025): HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Opening Shenanigans! And Crockett is filling in for Doc and he is full of complaints! ( 0:02:02 )  One Man Gang's BTT plug and when and where it was recorded originally. ( 0:04:02 ) School snow days in the northeast and a Dman Christmas Update? ( 0:06:41 ) Harper's thoughts on the new LJN wrestling figures. ( 0:15:08 ) The time Dman called Stevie Richards by his shoot name. ( 0:22:11 ) Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan in November you get 2 MONTHS FREE! ( 0:24:16 )  WCW Saturday Night on TBS April 9, 1994 recap and Heenan talks Kimberly the Diamond Doll! ( 0:25:33 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS April 9, 1994 recap continues! ( 0:29:28 ) Submit a 5-star review on Podcast Addict and Apple Podcasts and you will get a shoutout on air. Steve Austin is being stiff and dirty to Muta as Austin tries his best JYD imitation. ( 0:39:04 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS April 9, 1994 recap continues! ( 0:41:49 ) Lane Kiffin is the new coach of LSU and he is re-opening Kenny's West in Metairie! ( 1:08:42 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS April 9, 1994 recap continues! ( 1:12:42 ) Lord Steven Regal gets political? ( 1:25:33 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS April 9, 1994 continues. ( 1:30:21 ) Flair and Steamboat wrap up the show. ( 1:32:47 ) Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:37:58 ) What is going on with the WPAN with Corckett? And Crockett hates the movie Goonies. ( 1:42:20 ) Easy E tells you what you need to know! Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:47:34 )  Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again.

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Music of the Mountains: Chapel Mountain Rounders

The Mountain-Ear Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 34:00


Send us a textGospel music has the power to bring people together, no matter where they're from or what they believe. The emerging lineup Chapel Mountain Rounders embrace the style for that exact reason.Longmont resident Elijah Donovan, Nederland resident Matt Thomas, Rollinsville resident Courtlyn Bills, and Steamboat resident Kay McKenzie have consistently drawn hope from gospel music.While Christian messages build the foundation of the style, the bluegrass musicians emphasize the joy that gospel brings outside of its religious themes. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast hosts: Tyler Hickman, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, at media@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!

Grilling JR
Episode 349: JR Calls Flair versus Steamboat from 1984!

Grilling JR

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 72:26


On this episode of Grilling JR, The Voice of Wrestling Jim Ross and host Conrad Thompson take us back to 1984 for an extremely rare treat. JR sits down to call a forgotten classic — Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat from the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. While most fans point to their legendary 1989 trilogy, The Nature Boy himself has often said that some of his very best work with Steamboat happened years earlier. He's even described their 1984 clashes as "lightning in a bottle," a perfect blend of chemistry, timing, and intensity between two all-time greats. Now, for the first time, JR provides commentary on this overlooked masterpiece — calling Flair vs. Steamboat as only he can, with insight, passion, and the storytelling magic that made him the most iconic voice in wrestling history. MOMENTOUS - Visit http://livemomentous.com  and use promo code JR for up to 35% off your first subscription order. BLUECHEW - Visit https://bluechew.com  and try your first month of BlueChew FREE when you use promo code JR -- just pay $5 shipping. LEGAL BUDDY - Download the Legal Buddy App at http://LegalBuddyApp.com Register today, use referral code LEGAL for your chance to win a $250 Amazon Gift Card. SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing money away by paying those high interest rates on your credit card. Roll them into one low monthly payment and on top of that, skip your next two house payments. Go to https://www.savewithconrad.com  to learn more.

Talklaunch with Ryan Estes
Special Guests Jessie, Adam & Greg from Comedy Church SLC, the Denver-est Denver Awards from City Cast Denver, and a Free Congress Park Townhouse Sweepstakes!!

Talklaunch with Ryan Estes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 48:56


Adam and Greg are joining us from Comedy Church SLC alongside their local promoter Jessie from Vortexx Events to talk about their upcoming comedy show: "Christmas - A Comedy Show for the Ex-Religious". Hear how they're working together to put on the event at the newly revamped Federal Theatre!   As always, we've got the top Denver news and things to do on our radar this week as well. Follow RGD: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8u8GmvBi6th6LOOMCuwJKw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/real_good_denver/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realgooddenver   Do you have a Denver event, cause, opening, or recommendation that you want to share with us? We want to hear from you! Tell us what's good at tom@kitcaster.com. We're opening up early access to a custom Denver job alert program through our newsletter thanks to https://www.jobstreamai.com/. Sign up at realgooddenver.com to be the first to know when it's ready!!   Special Guest Jessie, Adam, and Greg   Christmas -- A Comedy Show for the Ex-Religious   Comedy Church - Salt Lake City   Vortexx Events     News & Events:   Probabilistic Snow Forecast This week Steamboat, Eldora and Vail are the places to be!   fulhouse.io and their Congress Park Townhome Sweepstakes!   Light Haus V6 @ The Marigold   House For The Holidays @ Two Moons   Youth on Record Holiday Party @ Two Moons   City Cast Denver - Denverest Denver Awards @ The Oriental Theatre     Promo   New Year's Eve party from our friends over at Drink Denver     Shout Oust:   https://fulhouse.io/   telescopemapping.com   City Cast Denver   Youth on Record   ​​Music produced by Troy Higgins   Goodboytroy.com  

Kliq This: The Kevin Nash Podcast

In this week's episode of Kliq This, Kevin Nash and Sean Oliver settle into a conversation that moves from wrestling history to the unpredictable present. The show opens with a look at a moment from Kevin's career that still sparks debate, and the discussion quickly branches into the kind of blunt honesty only Kliq This delivers. Nothing is off the table and the tone is set early. As the episode unfolds, the guys dive into the strange crossroads where nostalgia meets reality. Long standing legends, old stories with new twists, and the way narratives evolve are all brought into focus. Kevin reacts to a headline making claim that has the wrestling world buzzing, and his response anchors the episode with a mix of disbelief and grounded perspective. Outside the ring, the conversation turns toward politics, headlines, and the broader culture. Kevin breaks down the latest controversies with the same directness he uses when talking about the business. Sean keeps the ball moving while Kevin adds context, numbers, and the kind of analysis listeners have grown to expect from him. Later, they pivot into wrestling today and the way certain markets, audiences, and atmospheres can completely change the energy of a live show. Kevin gives a rare performer level insight into how crowd reactions shape the pacing, confidence, and delivery of televised segments. The guys break down what silence really means and how pros adjust when the arena throws them nothing. Before wrapping, Kevin offers listeners a set of film and TV recommendations, and answers questions from the live chat with surprising depth. From injury recovery to performance advice to the realities of aging in wrestling, the back half of the episode delivers some of the strongest personal insights Kevin has shared on the show. This one is classic Kliq This from start to finish. BlueChew-Visit BlueChew.com and try your first month of BlueChew FREE when you use promo code NASH -- just pay $5 shipping. Get Blitzed-Save 15% at Get-Blitzed.com by entering the code KLIQ at checkout. Mars Men-Get 60% off FOR LIFE AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men when you use KLIQ at Mengotomars.com The Perfect Jean-F*%k your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code KLIQ15 at theperfectjean.nyc/KLIQ15 #theperfectjeanpod 00:00 www.KliqThisTV.com 00:22 Show Open 00:57 Thanksgiving  01:10 MSG Backlund 06:25 Kevin Nash is #2 in a lot of things 08:41 Dress code at airports 14:18 Bret Hart: " Shawn and Vince were lovers. 25:33 BREAK BLUECHEW 27:21 Missing a shot 27:43 MTG resigns 29:50 Unlawful Orders 41:30 the run in! 41:53 I would love more of Kevin's tv and streaming picks 49:00 BREAK GET BLITZED 50:41 Legalizing MJ 53:01 "It's fine if fans discuss or criticize whatever show or sport they watch, but don't harass the talent." 53:49 "My ma around 65 years old is having bad neck problems. I don't want to take her to a crappy doctor" 01:01:25 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS 01:02:17 KEV, I WATCHED RAW…BUT I DIDN'T HEAR RAW 01:11:53 Carmelo Hayes 01:14:25 BREAK MARS MEN 01:17:29 Watching Survivor Series 01:18:24 Seth targeting WM season return 01:20:24 "Professional" degrees 01:24:51 "Help" other people with their bags? 01:26:00 DEAR SEXY 01:29:57 Wife posted a hot photo 01:31:00 DEAR SEXY #02 01:33:19 BREAK The Perfect Jean 01:36:09 ASK NASH 01:36:19 Slow Moving Coupe? 01:37:06 PTSD+ Suffering from Stroke 01:38:15 Ricochet/Cornette 01:39:14 Joey Marella 01:41:04 Sign Something for Scott Hall 01:42:25 Steamboat as champ 01:44:54 Warrior legal name 01:46:15 OUTRO

