BC Hut Trip Report – Day 4 – Pillow Drops, Deep Powder, -5ºF, A Thimble of Sunshine, & Unknown Chutes Report from January 8, 2023 We got out at about 10am today, which is only 1 hour after sunrise here right now. -5ºF with no wind. We decided to go uphill from the hut and sniff out some above-treeline pillows. The sun miraculously came out despite all the forecasts that forbade it. The closest pillows from the hut were beaming […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
BC Hut Trip Report – Day 3 – Pillow Powder Day With a Nasty Darkside Sun-Kiss Report from January 7, 2023 Today was a pillow powder day. We got out early and headed straight for the pillows. The sun was out a bit in the morning and just there being some blue skies brightened things up and made the skiing better via greatly improved visibility. It’s record low tide here right now so we tread lightly. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 7, 2024 0 Comments
BC Hut Trip Report – Day 2 – Pillows, Poppers, Shifties, Spread Eagles, Blower Powder, & A Header In The Creek Report from January 6, 2023 We flew in here to this remote hut in British Columbia yesterday afternoon. It hasn’t snowed up here in a long time and they’re experiencing a record low snowpack. We were worried… After we arrived yesterday, we quickly got organized and ran out for a quick run before dark. We went for a nearby Southeast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 6, 2024 0 Comments
Kicking Horse, BC Report: 4,000-Vertical-Feet of “Hell Yeah” & The Endemic “Pee Here” Sign Report from January 4, 2023 Yesterday I got up and out at Kicking Horse, BC with Lee. I’d forgotten how much I love this place… I spent 2 months here living in Mary’s Motel in Golden, BC back in 2018 and it was pure bliss. Kicking Horse itself is sick, legendary Rogers Pass is right there, and the Kicking Horse […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 5, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Nasty-Fun Big Mountain Skiing on Recrystallized Powder | Tight Chute to Fields of Glory to Tight Chute Report from January 2, 2023 Yesterday morning we got out early-ish and started digging up a long flat trail into a zone I’d never been to in the Wasatch Mountains, UT. The stats are kinda fun: 4,700-vertical-feet 5 hours & 20 minutes to the top 7 hours & 40 minutes round trip 9.8 miles round trip It’s real simple how […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 3, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: 45º Steep East Couloir of 11,330 Twin Peaks | Wasatch Mountains, UT Report from December 31, 2023 Yesterday I decided to go for a long walk and try a scary, steep line that I knew was going to hold bad, wind-hammered snow. I’d seen the east couloir of 11,303′ Twin Peaks (Broads Fork, Twin Peaks East) from Cardiac Ridge on December 15, 2023, and it looked skiable. It had just enough snow. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 1, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Hallucinating in the Legendary Terminal Cancer Couloir | Ruby Mountains, NV Report from December 22, 2023 Last Friday, I awoke at 5am and hit the road by 5:30am in Park City, UT. Headed west. I’d gotten some inside information from a local that despite the low snow this season, the Terminal Cancer Couloir in the Ruby Mountains, NV was in. The apron, however, was not. Terminal Cancer Couloir – Ruby Mountains, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 30, 2023 1 Comment
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: An Inbounds Backcountry Experience on the Palisades Report from December 24, 2023 Yesterday, I got out early at Palisades Tahoe, CA. In line for the funitel before 9am. Bit of a line, but no matter as my buddies who coach for the local kids’ teams were there and we shared a buncha laughs catching up and talking about the future before riding up to the upper mountain. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 25, 2023 0 Comments
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