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One Air, Two Broken Legs, & No Insurance In a Foreign Country

As snow piles up (depending on where you are) it can sometimes be hard to imagine that it is still early season. The legs are attempting to prove themselves worthy after some time focused on non-ski/snowboard related activities, objects are still sneakily hiding under thin layers of snow, and thoughts of rationality in regards to making wise decisions may be a little dusty. Although this is what we live for – as mountain folk, we desire and thrive on the winter snow, and when it doesn’t fall, traveling to higher elevations or other destinations is a must. When doing these sort of activities it is important to keep safety in mind. […]
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No Pineapples at Kicking Horse!

Golden, BC

Conditions this past weekend, December 12-14 2014, at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort were all time, sort of. The warm pineapple express that brought rain to the tops of most resorts in BC brought a foot of blower powder to the alpine bowls while also decimating the bottom of the mountain. It was hard to complain about the ice and dirt at the bottom when you have what may be one of the top ten days of the season up top, where it counts. And just to cap it off, we were given mild temps and blue skies.
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Zürs, Austria Conditions Report: High Altitude Pow

With none of the lifts running in Zürs and only 3 lifts down the road in Lech, we decided for a tour from the valley (1716 m) to just below the top of the Trittkopf (2423 m), about a 600 m (about 2000 ft) vertical journey. About 2/3 up, we get a glimpse of the possibility for powder turns on the way down. It encouraging, as we encountered many rocks and bare spots up to this point. The snow was sparse and thin and we tried to find the quickest way up the mountain, since the days are quite short this time of the year here and we got a late start. Close to the top, we get a good idea where the best powder was and what line to take with the […]
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Breckenridge Conditions Report: 6″ of Fresh Snow

Dia nublado por la mañana con 6″ nuevos de nieve en las ultimas 24hs, caidos sobre una gran base de hielo que hizo acentar el manto para no tener riesgo de avalancha.Muy buena calidad de nieve en peak 8 y 9. Mas por la tarde se despejo el cielo y el sol hizo brillar la hermosa nieve que habia caido anoche. Algo de viento por la mañana disminuyendo hacia la tarde y cerrando el dia con un hermoso atardecer desde Boreas pass. los pinos pintados y las pistas tapadas de nieve que hace varios dias no recibian. […]
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Kicking Horse, B.C. Conditions Report: Open Top to Bottom

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, located in Golden, BC, had an early opening this weekend. The Golden Eagle Express Gondola was racing small crowds up 4,100 feet for top to bottom shredding. The Stairway and Catamount chairs were spinning top and bottom giving access to a large chunk of Kicking Horse’s great terrain.Fifty percent of the alpine bowls including Bowl Over, Crystal Bowl, Redemption Ridge South and all of the lower mountain were open for skiing. Although it didn’t snow much in the days leading up to opening, all the south and east faces of the mountain were skiing great with soft creamy pow over […]
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Squaw Valley Weekend Report: 1st Sneaker Powder Day of the Year?

I love a good sneaker pow day. Sometimes it’s raining at the base, sometimes the snow is slushy and wet, sometimes the wind is so strong it scours whole faces—but a sneaker pow day is all the more enjoyable because it’s unexpected. Most people stay home. Conditions seem sub-optimal. But the actual skiing? It ends up being holy-f***-fun. That didn’t happen today. It started snowing in the valley last night around 1am and by morning there were accumulations of about 1-3 inches of slushy snow on the ground. That slushy snow quickly melted as it began to rain. The rain […]
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