The Big 550 KTRS
The Heidi Glaus Show - 11.25.25 - Steamboats; Black Friday Deals; and much more

The Big 550 KTRS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 94:55


The Heidi Glaus Show - 11.25.25 - Steamboats; Black Friday Deals; and much more by

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1476: Inventing the Dishwasher

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 3:40


Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher.  Today, the birth of the dishwasher.

Wrestling Recommendations
138: WCW Tag Team Champions The Enforcers vs Dustin Rhodes & Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat from WCW's Clash of the Champions 17 11/19/1991

Wrestling Recommendations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 85:36


Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this week's episode, we watch along a fantastic match for the WCW Tag Team Championships. As Arn Anderson and Larry Zybyszko defend the titles against Dustin Rhodes and a returning Ricky 'The Dragon" Steamboat.Taking place at WCW's Clash of the Champions 17 on November 19th, 1991!Listen and watch along, as they continue to bring you their Wrestling Recommendations!

The Steep Stuff Podcast
#139 - Niko Teller

The Steep Stuff Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 64:34 Transcription Available


Send us a textThe road from an Okinawan family dojo to the rocky spine of the Northeast isn't as long as it looks. Meet trail runner and former Muay Thai athlete Niko Teller, a blue-collar UPS driver who turns daily mileage, discipline, and gritty terrain into real speed. We dig into how martial arts forged his mindset, why hips are the hidden engine for climbing and descending, and how he built technical downhill confidence on the Appalachian Trail, in the Catskills, and across the White Mountains.We break down the Northeast short-trail scene—from Chocorua to the Baldface Scramble—and why these 20 to 30K courses deliver as much vert and skill demand as some ultras. Nico explains how he trains when the “mountains” are 400 feet high, stacking hill repeats, AT long runs, and gravel bike cross-training to stay durable. Then we go deep on his JFK 50 game plan: smooth execution on the AT, a mid-race shoe swap into road foam, and a 6:30–6:40 towpath pace target backed by a simple fueling strategy of 90 grams of carbs per hour with Neversecond gels and mostly water in cool temps.We also unpack the hard lessons from Run Rabbit Run 100 in Steamboat—cold, hail, and a cranky Achilles—and how finishing on a tough day built more confidence than any PR. Niko shares why jiu-jitsu keeps him humble, how coaching with Fastquatch helps working athletes find balance, and what's next: Black Canyon 100K speed, a Cocodona waitlist gamble, and winter goals on the track with a sharper mile and 5K.If you love Northeast trail running, JFK 50 strategy, technical downhill tips, or blue-collar training that actually fits a busy life, this conversation will feel like a map you can use tomorrow. Subscribe, drop a review, and share with a friend who's eyeing a fast towpath split or their first White Mountain scramble.Follow Niko on IG - @nikolassuaveFollow James on IG - @jameslauriello Follow the Steep Stuff Podcast on IG - @steepstuff_pod Use code steepstuffpod for 25% off your cart at UltimateDirection.com!

Up To Date
Kansas City's Arabia Steamboat Museum will close in 2026. It's looking for a new, bigger home

Up To Date

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 16:48


Visitors looking to see the Arabia Steamboat Museum's collection of pre-Civil War artifacts have until next November. After more than 30 years at the City Market, the museum is closing when its lease ends in 2026. But the owners say they're exploring options to relocate and even add to the historic collection.

Wrestle Lingus Show
Collision: Fire the Director

Wrestle Lingus Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 29:25


Collision time This is come run down Pull your pants up over your head Renee n Briscoe Cox gives the nid The lezbos left Advantage matchesIs dark crystal still a minion? Flair and Steamboat on weds...hmmm Match 3 for the guys Subscribe on patreon.com/LingusMafia for ad-free and video versions of the show, exclusive PPV/PLE reviews and bonus shows including every Wrestlemania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Saturday Night's Main Event ever. Get access to over 10 years of podcasts! Stay connected: All our social media (@LingusMafia) links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/lingusmafia We have merch! Shirts, hoodies, stickers and more: lingusmafiashop.printify.me/ Drop us an email with comments or questions: lingusmafia@gmail.com Check our YouTube out at Wrestle Lingus Show! Remember to leave a comment and rate the show wherever you get your podcast from, we gotta get the word out there, we aren't too proud to beg, please? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ringside Report + Wrestling Uncensored Radio Podcasts
John Cena Makes HISTORY, Darby Allin LITERALLY ON FIRE, and War Games Teams Revealed

Ringside Report + Wrestling Uncensored Radio Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 66:03


John Cena wins the Intercontinental Championship for the FIRST TIME in his legendary career! Dave Simon and pro wrestler "Genesis" Johnny North deliver their honest take on Cena vs. Dominik Mysterio, and it's not pretty.Plus: Zack Ryder's shocking SmackDown return (Johnny was on the same show with Matt Cardona days earlier!), War Games teams revealed, Nikki Bella turns heel, Jesse Ventura RELEASED, and Chris Jericho's inevitable WWE return.On the AEW side: Blood and Guts delivers absolute CHAOS with Darby Allin literally set on fire, Jon Moxley tapping out to Kyle O'Reilly, and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat showing how to use legends properly.All this plus Dave's Top 5 Wrestlers of All Time and Full Gear predictions!

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast
WCW Saturday Night on TBS Recap March 12, 1994! Mean Gene Okerlund Interviews the Immortal Hulk Hogan!

