Portillo, Chile Conditions Report & Photo Tour: I skied Portillo from July 26 to August 1. Sorry for the late posting, but the moral of the story remains the same: book your flight to Santiago. Although this isn’t the best season for snow at Portillo, with parts of Chile in a drought, the conditions were awesome. The hotel is world class, as are the staff and ski instructors, who I believe are some of the best ski instructors from all over the world, gathered in one place. Maybe it’s all the orange signs in front of Andarivel Roca […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 6, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Bat Caca Crazy Ripping in Las Lenas This Week… This video is our boy Adira Millan getting bat caca crazy at Las Lenas, Argentina on August 4th, 2014. Think this guy knows these lines well… Whoa! These words are by our boy Eike Poppelmeier. Marte Powder Day Monday 4th of august After a few rain/snow storms in the past week the upper part of the mountain has finaly filled in nicely. With no wind in the forecast – a blue bird […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 6, 2014 2 Comments
Awesome Skiing Potential in Kazakhstan | Trip Report & Photo Tour: My journey began at the Vancouver International Airport. At the bar next to Harrison, a frontiersman from up north.He was on his way to Costa Rica for his annual blowout – which was much deserved. The guy had been laying ground connecting parts of northern BC into the grid for the better part of 9 months. We were having a chat with the barista-bartender who was getting me a shipload of hops and the most basic $26 burger I have yet to have the displeasure of paying for. He set down my second pint and asked; “Where are you off to […] Guest Author | August 4, 2014 5 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: Rain, Lightning, Sketchy Pow, & Korean Food It rained since we arrived in Wanaka on Tuesday and we patiently waited for the wind and lightning to stop by eating at the local Korean restaurant and fishing in the nearby rivers and making a day trip to Queenstown about an 1 hour west. Finally, the weather turned and Treble Cone reopened on Sunday and a huge crowd showed up. Only the lower mountain was open in the morning, as they were de-icing and prepping the Saddle Basin chair and terrain. There are so many obstacles and the coverage is so thin that we saw 2 ski patroller sleds come down with injured people BEFORE 10 am […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 3, 2014 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: La Laguna is Ready With the upper mountain open there is plenty of riding to be found and you can access runs from the Top at Nubes chair down to Princesa 1 chair. The pistes have good snow coverage however in places there are icy patches so be aware although this softens up throughout the day! For the more adventurous of you La Laguna is a short hike and some great snow can be found at the top with riding down to the bottom of Del Bosque chair which was open today for the first time in two weeks. But the really great news is Bariloche is braced to receive a big dump of snow this […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 28, 2014 0 Comments
Las Lenas, Argentina Conditions Report: Torrecillas, La Oficina, Entre Rios, Cerro Martin Las Lenas ski resort in Argentina just had a pretty darned good powder day last week. It still appears that the inbounds stuff is thin and sketchy, but it’s obvious from this report that the backcountry is skiing well. The terrain is so big in Las Lenas, that you just need a bit of powder to make for an unreal experience. “I skied las lenas the last week and the snow condition were incredible! […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 25, 2014 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: 3-Foot Base Up Top Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina is starting to build up enough snowpack to make things interesting. Actually, from these photos, the upper mountain is looking damn good. One of our reporters there, local ripper Julian, just sent us these photos and this report. He’s reporting that there is over a 3 foot base at the top and that you can ski to the bottom. Many years, you can never ski all the way to the bottom. Sounds like […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 18, 2014 0 Comments
Australia Conditions Report | Mt. Hotham Backcountry: Razorback Things in Australia have been looking pretty good lately, after a bit of a late start, the mountains have been seeing some decent falls of snow. The forecast for last weekend was looking good, a little bit of fresh snow and then sunshine. Rob and Myself got in the car late Friday afternoon and begun the six and a half hour mission up to the mountains. Saturday was a great day in the resort of Mt Hotham, little bit of fresh snow overnight kept everyone happy and stoked. The ski area […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 18, 2014 0 Comments
Penitentes Ski Resort, Argentina Conditions Report: Big Steep Empty Mountains We just got a conditions report from Penitentes ski resort in Argentina. Pentitentes is located near Mendoza, Argentina on the highway with the the tall pass to Chile. Penitentes is simple, very steep, and has stupendous backcountry access. If Penitentes gets a good season, this is where you wanna be, unless you don’t like steeps. Quick Penitentes, Argentina Report from Victor: Penitentes […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 14, 2014 0 Comments
