How-To: Do South America Ski Trip on a Budget The best part about the end of the North American ski season is the start of the South American winter. The ideal year for any skier is splitting time between hemispheres to get as much snow as possible. Related: Winter Is Just Getting Started: Chase Endless Powder at Valle Nevado, Chile The most expensive part is getting onto the continent–flights […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 29, 2019 0 Comments
Epic and Ikon: Ski Resort Crowds and Remedies “Stop Ikonisizing Aspen”. A popular sticker in the ski town of Aspen, Colorado. Like many other of the 60+ destinations of the Ikon and Epic passes, Aspen locals were displeased with the increase in visitors. Despite a definite increase in guests from the new passes, a large source of the crowds also came from local use, given the stellar winter […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 27, 2019 2 Comments
Heli-Paddling, The World’s Newest Extreme Sport We’ve all dreamed of going Heli-Skiing before. Untouched faces, remote cliffs, and fresh snow all day is a fantasy of many. Besides the huge financial restriction (a 3 run package through Whisler Blackcomb runs well over $1,000 per person), heli-skiing requires years of experience to handle the backcountry. Deep powder, avalanche danger, and steep terrain make it an expert-only […] Featured Article Joseph Phillips | August 23, 2019 2 Comments
California Surf Season Off to Best Start in 15-Years California and Hawaii have seen the most consistent start to their summer surf season. This data was collected from May through July and boasts crazy results. California has had the best summer start in 15 years. Looking at surf data from Orange County, CA and Santa Cruz, CA shows the highest average surf height and most days with swells over 7 feet. […] Surf Joseph Phillips | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Military Discount at Squaw Alpine, CA is Incredible Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows of California is hooking up military veterans with $60 season passes this winter. This is the best military discount on the market this season, with a regular adult Ikon Base Pass running for $749 right now. This pass is available to all military personnel including active duty, reserve, veteran, and retired while supplies last. They are limiting […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Amazing Charity Takes Disabled Veterans Skiing We have all been impressed by the incredible sit-skier carving down the mountain or even hitting Corbet’s Couloir at Jackson Hole, WY. Just going down a moderate run on a sit-ski appears daring to any skier, and that is what makes Militaries to the Mountain such an incredible program. A yearly program through the charity HighFives assists disabled veterans on […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
Another Megastorm is Due for California If you’ve never heard of California’s 100-200 year storm, you’re not alone. The last megastorm dumped 10+ feet of rain and snow on California during a 43-day ordeal. The atmospheric river, shown above, began in December of 1862 and lasted until mid-January. Skip forward 156 years and we haven’t seen anything near this level of intensity. The megastorm decimated much […] Weather Joseph Phillips | August 6, 2019 0 Comments
Thredbo, Australia Goes Green: Sustainability in the Ski Industry The skiing industry is a dirty business: energy for hotels and lifts, gas for travel and snowcats, water for snowmaking and guests, and literally tons of waste do not exactly make it a green activity. It is in the ski industries best interest to limit their emissions and work together to protect winters. Many ski resorts have realized they need […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 2, 2019 0 Comments
Former Gurkha Close to Being First Ever to Climb the 14 Tallest Mountains in Under a Year After completing Phase I and Phase II of his 14 mountain mission, Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has just 3 mountains left before breaking the most impressive record in mountaineering. Nims is a former Gurkha soldier, a group of British-hired Nepalese soldiers who have a reputation of fearlessness. He certainly embodies this reputation as he nears his goal of smashing the existing […] Climbing Joseph Phillips | August 1, 2019 0 Comments
Traffic on Colorado’s I-70 Finally Leads to Ski Area Bus Service from Denver Interstate 70 notoriously has terrible traffic. Weekend Warriors heading to Vail Resorts from Denver, Colorado are known for clogging up the highway. Friday evening and Saturday morning have the worst traffic, especially during a storm. In a strong snow year like this winter, I-70 is riddled with delays from car wrecks and avalanches. Some of the avalanches even reached the […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | July 31, 2019 3 Comments
IceBRKR: The Best Way to Jam Out on the Slopes Everybody loves jamming out to music while skiing or boarding, but it’s not always so easy going. Wired headphones get all tangled up, there is the chance you’ll lose expensive wireless headphones, and having a bud in your ear all day can be uncomfortable. Introducing IceBRKR: by combining a quality ski goggle with bone conduction audio technology, you can jam […] Gear Joseph Phillips | July 26, 2019 0 Comments
HAPE: What Every Mountaineer Strives to Avoid High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE): a high altitude killer and a mountaineer’s worst nightmare. A build-up of fluid in the lungs from the extreme lack of oxygen at higher elevations can be deadly. This condition is never a surprise, in fact before HAPE occurs people usually get a condition called Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). This is the mildest form of […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
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