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 93:21


If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from March 12, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 11/4/2025):  HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Opening Shenanigans! Where's Harper and Doc's being a baby and is crying about being sick or something? ( 0:02:02 )  Get your Wildkat Revolution Rumble Tickets for November 22, 2025 right here: http://revrumble.eventbrite.com/ World Series Game 7 Dodgers vs Blue Jays & Thursday night college football. ( 0:05:41 ) Lance was on the Bruise Cruise! Stay tuned! ( 0:14:03 ) 5-Star Review Shoutouts! Submit a 5-Star Review on Podcast Addict and Apple Podcasts and you'll get a shoutout on air. ( 0:15:39 ) If you want access to the Clashes or WCW PPVs, and over 400 Patreon show, become a patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan during November, you get 2 MONTHS FREE! ( 0:17:07 )  WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 12, 1994! ( 0:17:41 ) Bunkhouse Buck in the house! ( 0:29:44 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 12, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:35:13 ) Ron Simmons and Wildkat! Get your Wildkat Revolution Rumble Tickets for November 22, 2025 right here: http://revrumble.eventbrite.com/ ( 0:40:15 )  Mike reads off the Harper Lexicon? ( 0:44:05 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 12, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:50:29 )  Become a patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan during November, you get 2 MONTHS FREE! ( 0:51:24 )  Who is The Equalizer's big brother? ( 0:52:10 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 12, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:56:46 ) Regal continues to be from communist England? ( 1:00:32 ) Hulk Hogan is here! Will Doc survive? ( 1:06:51 ) Steamboat vs Austin! The winner gets Flair at Spring Stampede! ( 1:16:08 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 12, 1994 recap continues. ( 1:23:35 ) Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:26:10 )  Easy E tells you what you need to know! Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:30:42 )  Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again.

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows
AEW DYNAMITE POST-SHOW (11/12): Keller & Lansdell talk Blood & Guts matches and finishes, Hangman-Hobbs, FTR-Steamboat

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 131:32 Transcription Available


PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch's Chris Lansdell to discuss the Nov. 12 edition of AEW Dynamite including analysis of the two Blood & Guts matches with controversial or puzzling finishes. Also, analysis of the Ricky Steamboat segment with FTR, Hangman Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, and more including some late Kazuchika Okada talk.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-post-shows--3275545/support.

Dakota Datebook
November 13: Ice Roads

Dakota Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 2:36


Steamboats on the Missouri and Red Rivers once made travel much easier. Of course, the steamboats had to be taken out of the water for the winter but the rivers were still used for travel.

Adafruit Industries
Slow Move Player Steamboat Willie timelapse

Adafruit Industries

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 0:27


Slow Movie Player Steamboat Willie timelapse demo. Play a movie on an eInk display over the course of days and weeks instead of hours! Runs on Raspberry Pi with ffmpeg, Python, and PIL Based on Tom Whitwell's Slow Movie Player. John Park Learn Guide coming soon. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast
WCW Saturday Night on TBS Recap March 5, 1994! Mean Gene with a Hogan tease! Arn & Steamboat vs Austin & Regal.

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 89:19


If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from March 5, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 10/28/2025):  HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Crockett is here and Ask Harper is on fire over on Patreon! Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 0:03:16 )  Crockett wants to clarify some alternate facts about Terry Rizing's debut on Saturday Night a few weeks ago. And Harper joins. ( 0:06:22 ) A truck full of dangerous primates crashed on the way to Florida? And Harper sh*t posting on social media! ( 0:11:34 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 recap. ( 0:15:54 )  Submit a 5-star review on Podcast Addict and Apple Podcasts and you will get a shoutout on air. https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan you get a MONTH FREE! Is that a woman or a young teenage boy with that ridiculous mullet and puff on it's head. ( 0:19:42 )  WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 continues. ( 0:22:13 ) Steve Keirn balding mullet is here with his 1994 drip. ( 0:31:44 ) Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan arguing turns into Seinfeld vs King of Queens and BAD Leah Remini was and still is. ( 0:35:30 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 continues. ( 0:40:49 ) Jungle Jim Steel vs The Gambler and the kid in the audience can't spell "Jungle". And more bruised tonsils. ( 0:53:07 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 continues. ( 0:59:02 ) Crockett points out there is no Assassin with Pretty Wonderful. And what's that got to do with Vienna Sausages? ( 1:01:58 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 continues. ( 1:07:12 ) Mean Gene breaks some news about Hulk Hogan! ( 1:13:11 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS March 5, 1994 continues. ( 1:16:00 ) Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:23:18 ) Crockett updates us on the status of The WPAN! ( 1:26:58 ) Easy E tells you what you need to know! Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:28:09 )  Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again. BTT Facebook Group! (WARNING: Join at your own risk) https://www.facebook.com/groups/281458405926389/ Pay Pal: https://www.paypal.me/BTTPod Follow us on Twitter @BTT_Podcast, @Mike504Saints, @CJHWhoDat and Like us on Facebook.  Follow us on blue sky or whatever its called: Mudshow Mike and BTT Podcast

Mountain Real Estate
Colorado Ski Markets Are Heating Up: Summit County, Breck, Vail, Aspen & More (with Key Data)

Mountain Real Estate

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 32:24


In this episode of Mountain Real Estate, Candice De sits down with Daniel Leifeld of Key Data to unpack what's really happening across Colorado's vacation rental markets heading into ski season. Using direct-source reservation data (not scraped listings) from Key Data, Daniel breaks down occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, booking windows, and demand drivers for Summit County, Vail, Aspen/Snowmass, Steamboat, Telluride, and more. Whether you're a buyer, homeowner, or property manager, you'll learn how to evaluate deals, price smarter, and avoid the #1 projection mistake. We also cover how DMO marketing, inventory mix, and Easter timing impact bookings—and why demand for STRs remains extremely high. Resources & Links: Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/VnwmDHrdodEConnect with Key Data: Daniel Leifeld; Daniel@KeyDataDashboard.com Work with Candice De | Mountain Real Estate: Candice@amynakos.com Get my STR Underwriting Worksheet (free): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uu-7B817K55OBE4pHeo6J05ZbAuCr5aK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108716399741229385573&rtpof=true&sd=true Subscribe to the newsletter for monthly Summit County market updates: https://amynakos.com/newsletter/ About the show: I'm Candice De—realtor, investor, engineer, mom, and Colorado native—covering real estate from Denver to Summit County. Subscribe for weekly insights on buying, selling, investing, STRs, ADUs, and mountain-town living.

LeJeNdary Wrestling Figures
Ep 144 Ricky Steamboat LJN

LeJeNdary Wrestling Figures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 50:19


On Ep 144 of LeJeNdary Wrestling I discuss the Ricky Steamboat LJN & all the gear I've repainted on it. 5 Star Eric joins me for NFL Week 10 Picks & "Andre" Karaoke closes with original lyrics for an old favorite. The new song is titled, "We Never Will Retire."

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast
WCW Saturday Night on TBS Recap Feb 26, 1994! Superbrawl IV fallout? Vader vs Steamboat! And is it bye bye Missy Hyatt?

