Last year I settled into a bit of a cycle of reporting that seemed to work well, and tended to lend itself to weekend skiers at Buller.
I’d start off the week with any news on upcoming weather systems, and update the post as the models refreshed and the forecasts became closer to reality.
Then on a Thursday I’d speak to some people on the Mountain to get a precis of the conditions and what you could expect for the coming weekend, and from Friday nights through the weekend I’d live blog from the hill (or Koflers) with current information, often followed a summary and photos on a Sunday night, and then start the process again.
Naturally I’d also write articles on anything else I felt was relevant at the time, and also the usual self-indulgent dross that most bloggers seem incapable of avoiding.
My mantra on this site is that it is by a skier, for skiers. If you want press-release fluff talking up ‘bumper seasons’ and ‘iconic landmarks’ then you can find it at any number of sources on the web, so I try to keep it distilled down to the details that are, in my opinion, front-of-mind for people that take their skiing seriously.
While all blogs are by definition self-indulgent, given the 45k visits that this site has received since its inception a bit less than a year ago, it seems to be of value to others as well, so I’d love to hear from you in the comments below what kind of information you are after.
Also let me know is the Facebook page of value? What about Twitter? Do you use RSS? Are the new Facebook comments better than the old style?
