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Wintry Mix
by Alex Kaufman
Skiing's variety show since 2015. CO, VT and beyond. Produced by AK former dirt ski bum and resort exec. VM/text line (802) 560-5003.
Episodes
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Wishing Vail Good Health
Since they are going to listen I figured I should at least provide them my 10 minutes of tough love free consulting. Here's to hoping they begin eating a more balanced diet. Stay healthy my friends. WFG
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92 - The Finale: Arapahoe Basin
A-Basin still has weeks (or months) left in their 20-21 ski season so we head behind the curtain with help from Bryce and Katherine. Wintry Mix is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. @wintrymixcast is shifting to @WFG_DEN on twitter and instagram. Peace.
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91 - Volume IV: Listeners Lament
The final VM EP for now. Cooking up something special for 92. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail at 802 560 5003. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play or elsewhere. Now on...
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90 - Volume III: Call Me Maybe
Vibes from four western states, four eastern states and a province. I miss actual humans and maybe you do too. So the voicemail is the plan until the plague is over. 802 560 5003. And highlights from the Wintry Mix / Phish Radio collab after the beep. AK's SiriusXM program airs Tuesday, Feb 23…
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89 - Volume II: Straight to Voicemail
Vibes from 6 states and a province. I miss actual humans and maybe you do too. So the voicemail is a big part of the plan until the plague is over. 802 560 5003. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the…
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88 - Plague Style: Listener Love Hate
I miss actual humans and maybe you do too. So the voicemail is a big part of the plan until the plague is over. 802 560 5003. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003....
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87 - Car Talk 2: Your Questions vs VT Mechanic
Disasters are everywhere but you still gotta go places. It's Wintry Mix Car Talk time with Paul McCarthy our Burlington based skiing mechanic. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail/text...
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86 - GO CO: Joel Gratz and Jason Maurer Live From Neptune
Are you ready Colorado? Joel Gratz of OpenSnow and Jason Maurer of Colorado Mountain School live from Neptune Mountaineering's Virtual Kicking Into Winter Party. Use code WINTRYMIX to get $10 off ski shop work at Neptune through Nov 30. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza...
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85 - Good Timing: Colorado's Bluebird Backcountry
Uphill equipment is flying off shelves in our new Covid world. My guest is Erik Lambert, co-founder of Bluebird Backcountry heading into year 2 of their hybrid ski area concept in a reshaped world no one saw coming. The time is right for the new ski area slash backcountry education operation that...
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84 - Keepin' It Local: Powderhorn Tiny House Time Capsule
Live from Powderhorn just before the Covid shutdowns. Is this a place built to weather the storm? Perhaps. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003. Questions. Rants....
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AK's Odds of Skiing: Early May Edition
Next ski season? In April we met Rosey, John and Chad. In May we meet John's kids and a new wildcard. Send in your predictions to the pod voicemail 802 560 5003. Follow @wintrymixcast. The new Covid vs Ski Business FB group is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/skiingvscovid/ This all sucks....
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AK's Odds of Skiing: Early April Edition
Exactly how f*ucked is the business of skiing and therefore the communities around skiing? AK attempts to place betting odds on three different potential scenarios as of early April 2020. Send in your predictions to the pod voicemail 802 560 5003. Follow @wintrymixcast. This all sucks. Stay safe.
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83 - This Ain't No Party This Ain't No Disco
AK is joined by Doug Stenclik of Aspen, Carbondale and Vail based Cripple Creek Backcountry, Rebecca Kaufman who runs Ullrs Tavern and Wake N Bacon in Winter Park, and Matt Gebo of Visit Mammoth. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me...
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COVID QUICKPOD 6: The Great Unknown
AK is joined by Mountain Outfitters Doug and Cindy of Breckenridge from Quickpod 4, Dave Amirault of SLC from Quickpod 3 and Clinton Desveaux from Atlantic Canada. This is the final Quickpod for now. We all grasp we're screwed and now it's just a question of to what degree and for how long. So we...
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COVID QUICKPOD 5: Canadian Rockies and Gulf Coast
AK is joined by his mom as well as Senior VP at Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Matt Mosteller. Recorded at 5pm Mountain Time on Tuesday, March 17. Reach out @wintrymixcast if you want to be on future Covid Quickpods.
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COVID QUICKPOD 4: Summit County CO is Closed
AK is joined by Doug Bittinger and Cindy Reese, proprietors of Mountain Outfitters in Breckenridge right as Summit County, Colorado announced nearly all business will be closed and all visitors are to leave (and all recent visitors to the area should distance themselves). Recorded at 4:30pm…
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COVID QUICKPOD 3: SLC and Whistler
AK is joined by Maddy Grainger, Mark Warner, Dave Amirault and Katie Clifford as we all come to grips with our future in and out of the mountains. Recorded Sunday, March 15 at 6pm Mountain Time. Reach out @wintrymixcast if you want to be on future Covid Quickpods.