Booking The Territory Pro Wrestling Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 61:43


If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from February 26, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 10/21/2025):  HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Opening Shenanigans, Harper's Lexicon, and Part 3 of Ask Harper is either out or will be soon on Patreon! Become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 0:02:02 )  Harper's NBA predictions and a World Series preview from Harper. ( 0:03:51 )   If you want access to the Clashes or WCW PPVs, and over 400 Patreon show, become a patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory or tinyurl.com/PatreonBTT! You can sign up monthly or annual. When signing up for an annual plan, you get a MONTH FREE! ( 0:09:15 )  WCW Saturday Night on TBS Feb 26, 1994! ( 0:09:31 ) 5-Star Review Shoutouts! Submit a 5-Star Review on Podcast Addict and Apple Podcasts and you'll get a shoutout on air. Why are they showing full video recaps of Superbrawl IV? And Harper wants to talk toys! ( 0:15:58 )  Missy Hyatt's possible last Saturday Night appearance? ( 0:20:02 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS Feb 26, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:22:48 ) Terra Rizing- spelled differently this week and Bobby's commentary. And a Dman impersonation!  ( 0:30:12 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS Feb 26, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:33:10 ) Mean Gene is talking to the Cub Scouts in the crowd about women? ( 0:43:08 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS Feb 26, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:44:28 ) Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 0:50:33 ) Life advice from BTT - The Power of the Taco! ( 0:54:56 )  A.I. Easy E tells you what you need to know! Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory   Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again. BTT Facebook Group! (WARNING: Join at your own risk) https://www.facebook.com/groups/281458405926389/ Pay Pal: https://www.paypal.me/BTTPod Follow us on Twitter @BTT_Podcast, @Mike504Saints, @CJHWhoDat and Like us on Facebook.  Follow us on blue sky or whatever its called: Mudshow Mike and BTT Podcast

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #215: Alterra CEO Jared Smith

