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Recoded Oct 3, 2025 Ski Utah is the state wide marketing group for 15 Utah ski resorts. Known for its "Greatest Snow on Earth" and convenient access via the Salt Lake City airport, it's easy to get to ski resorts like Alta without having to maneuver a mountain pass. And you can take the Trax transportation system from the airport to the city center. There's also a Salt Lake City "Ski Bus" to get you directory to four of Utah's larger ski areas' main entrances. Alison Palmintere, Ski Utah's Media Director, reports on the highlights of what is happening for winter 2025-26 in Utah in this ...

Recorded October 3rd, 2025. Town Square Inns in Jackson Hole boasts more than 400 rooms in four properties that are located in downtown Jackson Hole WY. They have a room for every budget. The four properties are The 49er Inn and Suites, Antler Inn, Cowboy Village Resort and Elk Country Inn. All are in walking distance to bars, restaurants, museums and galleries. In winter there are free shuttles to comfortably take you 12 miles to the Jackson Hole Ski Resort (JHMR). Also in winter, free breakfast is included for guests staying at The 49er, Cowboy Village, and Elk Country Inn. The company ...

Bear Creek Mountain Resort is a full four season resort, with a 160 room hotel, Wedding venues, a Conference Center and, of course, a ski area. It is located near Macungie, PA, about halfway between Reading and Allentown, PA. Coming off one of there longest winter ski seasons in recent years, Bear Creek invested in snowmaking system upgrades. All they need now is cold temps and a favorable dew point and bingo, more snow. This is also the place for a family or other celebration, school reunion or company conference. A hotel is part our the complex. Gary Kline, Bear Creek's Marketing Director, ...

John Urdi, President and C.E.O. of Mammoth Lakes Tourism, discusses the 2024-25 snow year as well as the many summer events. This beautiful California town, off of Hwy 395, is located in the Eastern Sierra 30 minutes south of the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. Winter 2024-25 saw 300 inches of snow with skiing and riding until June 14th. Mammoth averages 400 inches with skiing and riding into July. Mammoth Mountain boasts 3,500 acres with a 3,100 foot vertical drop and is easy to connect to direct flights from Denver or San Francisco. Eastern skiers and riders have several ...

TJ Oshie announced his retirement on June 9, 2025 after a 16 year playing career. He was star forward for the St Louis Blues to begin his career from 2008 to 2015. He then spent 2015 to 2025 with the Washington Capitals, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 2018. In those 2018 playoffs he scored 8 goals and 13 assists in 24 games. Combined regular season and playoffs he gathered 336 goals and 448 assists in 1,116 games. He is also noted for scoring 4 goals on 6 shots for team USA in the Sochi Winter Olympics where international play allows for unlimited shots in shootouts. He missed the 2024-25...

Jason Scheff at 23, became the lead singer for the historic Rock'n'Roll group Chicago. His time with the classic band lasted 31 years, from 1985 to 2016. His first album was Chicago 18 which saw a single, "Will You Still Love Me" reach #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, chart. Jason is now involved in many projects including his own Jason Scheff Band, recording with Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts) with their group "Generation Radio". He is also currently performing with Tommy DeCarlo, former lead singer with the rock band Boston, on their "Lead Singers of Classic Rock" tour. Scheff is truly an ...

Jake Owen, Country Music star, started out as a golf whiz-kid winning his first tournament at age 15. A wakeboarding accident forced him to take a break from golf. He picked-up a guitar and the rest is history. Playing in a hometown Florida bar he gradually worked his way to bigger things, moving to Nashville to a series of coincidences and hard work leading him to writers and producers and eventually recording labels. He was the opening act for many Country Artists including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. His third Country album skyrocketed him to fame with two #1 Country ...

Joe Buck historic play-by -play announcer provides a great insight into growing up with his legendary broadcasting dad, Jack Buck. Now the play-by-play voice of ESPN's Monday Night Football (MNF), he works alongside Dallas Cowboy great, Troy Aikman. Buck also talks about his start in broadcasting, his firsts, his many awards and the many friends he has made in his career in this very forthcoming podcast episode. He also discusses the on-field heart failure of Buffalo Bill Safety, Demar Hamlin, broadcast live on MNF. Buck also reports on Hamlin's recovery and work since the incident. You will ...

Miles Teller has had many successes in motion pictures including "Divergent" (2014), "Fantastic Four" (2015) and "War Dogs" (2016). In 2022 he scored the second lead as "Rooster" in "Top Gun: Maverick". In this episode Miles tells the story of Top Gun Maverick's "Great Balls of Fire" great scene including how it came about. Born near Philadelphia and in his early years he lived in the Cape May, NJ, area. He remains a big fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. Miles has been extremely active since Top Gun and has at least two films in post production including "Eternity" a romantic comedy to be ...