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COVID QUICKPOD 2: The Moment It Happened
Joining AK is Jay Peak's Steve Wright, SAM Magazine's Dave Meeker and Mike Rogge of Verb Cabin and Mountain Gazette. Recorded moments after Alterra and Vail Resorts (and others) announced indefinite closures. Reach out @wintrymixcast if you want to be on future Covid Quickpods.
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COVID QUICKPOD 1: Summit County CO The Day Before
A few minutes on the horn with the News Director at Krystal 93 in Dillon, Colorado about life and times in ski country while a pandemic spreads. Recorded Friday, March 13 at about 5pm. Episode 83 will come out once this storm passes.
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82 - Deeper POW: Sugarbush Climate Panel
On Feb 22 Sugarbush hosted a compelling Protect Our Winters ski industry focused climate panel that deserved the Wintry Mix podcast treatment so the humans can consume it on their schedule. Win Smith, President, Sugarbush Resort. Panel Moderator. Cameron Wake, PhD, University of New Hampshire...
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81 - 4X Pod Panel: Unresolved Chicken
Mark Warner, Mike Powell, Adam Jaber and I had never been in the same room at the same time. When we finally gathered this shit happened. We apologize. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a...
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80 - Aspen Extreme: Not The Movie
A former Aspen Skiing Company executive has recently been sentenced to 6 years in prison for stealing from the company. It's quite the story. Jason Auslander of the Aspen Times helps us understand what happened. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing...
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79 - Mike Hayes: Mansfield and Cookie Dough
Mike Hayes (@mhayes) takes nice photos, wakes up wicked early, and ensures the planet eats enough Ben and Jerry's. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza and 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003. Questions....
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78 - Interstate 70: Skiing's Most Traveled Access Road
Interstate 70. Right!?! Margaret Bowes is the Director of the I-70 Coalition, a non-profit organization representing 28 local governments and businesses along Colorado’s I-70 mountain corridor. She's on episode 78 to explain to us some past, present and future of everyone's favorite or maybe…
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77 - Together in Steamboat: Olympian Style
Nelson Carmichael and Caroline Lalive are US Olympians, Steamboat residents, parents, entrepreneurs and more. They are also a married couple and on the podcast at the same time. This episode is supported by Beau Jo's Colorado Style Pizza. Podcasting for pizza! Email me [email protected].…
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76 - The Ski Doctor: Summit County Vantrepreneur
Listeners and @wintrymixcast gram followers tagged me up with Michael Walsh after he tuned their skis, and bam, a few weeks later The Ski Doctor was in my driveway showing us around his tuning mobile. And three cheers to Beau Jo's for supporting the podcast. Podcasting for pizza! Email me...
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75 - Powder7: Team Pocket Pickle
I promised the panel episodes would improve with practice. Episode 75 with Morgan, Matty and Andrew from Powder7.com tests that theory. And three cheers to Beau Jo's for supporting the podcast. Podcasting for pizza! Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a voicemail/text at 802 560 5003....
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74 - Early Opening: Live From Eldora
Colorado skiing is off to a fast start thanks to an historically cold October. Eldora grabbed that cold (and snow) and ran with it achieving a Nov 1st opening day. This episode is live from the base lodge, bar and liftline on opening day. Staff, guests, unicorns, etc. Email me...
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73 - David Ollila: Backcountry vs Backcountry?
Battle of the backcountry? David Ollila had been manufacturing and selling Marquette Backcountry skis since 2010. In 2019 he got served by lawyers from Backcountry.com. And it sounds like he's not the only one. Where this goes nobody knows. Email me [email protected]. Leave the pod a...
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72 - Joel Gratz: Snowinar Live From Neptune
The VT to CO podcast transition continues. It's hard, but not as hard as forecasting snow. Episode 72 is a lightly edited version of Joel Gratz, founder of OpenSnow, doing a winter forecasting pep talk to the hometown crowd at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder on Oct 24. He's doing more of these...
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71 - Team Guinea Pig: Colorado Launch
Pod's back. New format. New Colorado home base. Same questionable taste. Episode 71 panel guests include Donny O'Neill of Freeskier Magazine, Liz Millikin who solves problems at Slack in Denver when not skiing with her dog, and Dave Belin or Boulder's RRC Associates. This episode recorded from…
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70 - Spring Break: Winter Park After Dark
Most of episode 70 is a family reunion of sorts with my cousins that live and work in Winter Park, Colorado. Maybe you'd like to run a bar in a ski town. They have some tips. Wintry Mix is usually Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from…
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69 - Idaho vs PBJ: The Schweitzer Episode
Way up in the Panhandle of Idaho is a town called Sandpoint and a ski mountain known as Schweitzer. Episode 69 takes us there and back. Buckle up. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my office/studio in Waterbury…
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68 - John Stafford: Mansfield After Dark
John Stafford grooms on first shift at Stowe Mountain Resort. There's more to that story. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my office/studio in Waterbury Center. Visit patreon.com/wintrymixcast to join the podcast...