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 37:52


Take 20% off a paid annual ‘Storm' subscription through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.WhoJared Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Alterra Mountain CompanyRecorded onOctober 22, 2025About Alterra Mountain CompanyAlterra is skiing's Voltron, a collection of super-bots united to form one super-duper bot. Only instead of gigantic robot lions the bots are gigantic ski areas and instead of fighting the evil King Zarkon they combined to battle Vail Resorts and its cackling mad Epic Pass. Here is Alterra's current ski-bot stable:Alterra of course also owns the Ikon Pass, which for the 2025-26 winter gives skiers all of this:Ikon launched in 2018 as a more-or-less-even competitor to Epic Pass, both in number and stature of ski areas and price, but long ago blew past its mass-market competitor in both:Those 89 total ski areas include nine that Alterra added last week in Japan, South Korea, and China. Some of these 89 partners, however, are so-called “bonus mountains,” which are Alterra's Cinderellas. And not Cinderella at the end of the story when she rules the kingdom and dines on stag and hunts peasants for sport but first-scene Cinderella when she lives in a windowless tower and wears a burlap dress and her only friends are talking mice. Meaning skiers can use their Ikon Pass to ski at these places but they are not I repeat NOT on the Ikon Pass so don't you dare say they are (they are).While the Ikon Pass is Alterra's Excalibur, many of its owned mountains offer their own season passes (see Alterra chart above). And many now offer their own SUPER-DUPER season passes that let skiers do things like cut in front of the poors and dine on stag in private lounges:These SUPER-DUPER passes don't bother me though a lot of you want me to say they're THE END OF SKIING. I won't put a lot of effort into talking you off that point so long as you're all skiing for $17 per day on your Ikon Passes. But I will continue to puzzle over why the Ikon Session Pass is such a very very bad and terrible product compared to every other day pass including those sold by Alterra's own mountains. I am also not a big advocate for peak-day lift ticket prices that resemble those of black-market hand sanitizer in March 2020:Fortunately Vail and Alterra seem to have launched a lift ticket price war, the first battle of which is The Battle of Give Half Off Coupons to Your Dumb Friends Who Don't Buy A Ski Pass 10 Months Before They Plan to Ski:Alterra also runs some heli-ski outfits up in B.C. but I'm not going to bother decoding all that because one reason I started The Storm was because I was over stories of Bros skiing 45 feet of powder at the top of the Chugach while the rest of us fretted over parking reservations and the $5 replacement cost of an RFID card. I know some of you are like Bro how many stories do you think the world needs about chairlifts but hey at least pretty much anyone reading this can go ride them.Oh and also I probably lost like 95 percent of you with Voltron because unless you were between the ages of 7 and 8 in the mid-1980s you probably missed this:One neat thing about skiing is that if someone ran headfirst into a snowgun in 1985 and spent four decades in a coma and woke up tomorrow they'd still know pretty much all the ski areas even if they were confused about what's a Palisades Tahoe and why all of us future wussies wear helmets. “Damn it, Son in my day we didn't bother and I'm just fine. Now grab $20 and a pack of smokes and let's go skiing.”Why I interviewed himFor pretty much the same reason I interviewed this fellow:I mean like it or not these two companies dominate modern lift-served skiing in this country, at least from a narrative point of view. And while I do everything I can to demonstrate that between the Indy Pass and ski areas not in Colorado or Utah or Tahoe plenty of skier choice remains, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Alterra's 17 U.S. ski areas and Vail's 36 together make up around 30 percent of the skiable terrain across America's 509 active ski areas:And man when you add in all U.S. Epic and Ikon mountains it's like dang:We know publicly traded Vail's Epic Pass sales numbers and we know those numbers have softened over the past couple of years, but we don't have similar access to Alterra's numbers. A source with direct knowledge of Ikon Pass sales recently told me that unit sales had increased every year. Perhaps some day someone will anonymously message me a screenshot code-named Alterra's Big Dumb Chart documenting unit and dollar sales since Ikon's 2018 launch. In the meantime, I'm just going to have to keep talking to the guy running the company and asking extremely sly questions like, “if you had to give us a ballpark estimate of exactly how many Ikon Passes you sold and how much you paid each partner mountain and which ski area you're going to buy next, what would you say?”What we talked aboutA first-to-open competition between A-Basin and Winter Park (A-Basin won); the allure of skiing Japan; Ikon as first-to-market in South Korea and China; continued Ikon expansion in Europe; who's buying Ikon?; bonus mountains; half-off friends tickets; reserve passes; “one of the things we've struggled with as an industry are the dynamics between purchasing a pass and the daily lift ticket price”; “we've got to find ways to make it more accessible, more affordable, more often for more people”; Europe as a cheaper ski alternative to the West; “we are focused every day on … what is the right price for the right consumer on the right day?”; “there's never been more innovation” in the ski ticket space; Palisades Tahoe's 14-year-village-expansion approval saga; America's “increasingly complex” landscape of community stakeholders; and Deer Valley's massive expansion.What I got wrong* We didn't get this wrong, but when we recorded this pod on Wednesday, Smith and I discussed which of Alterra's ski areas would open first. Arapahoe Basin won that fight, opening at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, which was yesterday unless you're reading this in the future.* I said that 40 percent of all Epic, Ikon, and Indy pass partners were outside of North America. This is inaccurate: 40 percent (152) of those three passes' combined 383 partners is outside the United States. Subtracting their 49 Canadian ski areas gives us 103 mountains outside of North America, or 27 percent of the total.* I claimed that a ski vacation to Europe is “a quarter of the price” of a similar trip to the U.S. This was hyperbole, and obviously the available price range of ski vacations is enormous, but in general, prices for everything from lift tickets to hotels to food tend to be lower in the Alps than in the Rocky Mountain core.* It probably seems strange that I said that Deer Valley's East Village was great because you could drive there from the airport without hitting a spotlight and also said that the resort would be less car-dependent. What I meant by that was that once you arrive at East Village, it is – or will be, when complete – a better slopeside pedestrian village experience than the car-oriented Snow Park that has long served as the resort's principal entry point. Snow Park itself is scheduled to evolve from parking-lot-and-nothing-else to secondary pedestrian village. The final version of Deer Valley should reduce the number of cars within Park City proper and create a more vibrant atmosphere at the ski area.Questions I wish I'd askedThe first question you're probably asking is “Bro why is this so short aren't your podcasts usually longer than a Superfund cleanup?” Well I take what I can get and if there's a question you can think of related to Ikon or Alterra or any of the company's mountains, it was on my list. But Smith had either 30 minutes or zero minutes so I took the win.Podcast NotesOn Deer ValleyI was talking to the Deer Valley folks the other day and we agreed that they're doing so much so fast that it's almost impossible to tell the story. I mean this