Interviewed during the 2024 American Century Championship the day that Candidate Trump was shot in Butler. PA. Brett Baier discusses how his golf plans changed abruptly last year. He immediately headed a day early to Milwaukee to the RNC convention to cover in detail the shooting and election events. Brett also discusses his new book on Theodore Roosevelt and some light-hearted moments rapping and singing on stage at Harrah's to entertain the night time crowd.

Robbie Gould, NFL Place Kicker, is the leading scorer for the Chicago Bears. Robbie's record of point scoring comes from kicking field goals and extra points for the Bears from 2005 to 2015. Robbie discusses his football accomplishments including 26 consecutive field goals, quite an achievement. He also discusses his golf play at the American Century competition at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course, July 12-14, 2023. Recorded July 15, 2023.

Larry the Cable Guy is a great comedian, famous voice of Mater in the animated "Cars" classic movie franchise and is a wannabe golfer. This classic episode flys off in numerous tangents for another funfilled adventure into podcasting. As a wide range of topics are explored. Log on and enjoy the laughs. Recorded at Edgewood-Tahoe golf course in South Lake Tahoe at the American Century Championship on July 10, 2025.

One of American Century's TV Superstars playing in the celebrity golf event at Edgewood Tahoe, The Miz, discusses the surroundings at beautiful Lake Tahoe. The Miz has a host of WWE titles and TV awards which help make this episode a must listen podcast. He also is a reality TV star along with his wife, Maryse, on "Miz and Mrs." streamed on Peacock. He also charts his course for winning the American Cenutry Golf Championship. Later he finished 92nd of 93 celebrities. His work is challenging to reach his 1st place goal (understatement).

NFL legend, Super Bowl Champion, league MVP and winner of many other awards during his 12 year career which included two trips to the NFL Pro Bowl, Joe discusses the significance of playing in Edgewood Tahoe's American Century Championship as well as his days in the NFL. He also relays his discussions with Alex Smith, Washington Football Team QB, who unfortunately received a similar injury to Theismann's career ending injury. All this and more in a very informative four minute episode. Recorded July 12, 2023.

David Wells, MLB pitching great, reflects on his perfect game, strikeouts and more during his playing career. David also speaks about his golf game at Edgewood Tahoe's American Century Championship, July 14-16, 2023. Recorded July 15, 2023.

Bode Miller began running racing gates at six years old, the rest is history. Bode has accomplished more in all five ski racing disciplines both in technical and racing thsn any one else. He has numerous Olympic medals through his participating in five different Olympics. His accomplishments between Olympic years in World Cup Competition are also numerous. Today, retired form ski racing, Bode has created Peak Skis and is based in Bozeman, MT. His unique views on ski construction and women's skis also make this podcast a "must listen" episode. Discover more at www.peakskis.com after you enjoy ...

Always Upright (AU), SKIER NEWS' podcast interviews Phil Laws. At the time Laws was Senior VP and General Manager of Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. In mid 2023 he was promoted to President. Phil reveals the many behind the scenes operations involved in producing a major sporting event or show, sometimes in the same day. Much more is included in discussing the overseeing of this 20,000 seat arena from the scoreboard to the parking lot in this intriguing episode. Recorded Dec. 20, 2022.

Interviewing Jay DeMarcus from Rascal Flatts and Jason Scheff from Chicago, now both are part of a great new group, Generation Radio. Combining with other A-list band members this new project recreates the great rock'n'roll sounds of the 80s. www.generationradio.com

Always Upright - Skier News Publisher and Podcaster, Dave Leonardi, interviews Brian Bossier, Executive V.P. & CMO of the Pocono Mountain Visitor Bureau. Brian describes this four season destination in close proximity of New York and Philadelphia. Brian describes Fall activities and the Poconos' famous leaf-peeping highways. The episode also discusses winter activities at the resorts, including rentals, lessons, high-speed lifts, tubing and infrastructure improvements. Recorded Sept 12, 2022. Visit: www.poconomountains.com

Always Upright-Skier News Publisher & Podcaster, Dave Leonardi, interviews Ski Utah's Media Director Alison Palmintere regarding the state's 15 resorts and the "Greatest Snow on Earth." Alison discusses the upgrades to not only the resorts but the recent, complete make-over of The Salt Lake City International Airport. The airport is just 4 miles west of downtown Salt Lake City and 45 minutes from Park City and Alta. Ski Utah also sponsors a program for huge discounts for 4th, 5th & 6th graders to ski all of Utah's resorts and it's open to everyone, not just Utah residents. Listen and then log ...