About SkisNTrees

~General Info~

How the website works:

SkisNTrees is organized by skier skill level and four general topics. The skill levels are:

1. Beginner

2. Intermediate

3. Expert

4. Professional

How To, Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, Professional

How To Determine Skier Level In North America

Ryan Bramson • Nov 19, 2024

Determining your skill level on skis can be a difficult task. For starters, many people have different criteria and different systems used to determine a skier's level. For some, if they can go super fast then surely they must be an expert. For others, their ability in the park determines their ski level. This article will outline skier levels...

1. Ski Technique

These are posts aimed at helping readers with their skiing technique. I am not the best ski instructor ever, there are some greats out there. While I will share some of the lessons I have learnt, there are plenty of people who know a lot more than I do. In this section professionals can share their wisdom with us mere mortals, so that hopefully one day we can be like them.

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2. Gear Reviews

I mean this one is pretty straight forward. I will buy gear. I will use the gear. I will then give you my opinion about that gear.

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3. Gear Tips

This section can be seen as the “hacks” section, or the “tips and tricks” that will lead to a more pleasant experience when using your gear. For example, unless you’re competing, there’s no real reason to cut off your blood circulation cranking your boots up as tight as they can go.

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4. How To Guides

This section is similar to gear tips because it is aimed at enabling a more pleasant experience. However, these articles will be more in depth and longer than what you will find in the “Gear Tips” section.

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Vision

Become a community focused on making outdoor recreation more accessible to people in Canada, by connecting outdoor recreation professionals to those who would appreciate their help.

Mission

Currently, SkisNTrees increasing accessibility to skiers by writing articles aimed at decreasing challenges people face progressing along a typical development pathway.

Core Values

1. Transparency

2. Accessibility

3. Community

4. Creativity

Ryan Bramson

Hello Friends! My name is Ryan Bramson, and I quite enjoy strapping 2 razor sharp planks on to my feet and plummeting down mountains. I started plummeting down mountains at 3 years old, from that moment onward I was obsessed. During my childhood, I ski raced a bit, and was the captain of my high-school ski team. During my time as a wee young lad, I skied all over Ontario and Quebec. I also made a trip out to the French Alps, Banff, and Vermont. All told, I was mostly a weekend skier.

That was, until I got my first job as a ski instructor, this changed everything. I knew that I had to make a career out of this and share my love of skiing with the world. I have been teaching ever since, learning many lessons along the way. As many know, the Covid-19 pandemic was overall a very negative experience… go figure. I did, however, find a diamond in the rough.

During the first Covid winter, the company I was working for ceased operations. After, my employer ceased operations, I realized I was not going to be able to ski at all.

So naturally, I dropped out of my university Co-op program.

Afterwards, I started working as a full-time ski instructor and rental technician at my local ski hill. Eventually, I worked my way up to the position of Assistant Director of the Snow School and Rentals.

Throughout my studies at university, I helped manage a ski and snowboard club that transported students to and from Mont Tremblant every Sunday... we also hosted some pretty rad events.

But now I’m graduated, and was faced with a dilemma: Do I use my degree and get job that provides me with a year-round employment, benefits, and a healthy salary? Or work for 5-months of the year and figure it out afterwards… pretty tough eh?

Yea so, I moved to Revy.

All told, skiing has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember, and I am stoked to share my passion with whoever decides to check out my site.