by Bethany Taylor, and others who loved Hannah Untamed New England Several years ago, when my sister Hannah Taylor began dabbling in Adventure Racing with her close friends Olof and Whitney Hedberg, the Hedbergs happened to mention an Adventure Race back East called Untamed New England. “But…that’s me! I’m definitely New England, untamed!” said Hannah, gleeful to have had her New Hampshire roots and her … Continue reading Hannah Taylor
Colorado Women, Rori Miller and Jillian Turner, have embraced the Colorado mountain lifestyle with humble exuberance. The high country of Breckenridge is where Rori and Jillian have called home for over 30 years. It’s where they make snowboard play-dates on Winter and Spring powder days and tour Colorado’s most intriguing highways and byways on their Triumph motorcycles throughout the temperate Summers and into the colorful … Continue reading Girls Getaway – An Excuse for Adventure
Seeing women entering into high profile positions in the Ski Industry is nothing less than femme-nominal! Today blackcrows named Wanda Rozwadowska as their new Global Chief Commercial Officer. In case you are not familiar, blackcrows is the iconic French freeskiing brand founded in 2006 by pro freeskiers Camille Jaccoux and Bruno Compagnet. Their focus has been on design-driven high-performance ski products and apparel that embraces … Continue reading blackcrows names Wanda Rozwadowska as their new Global Chief Commercial Officer.
BY WENDY CLINCH, THE SKI DIVA Never underestimate the importance of the mom in skiing. After all, it’s the mom who usually makes sure everyone has the hats, goggles, ski pants, boots, etc. they need. Who dresses and undresses the kids. Assembles the lunches. Hauls the equipment. Harbors a secret stash of tissues/sunblock/chapstick/energy bars for that unavoidable emergency. Accommodates multiple bathroom breaks with all the … Continue reading The Brave Ski Mom – Kristen Lummis
The Boyer family started SKEA in 1972 and they have truly made their mark on the ski fashion industry with their beautiful, tech-oriented outerwear. For 50 Years a passion for skiing, mountains, and the outdoors is what has driven this brand. Jocelyn Boyer and her husband Georges started the company with Jocelyn designing SKEA’s iconic skiwear. Her vision was to design and embrace femininity while … Continue reading Skea Limited Celebrates 50 Years with Diane Boyer leading the company’s continued success
Looking Back on the Inaugural Issue from 2015 We are reminiscing and powering back up for our 6th issue of Mountain Women Magazine. Sometimes you need to look back in order to move forward. We started this magazine because Mountain Town Magazine, our first magazine title, discovered that the majority of the magazine’s content discussed men and their pursuits. Not that we don’t love men … Continue reading Mountain Women Magazine – Reminiscing The Inaugural 2015 Issue
by Steve Lipsher On her first day of skiing, Ellen Hollinshead got her first kiss and fell in love – with skiing. “I was 13 … and went to this little resort outside of Pittsburgh, and I met this cute boy. He asked if he could kiss me,” she recalled. “I felt, wow, skiing is sexy! I like this sport!” Although she struggled on the … Continue reading A Woman With A Passion for the Mountains – Ellen Hollinshead
by Holly Battista-Resignolo They say she always has a smile on her face. Living in the mountains you hear a lot about broken body parts and along with that, you hear even more about the doctors providing patient care, as people are always looking for references. I personally have been fortunate enough to not need a reference but, over the years I kept hearing indirectly … Continue reading Dr. Gloria Beim- An Olympian of an Orthopaedist
By Kimberly Nicoletti Kate Hudnut was nominated by her peers and received our annual 2018 Woman Who Rock the Rockies award! In 1994, Kate Hudnut seemed an unlikely candidate to fall in love with mountain life —much less become such an integral part of the nonprofit, and for-profit, workings of Summit County. She lived a cosmopolitan city life in Paris for four years, with John … Continue reading Kate Hudnut – A Woman Who Rocks the Rockies
Speeding into the brilliant Colorado bluebird day my heart lurched as I emerged from the Eisenhower Tunnel. I was home after an exciting trip to drop my daughter at her new college abode. Normally I am overjoyed to see the Ten Mile Range and the start of the Gore Range from that vantage point. Today however I was breathless with the realization that a seemingly … Continue reading Amplifying the Voice of a Brave Girl
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