Skiing With the Cleveland Fagowees

Gorgeous days, good friends and great chairlift jokes

Fast runs. Big laughs. Oh crap – moguls.

This is the one with the chairlift conversations, the long runs, and the occasional moment where everything clicks and you feel like the best skier on the mountain. Most of the time it’s a mix of cruising, exploring, and pretending we meant to take that route through the bumps. Some ski fast, some ski smooth, some ski like they’re auditioning for a yard sale highlight reel. All good. We chase good snow when we can, good company always, and we measure success in full days on the hill and stories worth repeating afterward. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s great runs, loud laughs, and finishing the day with legs that feel like they earned it.

We ski in Ohio at Snow Trails and make regular trips to New York hills like Swain, Bristol, Peek’n Peak, and Holiday Valley. Our bigger trips take us West to Utah, Taos, or Colorado – and North to Canada or East to Europe.

Join us. But only if you like beautiful mountains, burning thighs, good laughs and cold beer.

Skiing FAQ

Great point! We travel together to races in OH and NY. Stay in big houses, make dinner and play Euchre in our pajamas. Our ski trips take us across the US, Canada and Europe.

OK, time to man up! We’re not a club of whiners. Lose a finger to frostbite – there’s your badge of honor!

Umm. I have no words.

No worries! You don’t have to race. Not that we won’t do some gentle persuading. Ski at your own level, but bring some good jokes for the chair lift. We got you!

Yes. But you might wake up and find out that your ski boots spent the night outside.

Ideally, you would get back up and keep skiing. If not, that’s why they have ski patrollers. You fall, they haul.