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67 - Alixandra Barron Klein: Waterbury's Upcycle Jeweler
This mountain minded Harwood grad went out west after college for work and skiing then returned to Waterbury years later and now runs an upcycled jewelry business. Husband Hans helps us out along the way. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of...
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66 - Bruce Hennessey: Maple Wind Farm
Bruce Hennessey has logged a great many days in the backcountry all over the planet. He also tends to Maple Wind Farm in Huntington and Richmond, VT. I was more interested in the farm. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded…
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65 - Will Romeo: Powe. Snowboards. Insurance.
Will Romeo of Powe. Snowboards thought it would be fun to be a guest on the local podcast he'd been listening to. It was fun, but it was also other things. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my office/studio in…
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64 - Kristine Keeney: Ski Town Affordable Housing
Kristine Keeney gets in 100+. She's also invested serious brian power into the issues surrounding affordable housing in ski towns, specifically in the Mad River Valley. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my…
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63 - Mike DeBonis: Green Mountain Club and The Long Trail
Green Mountain Club Executive Director Mike DeBonis is our guest for episode 63. If you've ever hiked in Vermont there's a good chance you've enjoyed this non-profit's handiwork. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my...
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62 - Caleb Magoon: Power Play and Waterbury Sports
Caleb Magoon has the goods. The sporting goods. Episode 62 is a sit down with the owner of Power Play Sports in Morrisville and one of the owners of Waterbury Sports for a chat about life, skiing and business along Route 100. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by…
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61 - Nate Gardner: Stowe's Instructor of Instructors
Nate Gardner is Stowe Mountain Resort's Ski and Snowboard School Training Manager. In episode 61 he walks us through the business of ski instruction and the PSIA. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors supported by the Town and Country of Stowe. Recorded from my office/studio in...
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60 - Doug Mosle: MRV Real Estate, Sugarbush and Firefighting
If you're thinking about buying a condo in the MRV Doug's your guy. He also fights fires and formerly ran the lift operations department at Sugarbush. We dig into some history, local real estate trends, fighting fires in cold temps, and being the lifty at Castlerock watching a young John Egan lap...
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59 - Car Talk: Audience Questions vs Burlington Mechanic
Paul McCarthy is a mechanic at Girlington Garage in Burlington. He's also a backcountry skier, budding ski patrol candidate and longtime Wintry Mix listener. Result? It was obviously time to conduct a car talk episode. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and visitors. Recorded from my...
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58 - Alek Jadkowski: Bolton Backcountry Guide and Heli Pilot
After eight years in the army and two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Alek Jadkowski is flying helicopters for a living back in the states. He calls Bolton Valley home and is putting together a special backcountry course just for veterans. Wintry Mix is Stowe, Waterbury, MRV locals and...
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57 - Ryan Dunfee: Boondocking, Hospital Air and Pageviews
Another new episode? Damn right. Ryan Dunfee of Portland, Maine visited our neighborhood in September to do some mountain biking and boondocking. Even if you don't know him you've likely clicked on something that was his fault during his Teton Gravity Research days. True to form we talk skiing…
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56 - Aaron Rice: World Record Holder Lands in Waterbury
The pod is back! Episode 55 also just dropped so get both of them. Aaron Rice decided to ski the most human powered vertical feet in a year. Then he did it. How and why he did it is pretty damn interesting. As is what life is like after accomplishing such a life altering goal. Lucky for us he's...
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55 - Spooked? Stowe Snowboarder and Ghost Hunting Mom Karen Keene
Happy Halloween. No joke. People get spooked. When they do they call a paranormal investigator to help them get answers. Stowe's Karen Keene is the Assistant Director and Case Manager for Paranormal Investigators of New England. In the first episode of the locals and visitors format of Wintry Mix…
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54 - August: Voicemails Okemo Whitefish SAM Alexa Abuse Frog
The hiatus is over. August pod. Listen if you can. The deadline for submissions for the September episode will be Aug 31. Send your audio to [email protected] to get in the Mix or call (802) 560-5003 to leave a voicemail. Click the "audio tips" page on wintrymixcast.com for inspiration....
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Hiatus Update, Off Season Project (PodSAM), Archive NWS Episode 11
AK's off season partnership podcast is live. Go subscribe to PodSAM if you want to hear some serious inside baseball from some of the ski industry's most accomplished resort leaders. The teaser is live and a 6 episode run will begin in April. Wintry Mix will be back in late summer or early fall,...
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53 - March: Pressing Pause and Play at the Same Time
Episode 53 supported by The Alpine Shop. Get 10% off your order and free shipping with code MIX. Or mention the pod in store for your 10% hook up. More information about the Summit Series podcast release will be forthcoming in April via both Wintry Mix and SAM channels. Stay in touch with the…
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Skiing's variety show since 2015. CO, VT and beyond. Produced by AK former dirt ski bum and resort exec. VM/text line (802) 560-5003.
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Wintry Mix is created and hosted by Alex Kaufman.
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