A Spring Romp in the African Desert (US Rockies): Skiing, Skating, Camping, Climbing Have you ever been on an African desert safari? Do you know the true meaning of “the world has crocodile eyes”? Well here is your chance to go from the dusty deserts to the jungle mountains on a safari through the world. These are some of the sights you might expect to see, lions, grizzlys, sea life etc. This is the heart and veins of world safari tours. Also, come along on a world safari tour for a moderately prices fee, just send leave a […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 14, 2014 0 Comments
Mt. Shasta Conditions Report: Warm Days, Good Climbing on CA’s Largest Glaciers July brings classic summer weather to Mt. Shasta; days are warm and winds mild with relief from the heat found on the upper mountain and glaciers. We wrapped up the south side season and are no longer leading trips on Avalanche Gulch or the West Face. After the drought winter of 2014, we were pleasantly surprised to have really good climbing on the mountain. […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 14, 2014 1 Comment
RALS WHITE | 13/14 Northstar Rals White showing us to play the cards you were dealt with, especially when that comes to Tahoe’s previous season which was not par. Honestly, the worst year ever. Lucky for the YDKS kids that Northstar has one of the best snow making systems in California keeping them up and off the dirt, for most of winter. […] Guest Author | July 10, 2014 0 Comments
New Ogden UT Bike Park, A Platform For What Is Possible In Building Public Bike Parks Recently in the City of Ogden Utah community bike enthusiasts came together to work with and along side city government to build and develop a unique bike park that people of all levels could enjoy and ride. Biking Guest Author | July 9, 2014 1 Comment
Trip Report: Yoga In Berkeley @ Yoga For The People: “I had never been to yoga before, and will never go again” One time last year I had never been to yoga, and my friends were all convincing me to go. I hadn’t eaten all day, and we just had a couple beers, also we were really high. My friends wanted to go do yoga for some reason, […] Guest Author | July 9, 2014 5 Comments
Mt. Hood, OR Conditions Report: July 5th & 6th Summer Skiing What did you do over the 4th of July weekend? Whatever patriotic activity you participated in, you could have gone to Mt Hood instead. You can ski and ride the Palmer glacier, or even climb the 11,240 foot (3426 m) peak in the Oregon Cascades all summer long. The weather was just perfect: sunny, mostly clear and not too warm. The snow stayed in decent shape until about noon before it turned too soft for the ski racers that make up the majority of the people on the mountain. […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 8, 2014 0 Comments
Mt. Moran, Wyoming Conditions Report: Summer Solstice Party Ski 12,605-foot Moran is a classic mountain, and skiing the skillet is mega classic, so in order to make it obscure, we decided to have a summer solstice party and also ski during a snowstorm. The rest of the trip was clear and sunny, but we nailed the timing and became engulfed in a cloudy, white-out snowstorm just as we were arriving at the summit. And, right as we finished the ski, it got sunny again. That was obscure I think. I bet most people don’t try to do that. “I was surprised that the edit showed so many close ups of my face.” Said Silas, the star of the edit. […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 7, 2014 3 Comments
Las Lenas Conditions Report Video: Fresh Snow on Cerro Martin Aca te dejo un nuevo POV video de ayer, el 3 de Julio. Hace 3 dias nevo unos 30cm pero justo despues de nevar entro mucho viento i se llevo casi toda la nieve. Asi que volvimos al Martin siendo de los unicos sitios con buena nieve https://vimeo.com/m/99934541 Las condiciones ahora no son muy buenas pero ya sabes como funciona el freeride, quien pasa tiempo […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 7, 2014 1 Comment
A Opinionated Canadian Perspective of Beartooth Basin, MT/WY… A lot of ski trips start by reading magazines or internet articles about sweet places to ski. This was no different. After having read a Powder Magazine article last spring on this place and a Snowbrains.com article this spring, I decided it must get done. These type of ski hills are disappearing – they don’t fit the corporate model and the snow is […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 1, 2014 7 Comments
Trip Report: Mt. Washington, NH & Tuckerman Ravine An excellent weather window for the Presidential Range meant it was time to not only check Mt. Washington off my summit list, but most importantly recon some ski terrain in and around Tuckerman Ravine. Matt and I got an early start from Vermont and arrived at Hermit Lake by 9am where we would camp for the evening. Walking out the next morning validated our decision to go on a Friday when the crowds would be lighter […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 1, 2014 1 Comment
Mt. Hood, OR Conditions Report: Summer Skiing on the Palmer Glacier Timberline lodge where the Palmer Glacier is located is about 60 miles east of Portland, Oregon ( about 1.5 hr drive). There is skiing all year round with the exception of month of September when they close the resort for lift maintenance except for weekends. On the drive up the majestic view of Mt. Hood takes your breath away and once you get in to the parking the historic Timberline lodge catches your eye. The lift tickets are $62 and the lifts are open from 7 AM to 2:00 PM […] Conditions Report Guest Author | June 30, 2014 2 Comments
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