Unbelievable 181 MPH Wind Gust Recorded on Chair 6 at Kirkwood Resort, CA Luckily no one was on the chair. In the early hours of Thursday, March 14, Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe experienced an unprecedented 181mph wind gust on Chair 6, with sustained winds reaching 141mph. The resort clocked in the extreme wind speeds last night at 12:45 on an anemometer that provides weather data for the National Weather Service. The […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | March 14, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Winter Camping in Couloir Country Report from Saturday, March 9, 2024 I pulled into a deserted camp at the base of a very tall, very steep, unforgiving mountain riddled with cliffs and couloirs. It was now past 4 p.m. and the shade of the surrounding peak brought with it a mid-winter chill that stabbed right through my gore-tex coat. Time to set up camp and […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | March 12, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Pro Skier Adrià Milan Pla Secures GoPro ‘Line of The Winter’ Monthly Contest Prize for Second Time in a Row View this post on Instagram A post shared by GoPro (@gopro) Two times back-to-back now Adrià Milan Pla’ has taken the crown for GoPro’s “Line of the Winter” video contest, where anyone with a GoPro camera has a chance to win one of several multi-thousand dollar cash prizes for the best line. Adrià Milan’s line scored him a $10,000 prize […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | March 11, 2024 0 Comments
The 9 Greatest Female Freeskiers of All Time These lovely ladies probably shred harder than they you. Maude Raymond – A Montreal, Canada native who rides for Armada skis. She spends her winters in Mammoth Lakes, California, doing what she does best. Grete Eliassen – An American-Norwegian professional skier who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has won six medals at the Winter X Games in slopestyle, […] Martin Kuprianowicz | March 8, 2024 30 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, Report: A Sneaky, Powerful Powder Day Report from Sunday, February 18, 2024 We showed up to what appeared to be a wintry tornado. Dad jumped out of the car into white. It was snowing hard. The snowstorm raged for about three hours. At one point it must have been dumping three inches an hour of dense graupel. The runs were empty today. I think the […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 20, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, Report: The Instant Classic ‘Lightning Ridge Relay’ Followed by Plentiful Powder Laps with Friends Report from Saturday, February 10, 2024 Halfway up the steep hill, touring faster than I probably ever have and wearing a Yoshi costume, I wondered to myself: “Why the hell did I agree to do this?!” Our team got fifth in Powder Mountain’s brand new Lightning Ridge Relay race that took place on Saturday and the three of us were […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 15, 2024 0 Comments
Dorian Densmore’s Spirit of Exploration Shines in His Latest Film Project ‘Zonda’ Every summer 33-year-old Dorian Densmore travels from his home base in the Tetons to the Andes Mountains for another winter. A professional freeskier and Black Diamond-sponsored athlete, he’s been traveling to South America in search of powder for nine seasons since 2012 when his former mentor Mike Hamilton in Alaska (who passed away in an avalanche in April 2022) recommended that […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | February 15, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Mountain Weather Update 2/14: Bullseyes Remain for Tetons/Sierra/NW CO/Wasatch Through 2/23 Bullseyes remain for Tetons/Sierra/NW CO/Wasatch through 2/23. Snow Timeline: Tetons: Now-2/16, 2/18-2/20. Sierra: PM 2/14 – AM 2/15, 2/17 – AM 2/18, 2/19-2/20. NW CO: PM 2/14-2/16, PM 2/18, 2/20-2/21. Wasatch: 2/15, 2/18, 2/19-2/21. Northeast Next Snow: PM 2/15-2/16, 2/23. Weather Martin Kuprianowicz | February 14, 2024 0 Comments