Hotel Mont Blanc | Chamonix

Hotel Mont Blanc | Chamonix | Travel Guide by Jen Hawkins
We’ve been in Chamonix the last few days, and it’s seriously felt like a dream.  From the drive in, to checking in to the most beautiful hotel, to eating amazing food, to finding ourselves on the top of Aguille du Midi, it’s been an experience I will never forget.  Chamonix actually holds claim to the introduction of the “resort” concept, set in the French Alps among the most amazing views.  If there is any way for…
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Fern Canyon | Humboldt County, CA

This past week we’ve been driving all over Northern California visiting family and friends that are family.  Our first stop was to Arcata, CA, which is where both my parents and their parents grew up.  Humboldt County is such a beautiful and remote place, and holds so many special memories for me.  Since Blake hasn’t spent time there, I was so excited to show him around.  One morning, we decided to head up to Fern…
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Visit Utah Valley | City of Starts

Every once in a while, you have one of these great, full-circle moments in life, and working on this video project was definitely one of those for me.  I got to work with one of my favorite professors from college, who has done really amazing things with the advertising program there.  Mixing my old college world in Utah with my new world as part of the Nyman family and Sundance felt really great. It sounds…
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Yosemite | October 2015

A few weeks ago, we went to Yosemite with some really great friends.  Our friend Robbie has a cabin in Bass Lake and has been going his whole life.  Needless to say, he and Leila were able to show us some really amazing spots, and we already can’t wait to go back with them.  We were only there for a few days but we saw a lot, ate lots of good food, and got in…
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What I’m Into This Week | 10.23.15

I’ve been horrible about posting this week, but it’s been a busy one.  And today, I’m headed home (to Seattle) to see my littlest brother play in one of his last high school football games.  It’s Senior Night, so it will be so fun to watch him get recognition as a senior and be on my old stomping grounds. On that note, I have a new favorite flying-flannel (I kind of always bring a flannel…
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Redefining Luxury Travel | LA Travel Magazine

“If the world is a book, be sure you read more than one page.” I’m excited to be a part of LA Travel Magazine‘s Spring issue, which just recently launched.  For this feature, we spent some time at one of my very favorite hotels, The Grand Del Mar.  It’s a pretty magical place, located in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve near San Diego.  That hotel is a post for another day!  But check out the article below by…
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Weekend Getaway | Stein Eriksen Lodge

This past weekend, Blake and I spent a beautiful weekend together, tucked away in the mountains of Park City, Utah at the Stein Eriksen Lodge.  We skied, ate, slept, had friends and family come up to visit, and relaxed.  I loved being in the fresh mountain air, and just getting away.  Usually when we go to Utah, we are hurrying from place place, working and trying to see everyone and their Mom (like, literally we…
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Nicaragua Clean Water Project | People Water

I remember getting the call from my close friend, Bronson Christensen. It was in the fall of 2012 and I was gearing up for the coming ski season. Bronson called to tell me about a company our friends were starting and asked me if I wanted to get involved by endorsing the brand as a ski athlete. “People Water was founded on the simple idea that the easier it is to give, the more people…
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2015 World Championships | Beaver Creek, CO

I was born into a ski family, so I didn’t really have a choice. For the first seven years, it was me and my two older brothers, then my little brother jumped in the mix. Of course skiing was a part of his life too. All of our lives were somehow intertwined with the sport, culture, industry and/or past time. My oldest brother, Michael was a ski patrolmen. Steven is an Olympic ski racer on…
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