was Deer Valley two winters ago:And this will be Deer Valley this winter:Somehow it's easier to write 3,000 words on Indy Pass adding a couple of Northeast backwaters than it is to frame up the ambitions of a Utah ski area expanding by as much skiable acreage as all 30 New Hampshire ski areas combined in just two years. Anyway Deer Valley is about to be the sixth-largest ski area in America and when this whole project is done in a few years it will be number four at 5,700 acres, behind only Vail Resorts' neighboring Park City (7,300 acres), Alterra's own Palisades Tahoe (6,000 acres), and Boyne Resorts' Big Sky (5,850 acres).On recent Steamboat upgradesYes the Wild Blue Gondola is cool and I'm sure everyone from Baton-Tucky just loves it. But everything I'm hearing out of Steamboat over the past couple of winters indicates that A) the 650-acre Mahogany Ridge expansion adds a fistfighting dimension to what had largely been an intermediate ski resort, and that, B) so far, no one goes over there, partially because they don't know about it and partially because the resort only cut one trail in the whole amazing zone (far looker's left):I guess just go ski this one while everyone else still thinks Steamboat is nothing but gondolas and Sunshine Peak.On Winter Park being “on deck”After stringing the two sides of Palisades Tahoe together with a $75 trillion gondola and expanding Steamboat and nearly tripling the size of Deer Valley, all signs point to Alterra next pushing its resources into actualizing Winter Park's ambitious masterplan, starting with the gondola connection to town (right side of map):On new Ikon Pass partners for 2025-26You can read about the bonus partners above, but here are the write-ups on Ikon's full seven/five-day partners:On previous Alterra podcastsThis was Smith's second appearance on the pod. Here's number one, from 2023:His predecessor, Rusty Gregory, appeared on the show three times:I've also hosted the leaders of a bunch of Alterra leaders on the pod, most recently A-Basin and Mammoth:And the heads of many Ikon Pass partners – most recently Killington and Sun Valley:On U.S. passes in JapanEpic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective are now aligned with 48 ski areas in Japan – nearly as many as the four passes have signed in Canada:On EuropeAnd here are the European ski areas aligned with Epic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective – the list is shorter than the Japanese list, but since each European ski area is made up of between one and 345 ski areas, the actual skiable acreage here is likely equal to the landmass of Greenland:On skier and ski area growth in ChinaChina's ski industry appears to be developing rapidly - I'm not sure what to make of the difference between “ski resorts” and “ski resorts with aerial ropeways.” Normally I'd assume that means with or without lifts, but that doesn't make a lot of sense and sometimes nations frame things in very different ways.On the village at Palisades TahoeThe approval process for a village expansion on the Olympic side of Palisades Tahoe was a very convoluted one. KCRA sums the outcome up well (I'll note that “Alterra” did not call for anything in 2011, as the company didn't exist until 2017):Under the initial 2011 application, Alterra had called for the construction of 2,184 bedrooms. That was reduced to 1,493 bedrooms in a 2014 revised proposal where 850 housing units — a mix of condominiums, hotel rooms and timeshares — were planned. The new agreement calls for a total of 896 bedrooms.The groups that pushed this downsizing were primarily Keep Tahoe Blue and Sierra Watch. Smith is very diplomatic in discussing this project on the podcast, pointing to the “collaboration, communication, and a little bit of compromise” that led to the final agreement.I'm not going to be so diplomatic. Fighting dense, pedestrian-oriented development that could help reconfigure traffic patterns and housing availability in a region that is choking on ski traffic and drowning in housing costs is dumb. The systems for planning, approving, and building anything that is different from what already exists in this nation are profoundly broken. The primary issue is this: these anti-development crusaders position themselves as environmental defenders without acknowledging (or, more likely, realizing), that the existing traffic, blight, and high costs driving their resistance is a legacy of haphazard development in past decades, and that more thoughtful, human-centric projects could mitigate, rather than worsen, these concerns. The only thing an oppose-everything stance achieves is to push development farther out into the hinterlands, exacerbating sprawl and traffic.British Columbia is way ahead of us here. I've written about this extensively in the past, and won't belabor the point here except to cite what I wrote last year about the 3,711-home city sprouting from raw wilderness below Cypress Mountain, a Boyne-owned Ikon Pass partner just north of Vancouver:Mountain town housing is most often framed as an intractable problem, ingrown and malignant and impossible to reset or rethink or repair. Too hard to do. But it is not hard to do. It is the easiest thing in the world. To provide more housing, municipalities must allow developers to build more housing, and make them do it in a way that is dense and walkable, that is mixed with commerce, that gives people as many ways to move around without a car as possible.This is not some new or brilliant idea. This is simply how humans built villages for about 10,000 years, until the advent of the automobile. Then we started building our spaces for machines instead of for people. This was a mistake, and is the root problem of every mountain town housing crisis in North America. That and the fact that U.S. Americans make no distinction between the hyper-thoughtful new urbanist impulses described here and the sprawling shitpile of random buildings that are largely the backdrop of our national life. The very thing that would inject humanity into the mountains is recast as a corrupting force that would destroy a community's already-compromised-by-bad-design character.Not that it will matter to our impossible American brains, but Canada is about to show us how to do this. Over the next 25 years, a pocket of raw forest hard against Cypress' access road will sprout a city of 3,711 homes that will house thousands of people. It will be a human-scaled, pedestrian-first community, a city neighborhood dropped onto a mountainside. A gondola could connect the complex to Cypress' lifts thousands of feet up the mountain – more cars off the road. It would look like this (the potential aerial lift is not depicted here):Here's how the whole thing would set up against the mountain:And here's what it would be like at ground level:Like wow that actually resembles something that is not toxic to the human soul. But to a certain sort of Mother Earth evangelist, the mere suggestion of any sort of mountainside development is blasphemous. I understand this impulse, but I believe that it is misdirected, a too-late reflex against the subdivision-off-an-exit-ramp Build-A-Bungalow mentality that transformed this country into a car-first sprawlscape. I believe a reset is in order: to preserve large tracts of wilderness, we should intensely develop small pieces of land, and leave the rest alone. This is about to happen near Cypress. We should pay attention.Given the environmental community's reflexive and vociferous opposition to a recent proposal to repurpose tracts of not-necessarily-majestic wilderness for housing, I'm not optimistic that we possess the cultural brainpower to improve our own lives through policy. Which is why I've been writing more about passes and less about our collective ambitions to make everything from the base of the lifts outward as inconvenient and expensive as possible.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us for 20% off the annual rate through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #213: Arapahoe Basin President & COO Alan Henceroth

