Ski Trivia
Mike Wiegele is a pioneer of this kind of skiing, in which slopes that don’t have an infrastructure to get you to the top are bypassed by a certain kind of flying machine.
What is Heli Skiing?
The first Home Alone movie released in 1990 was filmed and set in this US state.
What is Illinois?
In A Christmas Carol (2009) this is the last ghost to visit Scrooge.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Future?
This ski mountain is known for being studded with hidden shrines to deceased musicians, among other people and pets.
What is Aspen, CO?
This New England state is home to famed ski resorts Stowe and Killington.
What is Vermont?
An alliterative aerial lift which transports skiers on the top of the slopes shares its name with this public transportation vehicle that is symbolically silhouetted within Rice-A-Roni’s logo.
What is a Cable Car?
In The Santa Claus (1993), Scott Calvin and his son Charlie go to this American restaurant chain after Scott burns the turkey on Christmas Eve.
What is Dennys?
The burglars in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) sign this nickname for themselves on notes at homes they break into.
Who are the Wet Bandits?
This U.S. ski resort holds the world record for most snowfall in any season.
What is Mt. Baker, WA?
This California ski resort was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
What is Squaw Valley?
During this year the first ski lift was built by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald.
What is 1908?
In Elf (2003) the people in Central Park sing this Christmas song to raise the amount Christmas spirit to power Santa's sleigh.
What is 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'?
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) sets place in this town.
What is Bedford Falls?
This state boasts the most ski resorts in the U.S. with 52 resorts.
What is New York?
According to CNN, two of the world's top heli-skiing destinations can be found in this state.
What is Alaska?
In 1963, Josef Kaiser invented this snow-free method for Alpine skiers to train during the off-season.
What is Grass Skiing?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) won this award at the Oscars.
What is Best Makeup?
In A Christmas Story (1983) Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants this for Christmas.
What is a Red Ryder BB gun?
This resort saved a mining outpost that was nearly a ghost town when it opened in 1963. You can still ski through old mines right on the slopes.
What is Park City, UT?
This percentage of the U.S. population are skiers/snowboarders.
What is 3%?
Toss in a dash of Alpine. Mix with a splash of Nordic, stir. Now you've got a skiing technique named for a region of Norway.
What is Telemark?
In Love Actually (2003), during the beginning voiceover of the film, David says that whenever he feels sad about the state of the world, he thinks about the arriving terminals at this airport to feel better
What is London Heathrow Airport?
The film White Christmas (1954) takes place during this war.
What is World War II?
This resort famously used a nuclear blast to create a crater for more vertical drop.
What is Mount Snow, VT?
The "Corbet's Couloir" is considered one of the most intense runs in America and is located here.
What is Jackson Hole, Wyoming?