Peter Keelty is a skier that all skiers should love. He is fun to ski with for any style or level of skier. He is fun to just hang out with in general. An interesting and knowledgeable guide to ski with at Alta, Deer Valley, Snowbird or other Utah ski venues. With about 100 extra pounds he would look a lot like Santa Claus- and he has a matching "ho Ho Ho' type laugh to go along with the image. Mostly we should all love him because of all he has done for the sport that we love.
Peter has been a director of instructors, rental department setup guy, an industry sales rep and a host of other titles at snowy places all around the country. All the usual mountain jobs. Peter has also been a reviewer and writer for many important ski publications, and high level skier and instructor. He has designed or contributed to the development of products that many of you are currently using. Peter has for some time now been working with Harold Harb and John Clendenin on a variety of collaborative projects. Both are highly regarded ski industry icons. (see http://www.expertskier.com/members/index.html) . Together these folks have created a complete methodology for teaching and learning the art of skiing.
As a writer, Peter has now moved from magazines and newsletters to the world of the internet. Peter builds websites for CalSkiCo and many other ski industry folks. His own www.Realskiers.com site has (what I consider to be) the best ski reviews available anywhere. Done on a much larger scale than the standard magazine format, this is the only source of reviews that I really find to be accurate across the board. In addition, there are boot reviews, instructional information and links, a number of good articles on various and pertinent ski topics, and a members forum. Anyone looking to buy a ski really needs to use this resource. Check it out. It is on my short list of favorite places. I simply love good ski reviews!
Anyway, that's my unsolicited endorsement for Peter Keelty. Thanks for showing us around Utah. Also my personal thanks for about 40 years of contributions to our sport. Hope to see you in Mammoth this spring.
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