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 80:30


WhoAlan Henceroth, President and Chief Operating Officer of Arapahoe Basin, Colorado – Al runs the best ski area-specific executive blog in America – check it out:Recorded onMay 19, 2025About Arapahoe BasinClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Alterra Mountain Company, which also owns:Pass access* Ikon Pass: unlimited* Ikon Base Pass: unlimited access from opening day to Friday, Dec. 19, then five total days with no blackouts from Dec. 20 until closing day 2026Base elevation* 10,520 feet at bottom of Steep Gullies* 10,780 feet at main baseSummit elevation* 13,204 feet at top of Lenawee Mountain on East Wall* 12,478 feet at top of Lazy J Tow (connector between Lenawee Express six-pack and Zuma quad)Vertical drop* 1,695 feet lift-served – top of Lazy J Tow to main base* 1,955 feet lift-served, with hike back up to lifts – top of Lazy J Tow to bottom of Steep Gullies* 2,424 feet hike-to – top of Lenawee Mountain to Main BaseSkiable Acres: 1,428Average annual snowfall:* Claimed: 350 inches* Bestsnow.net: 308 inchesTrail count: 147 – approximate terrain breakdown: 24% double-black, 49% black, 20% intermediate, 7% beginnerLift count: 9 (1 six-pack, 1 high-speed quad, 3 fixed-grip quads, 1 double, 2 carpets, 1 ropetow)Why I interviewed himWe can generally splice U.S. ski centers into two categories: ski resort and ski area. I'll often use these terms interchangeably to avoid repetition, but they describe two very different things. The main distinction: ski areas rise directly from parking lots edged by a handful of bunched utilitarian structures, while ski resorts push parking lots into the next zipcode to accommodate slopeside lodging and commerce.There are a lot more ski areas than ski resorts, and a handful of the latter present like the former, with accommodations slightly off-hill (Sun Valley) or anchored in a near-enough town (Bachelor). But mostly the distinction is clear, with the defining question being this: is this a mountain that people will travel around the world to ski, or one they won't travel more than an hour to ski?Arapahoe Basin occupies a strange middle. Nothing in the mountain's statistical profile suggests that it should be anything other than a Summit County locals hang. It is the 16th-largest ski area in Colorado by skiable acres, the 18th-tallest by lift-served vertical drop, and the eighth-snowiest by average annual snowfall. The mountain runs just six chairlifts and only two detachables. Beginner terrain is limited. A-Basin has no base area lodging, and in fact not much of a base area at all. Altitude, already an issue for the Colorado ski tourist, is amplified here, where the lifts spin from nearly 11,000 feet. A-Basin should, like Bridger Bowl in Montana (upstream from Big Sky) or Red River in New Mexico (across the mountain from Taos) or Sunlight in Colorado (parked between Aspen and I-70), be mostly unknown beside its heralded big-name neighbors (Keystone, Breck, Copper).And it sort of is, but also sort of isn't. Like tiny (826-acre) Aspen Mountain, A-Basin transcends its statistical profile. Skiers know it, seek it, travel for it, cross it off their lists like a snowy Eiffel Tower. Unlike Aspen, A-Basin has no posse of support mountains, no grided downtown spilling off the lifts, no Kleenex-level brand that stands in for skiing among non-skiers. And yet Vail tried buying the bump in 1997, and Alterra finally did in 2024. Meanwhile, nearby Loveland, bigger, taller, snowier, higher, easier to access with its trip-off-the-interstate parking lots, is still ignored by tourists and conglomerates alike.Weird. What explains A-Basin's pull? Onetime and future Storm guest Jackson Hogen offers, in his Snowbird Secrets book, an anthropomorphic explanation for that Utah powder dump's aura: As it turns out, everyone has a story for how they came to discover Snowbird, but no one knows the reason. Some have the vanity to think they picked the place, but the wisest know the place picked them.That is the secret that Snowbird has slipped into our subconscious; deep down, we know we were summoned here. We just have to be reminded of it to remember, an echo of the Platonic notion that all knowledge is remembrance. In the modern world we are so divorced from our natural selves that you would think we'd have lost the power to hear a mountain call us. And indeed we have, but such is the enormous reach of this place that it can still stir the last seed within us that connects us to the energy that surrounds us every day yet we do not see. The resonance of that tiny, vibrating seed is what brings us here, to this extraordinary place, to stand in the heart of the energy flow.Yeah I don't know, Man. We're drifting into horoscope territory here. But I also can't explain why we all like to do This Dumb Thing so much that we'll wrap our whole lives around it. So if there is some universe force, what Hogen calls “vibrations” from Hidden Peak's quartz, drawing skiers to Snowbird, could there also be some proton-kryptonite-laserbeam s**t sucking us all toward A-Basin? If there's a better explanation, I haven't found it.What we talked aboutThe Beach; keeping A-Basin's whole ski footprint open into May; Alterra buys the bump – “we really liked the way Alterra was doing things… and letting the resorts retain their identity”; the legacy of former owner Dream; how hardcore, no-frills ski area A-Basin fits into an Alterra portfolio that includes high-end resorts such as Deer Valley and Steamboat; “you'd be surprised how many people from out of state ski here too”; Ikon as Colorado sampler pack (or not); local reaction to Alterra's purchase – “I think it's fair that there was anxiety”; balancing the wild ski cycle of over-the-top peak days and soft periods; parking reservations; going unlimited on the full Ikon Pass and how parking reservations play in – “we spent a ridiculous amount of time talking about it”; the huge price difference between Epic and Ikon and how that factors into the access calculus; why A-Basin still sells a single-mountain season pass; whether reciprocal partnerships with Monarch and Silverton will remain in place; “I've been amazed at how few things I've been told to do” by Alterra; A-Basin's dirt-cheap early-season pass; why early season is “a more competitive time” than it used to be; why A-Basin left Mountain Collective; Justice Department anti-trust concerns around Alterra's A-Basin purchase – “it never was clear to me what the concerns were”; breaking down A-Basin's latest U.S. Forest Service masterplan – “everything in there, we hope to do”; a parking lot pulse gondola and why that makes sense over shuttles; why A-Basin plans a two-lift system of beginner machines; why should A-Basin care about beginner terrain?; is beginner development is related to Ikon Pass membership?; what it means that the MDP designs for 700 more skiers per day; assessing the Lenawee Express sixer three seasons in; why A-Basin sold the old Lenawee lift to independent Sunlight, Colorado; A-Basin's patrol unionizing; and 100 percent renewable energy.What I got wrong* I said that A-Basin was the only mountain that had been caught up in antitrust issues, but that's inaccurate: when S-K-I and LBO Enterprises merged into American Skiing Company in 1996, the U.S. Justice Department compelled the combined company to sell Cranmore and Waterville Valley, both in New Hampshire. Waterville Valley remains independent. Cranmore stayed independent for a while, and has since 2010 been owned by Fairbank Group, which also owns Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts and operates Bromley, Vermont.* I said that A-Basin's $259 early-season pass, good for unlimited access from opening day through Dec. 25, “was like one day at Vail,” which is sort of true and sort of not. Vail Mountain's day-of lift ticket will hit $230 from Nov. 14 to Dec. 11, then increase to $307 or $335 every day through Christmas. All Resorts Epic Day passes, which would get skiers on the hill for any of those dates, currently sell for between $106 and $128 per day. Unlimited access to Vail Mountain for that full early-season period would require a full Epic Pass, currently priced at $1,121.* This doesn't contradict anything we discussed, but it's worth noting some parking reservations changes that A-Basin implemented following our conversation. Reservations will now be required on weekends only, and from Jan. 3 to May 3, a reduction from 48 dates last winter to 36 for this season. The mountain will also allow skiers to hold four reservations at once, doubling last year's limit of two.Why now was a good time for this interviewOne of the most striking attributes of modern lift-served skiing is how radically different each ski area is. Panic over corporate hegemony power-stamping each child mountain into snowy McDonald's clones rarely survives past the parking lot. Underscoring the point is neighboring ski areas, all over America, that despite the mutually intelligible languages of trail ratings and patrol uniforms and lift and snowgun furniture, and despite sharing weather patterns and geologic origins and local skier pools, feel whole-cut from different eras, cultures, and imaginations. The gates between Alta and Snowbird present like connector doors between adjoining hotel rooms but actualize as cross-dimensional Mario warpzones. The 2.4-mile gondola strung between the Alpine Meadows and Olympic sides of Palisades Tahoe may as well connect a baseball stadium with an opera house. Crossing the half mile or so between the summits of Sterling at Smugglers' Notch and Spruce Peak at Stowe is a journey of 15 minutes and five decades. And Arapahoe Basin, elder brother of next-door Keystone, resembles its larger neighbor like a bat resembles a giraffe: both mammals, but of entirely different sorts. Same with Sugarbush and Mad River Glen, Vermont; Sugar Bowl, Donner Ski Ranch, and Boreal, California; Park City and Deer Valley, Utah; Killington and Pico, Vermont; Highlands and Nub's Nob, Michigan; Canaan Valley and Timberline and Nordic-hybrid White Grass, West Virginia; Aspen's four Colorado ski areas; the three ski areas sprawling across Mt. Hood's south flank; and Alpental and its clump of Snoqualmie sisters across the Washington interstate. Proximity does not equal sameness.One of The Storm's preoccupations is with why this is so. For all their call-to-nature appeal, ski areas are profoundly human creations, more city park than wildlife preserve. They are sculpted, managed, manicured. Even the wildest-feeling among them – Mount Bohemia, Silverton, Mad River Glen – are obsessively tended to, ragged by design.A-Basin pulls an even neater trick: a brand curated for rugged appeal, scaffolded by brand-new high-speed lifts and a self-described “luxurious European-style bistro.” That the Alterra Mountain Company-owned, megapass pioneer floating in the busiest ski county in the busiest ski state in America managed to retain its rowdy rap even as the onetime fleet of bar-free double chairs toppled into the recycling bin is a triumph of branding.But also a triumph of heart. A-Basin as Colorado's Alta or Taos