Guide to Skiing the Refugio Frey Backcountry in Bariloche, Argentina: So, you’ve booked a flight to Buenos Aires. The plan is to go ski in South America – The dream is coming true! However, as the trip gets closer you start realizing a few things. 1) You haven’t actually planned anything. 2) You aren’t a baller and your Northern Hemisphere winter job at a restaurant in a ski town isn’t going to allow you to ski the lifts for more than a few days. 3) The reports are coming in from down south that they are having the […] Featured Article Aaron Rice | July 25, 2018 7 Comments
VIDEO: Ripping “La Oficinia” at Las Lenas, Argentina This Week video and words by Aaron Rice While much of Argentina has had a slow winter Las Leñas has been going off!! I’ve been lucky enough to be here for the last month. 100% human powered I’ve skied some classic steeps around Marte and found some amazing powder filled spines and cliffs in a little locals zone called La Oficina (the […] Aaron Rice | August 9, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: 1st East Coast Turns of the Season! – October 17th! The first east coast turns of the season have been made! A 5:30am wake up proved to be a tad on the early side. After a nice couple cups of coffee and breakfast I headed to the Stowe parking lot. Bits of wintery mix hit my windshield but there was nothing on the ground […] Aaron Rice | October 17, 2015 5 Comments
Skiing the East Coast on the 4th of July!!! 4th of July Bowl, Indy Pass, The Great One, Mt. Hood… Argentina?. There are plenty of classic places to go make some celebratory 4th of July turns. Skiing on the 4th is a fantastic tradition that exercises your freedom as an American to the max. I often here people say though that skiing on the 4th is only for Colorado, or Volcanoes in the Pac NW. If you are stuck on the East Coast you are […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | July 6, 2015 6 Comments
2014/15 Utah = Lowest Snowfall on Record & Only 1 Avy Death | Snow & Avalanche Summary Utah saw the lowest amount of snow they’ve ever recorded at 267.5″ of snowfall at Alta in 2014/15. They’re previous lowest snowfall amount of record. In 2015, Utah experienced 116 human triggered avalanches with 26 humans caught in avalanches, 3 injuries, and 1 fatality. “In short, the unprecedented 2014-15 season smashed all previous records for the least amount of snow and the warmest temperatures since records began at Alta […] Avalanche Aaron Rice | June 11, 2015 0 Comments
Tuckerman Ravine, Mt. Washington, NH – Still Kicking! New England is known for it’s seasonality. Cold, dark, long Winters – hot humid Summers – wet yet beautiful and rejuvenating Springs – and spectacular Falls with crisp air and bright leaves. However, the month of June falls by the wayside a bit. June is not known for anything special. Most plants are in the ground by now, spring is transitioning to summer, but the heat has yet to fully arrive. So what should June in New England […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | June 10, 2015 1 Comment
A-Basin Conditions Report – Busy May Powder!! With big snowfall totals in the forecast all of the die-hards in the front range made plans to go skiing. And with A-Basin being the only mountain still providing lift-serve turns it made for what was likely the most crowded day of the season. Those that arrived early were rewarded with great creamy untracked turns. Around 9:30 ropes dropped on the low traverse under the east wall making for some more great turns and even […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | May 10, 2015 1 Comment
Epic Closing Day at Alta! Alta is known for deep powder. But we are also known for throwing down one of the best closing days around. It started with the 53rd Annual Frank World Classic at high Noon under the Wildcat chairlift. There were numerous hot dogs, snowballs, and flips thrown! There was much dumping em out! With hundreds of people there were good times had by all. Here’s the photo and video tour, much of it courtesy […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | April 21, 2015 1 Comment
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