Amelia Traynor

whiskey drinker + mountain enthusiast.

Why Does Alaska Gets So Much Snow?

Every year, as Spring dawns on North American ski resorts and the snow begins to melt, it happens: the pros ship it up to the Last Frontier. Easily the largest state in the US, Alaska is 663,298 square miles – and could comfortably fit the next three largest states inside its borders. Alaska not only has the country’s highest point (Denali at 20,320 feet), but also the coldest temperature on record (-80 F in Prospect Creek, 1971).
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How the North American Avalanche Danger Scale Works:

Utah Avalanche Center and the US Forest Service bring you the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale. You must remember four important points about this scale: 1) The scale is not linear. Your risk increases about two fold for each rising level on the danger scale. In other words, you take on twice as much risk at Moderate as Low and you take on four times more risk going from Low to Considerable. And so on. The risk numbers […]
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Top 10 Most Popular US Ski Resorts Ranked by Skier Visits

The 10 most popular ski resorts in the United States, ranked by annual skier visits. Note: Winter Park, Copper, Park City, Squaw Valley and Killington could have higher annual skier visits but they chose not to make their numbers made public. Numbers are from last ski season. No. 1 – Vail Mountain, CO Annual Skier Visits: 1,634,250 No. 2 – Breckenridge Ski Resort, CO Annual Skier Visits: 1,600,750 No. 3 – Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, CA Annual Skier Visits: 1,128,500 No. 4 – Keystone Resort […]
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