or Palisades is a title easily ceded to Telluride or Aspen Highlands, similarly tilted high-alpiners. But here it is, right beside buffed-out Keystone, a misunderstood mountain with its own wild side but a fair-enough rap as an approachable landing zone for first-time Rocky Mountain explorers westbound out of New York or Ohio. Why are A-Basin and Keystone so different? The blunt drama of A-Basin's hike-in terrain helps, but it's more enforcer than explainer. The real difference, I believe, is grounded in the conductor orchestrating this mad dance.Since Henceroth sat down in the COO chair 20 years ago, Keystone has had nine president-general manager equivalents. A-Basin was already 61 years old in 2005, giving it a nice branding headstart on younger Keystone, born in 1970. But both had spent nearly two decades, from 1978 to 1997, co-owned by a dogfood conglomerate that often marketed them as one resort, and the pair stayed glued together on a multimountain pass for a couple of decades afterward.Henceroth, with support and guidance from the real-estate giant that owned A-Basin in the Ralston-Purina-to-Alterra interim, had a series of choices to make. A-Basin had only recently installed snowmaking. There was no lift access to Zuma Bowl, no Beavers. The lift system consisted of three double chairs and two triples. Did this aesthetic minimalism and pseudo-independence define A-Basin? Or did the mountain, shaped by the generations of leaders before Henceroth, hold some intangible energy and pull, that thing we recognize as atmosphere, culture, vibe? Would The Legend lose its duct-taped edge if it:* Expanded 400 mostly low-angle acres into Zuma Bowl (2007)* Joined Vail Resorts' Epic Pass (2009)* Installed the mountain's first high-speed lift (Black Mountain Express in 2010)* Expand 339 additional acres into the Beavers (2018), and service that terrain with an atypical-for-Colorado 1,501-vertical-foot fixed-grip lift* Exit the Epic Pass following the 2018-19 ski season* Immediately join Mountain Collective and Ikon as a multimountain replacement (2019)* Ditch a 21-year-old triple chair for the mountain's first high-speed six-pack (2022)* Sell to Alterra Mountain Company (2024)* Require paid parking reservations on high-volume days (2024)* Go unlimited on the Ikon Pass and exit Mountain Collective (2025)* Release an updated USFS masterplan that focuses largely on the novice ski experience (2025)That's a lot of change. A skier booted through time from Y2K to October 2025 would examine that list and conclude that Rad Basin had been tamed. But ski a dozen laps and they'd say well not really. Those multimillion upgrades were leashed by something priceless, something human, something that kept them from defining what the mountain is. There's some indecipherable alchemy here, a thing maybe not quite as durable as the mountain itself, but rooted deeper than the lift towers strung along it. It takes a skilled chemist to cook this recipe, and while they'll never reveal every secret, you can visit the restaurant as many times as you'd like.Why you should ski Arapahoe BasinWe could do a million but here are nine:1) $: Two months of early-season skiing costs roughly the same as A-Basin's neighbors charge for a single day. A-Basin's $259 fall pass is unlimited from opening day through Dec. 25, cheaper than a Dec. 20 day-of lift ticket at Breck ($281), Vail ($335), Beaver Creek ($335), or Copper ($274), and not much more than Keystone ($243). 2) Pali: When A-Basin tore down the 1,329-vertical-foot, 3,520-foot-long Pallavicini double chair, a 1978 Yan, in 2020, they replaced it with a 1,325-vertical-foot, 3,512-foot-long Leitner-Poma double chair. It's one of just a handful of new doubles installed in America over the past decade, underscoring a rare-in-modern-skiing commitment to atmosphere, experience, and snow preservation over uphill capacity. 3) The newest lift fleet in the West: The oldest of A-Basin's six chairlifts, Zuma, arrived brand-new in 2007.4) Wall-to-wall: when I flew into Colorado for a May 2025 wind-down, five ski areas remained open. Despite solid snowpack, Copper, Breck, and Winter Park all spun a handful of lifts on a constrained footprint. But A-Basin and Loveland still ran every lift, even over the Monday-to-Thursday timeframe of my visit.5) The East Wall: It's like this whole extra ski area. Not my deal as even skiing downhill at 12,500 feet hurts, but some of you like this s**t:6) May pow: I mean yeah I did kinda just get lucky but damn these were some of the best turns I found all year (skiing with A-Basin Communications Manager Shayna Silverman):7) The Beach: the best ski area tailgate in North America (sorry, no pet dragons allowed - don't shoot the messenger):8) The Beavers: Just glades and glades and glades (a little crunchy on this run, but better higher up and the following day):9) It's a ski area first: In a county of ski resorts, A-Basin is a parking-lots-at-the-bottom-and-not-much-else ski area. It's spare, sparse, high, steep, and largely exposed. Skiers are better at self-selecting than we suppose, meaning the ability level of the average A-Basin skier is more Cottonwoods than Connecticut. That impacts your day in everything from how the liftlines flow to how the bumps form to how many zigzaggers you have to dodge on the down.Podcast NotesOn the dates of my visit We reference my last A-Basin visit quite a bit – for context, I skied there May 6 and 7, 2025. Both nice late-season pow days.On A-Basin's long seasonsIt's surprisingly difficult to find accurate open and close date information for most ski areas, especially before 2010 or so, but here's what I could cobble together for A-Basin - please let me know if you have a more extensive list, or if any of this is wrong:On A-Basin's ownership timelineArapahoe Basin probably gets too much credit for being some rugged indie. Ralston-Purina, then-owners of Keystone, purchased A-Basin in 1978, then added Breckenridge to the group in 1993 before selling the whole picnic basket to Vail in 1997. The U.S. Justice Department wouldn't let the Eagle County operator have all three, so Vail flipped Arapahoe to a Canadian real estate empire, then called Dundee, some months later. That company, which at some point re-named itself Dream, pumped a zillion dollars into the mountain before handing it off to Alterra last year.On A-Basin leaving Epic PassA-Basin self-ejected from Epic Pass in 2019, just after Vail maxed out Colorado by purchasing Crested Butte and before they fully invaded the East with the Peak Resorts purchase. Arapahoe Basin promptly joined Mountain Collective and Ikon, swapping unlimited-access on four varieties of Epic Pass for limited-days products. Henceroth and I talked this one out during our 2022 pod, and it's a fascinating case study in building a better business by decreasing volume.On the price difference between Ikon and Epic with A-Basin accessConcerns about A-Basin hurdling back toward the overcrowded Epic days by switching to Ikon's unlimited tier tend to overlook this crucial distinction: Vail sold a 2018-19 version of the Epic Pass that included unlimited access to Keystone and A-Basin for an early-bird rate of $349. The full 2025-26 Ikon Pass debuted at nearly four times that, retailing for $1,329, and just ramped up to $1,519.On Alterra mountains with their own season passesWhile all Alterra-owned ski areas (with the exception of Deer Valley), are unlimited on the full Ikon Pass and nine are unlimited with no blackouts on Ikon Base, seven of those sell their own unlimited season pass that costs less than Base. The sole unlimited season pass for Crystal, Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe, Steamboat, Stratton, and Sugarbush is a full Ikon Pass, and the least-expensive unlimited season pass for Solitude is the Ikon Base. Deer Valley leads the nation with its $4,100 unlimited season pass. See the Alterra chart at the top of this article for current season pass prices to all of the company's mountains.On A-Basin and Schweitzer pass partnershipsAlterra has been pretty good about permitting its owned ski areas to retain historic reciprocal partners on their single-mountain season passes. For A-Basin, this means three no-blackout days at Monarch and two unguided days at Silverton. Up at Schweitzer, passholders get three midweek days each at Whitewater, Mt. Hood Meadows, Castle Mountain, Loveland, and Whitefish. None of these ski areas are on Ikon Pass, and the benefit is only stapled to A-Basin- or Schweitzer-specific season passes.On the Mountain Collective eventI talk about Mountain Collective as skiing's most exclusive country club. Nothing better demonstrates that characterization than this podcast I recorded at the event last fall, when in around 90 minutes I had conversations with the top leaders of Boyne Resorts, Snowbird, Aspen, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Snowbasin, Grand Targhee, and many more.On Mountain Collective and Ikon overlapThe Mountain Collective-Ikon overlap is kinda nutso:On Pennsylvania skiingIn regards to the U.S. Justice Department grilling Alterra on its A-Basin acquisition, it's still pretty stupid that the agency allowed Vail Resorts to purchase eight of the 19 public chairlift-served ski areas in Pennsylvania without a whisper of protest. These eight ski areas almost certainly account for more than half of all skier visits in a state that typically ranks sixth nationally for attendance. Last winter, the state's 2.6 million skier visits accounted for more days than vaunted ski states New Hampshire (2.4 million), Washington (2.3), Montana (2.2), Idaho (2.1). or Oregon (2.0). Only New York (3.4), Vermont (4.2), Utah (6.5), California (6.6), and Colorado (13.9) racked up more.On A-Basin's USFS masterplanNothing on the scale of Zuma or Beavers inbound, but the proposed changes would tap novice terrain that has always existed but never offered a good access point for beginners:On pulse gondolasA-Basin's proposed pulse gondola, should it be built, would be just the sixth such lift in America, joining machines at Taos, Northstar, Steamboat, Park City, and Snowmass. Loon plans to build a pulse gondola in 2026.On mid-mountain beginner centersBig bad ski resorts have attempted to amp up family appeal in recent years with gondola-serviced mid-mountain beginner centers, which open gentle, previously hard-to-access terrain to beginners. This was the purpose of mid-stations off Jackson Hole's Sweetwater Gondola and Big Sky's new-for-this-year Explorer Gondola. A-Basin's gondy (not the parking lot pulse gondola, but the one terminating at Sawmill Flats in the masterplan image above), would provide up and down lift access allowing greenies to lap the new detach quad above it.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live
#4543 Steamboat Dinosaur

TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 83:21


Andrew had a dream involving a public toilet. A very public toilet. Plus, Luke is learning about the birds and the bees -- specifically, the humming birds and the yellow jackets that are harassing them in his back yard. And they take some time to revisit the 1990s show Dinosaurs.