Otto Imken

Liftopia Named One of San Francisco’s Most Bike-Friendly Businesses
May 2014 was National Bike Month, and an exciting one for us here at Liftopia! As the weather warmed up, more and more Liftopians started to commute to the office on bike and on some days, up to 75% of… Read More →

Connecting Mountains: Ski Area Interconnects
Connected ski areas provide many benefits for skiers and riders looking to extend their fun, and the ability to access multiple mountains from one set of lifts can lead to a great vacation. However, ski area interconnects often lead to… Read More →

Top 5 Snowboard Tricks
Snowboarding has come a long way in a very short time: 50 years ago, Sherman Popper’s Snurfer was released with a cute little rope for you to hold onto as you plummeted downhill, but snowboarding was considered so weird and dangerous… Read More →

Five Favorite Mountain Breweries and Distilleries
There is nothing finer after a long day of riding or skiing than a cold beer or a fine cocktail. Even better is something handcrafted with care and love right there next to the mountain. Luckily, with the craft beer… Read More →

Celebrity Sightings: When Celebrity Skiers Hit the Slopes
Throughout the rise of skiing, fun celebrity skiers have used the slopes as another venue to see and be seen. Now that our culture has become completely obsessed with fame, celebrity sightings happen even more often at ski resorts around… Read More →

Top 5 Downhill Mountain Biking Resorts in North America
Editor’s Note: Have you already conquered these five? Check out our updated list of top downhill mountain biking resorts, 2014-style. Lift-served mountain bike lift tickets and packages from resorts across North America are now available on Liftopia.com. Check out our… Read More →

Top 5 Music Festivals at Ski Resorts
Ski resorts around the globe pride themselves on being prime destinations for sports, fun and entertainment, and they don’t just limit it to skiing and riding. Besides offering fine dining and amusements for the kids, hip resorts over the past… Read More →

The Forecast This Winter: More of the same, but not quite as much
Predicting the weather is a fool’s errand. Where else can you be considered great at your job when you get everything wrong 50% of the time? Major league batter, maybe, but not much else. Nonetheless, we are all dying to… Read More →

Best Ski Town Eats
Before, during and after a long day of riding, the most important thing to keep you going is to stay fueled up with good, hearty ski town food. Ski towns used to be notorious for trying to pawn off lukewarm… Read More →