Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Secret Zone Chutes Report from March 7, 2025 On my last full day in Courmayeur, Italy, I decided on a secret zone Iโd found the week before. It hosts north-facing terrain and holds recrystallized powder (I hoped). The trip out there wasnโt bad but the skin took me longer than anticipated. It takes about 1.5 hours to the top. I had a plethora [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 11, 2025 0 Comments
La Thuile, Italy, Report: 37,500 Skiable Acres, 94-Miles of Trails, 4,728 Vertical Feet, 39 Ski Lifts, 2 Countries Report from March 7, 2025 On Friday of last week, we skied La Thuile ski resort in La Thuile, Italy. La Thuile, Italy, is part of the Espace San Bernardo ski area, which connects to La Rosiรจre ski area in France. Related: Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board in 2 Countries in 1 Day The first thing we [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the โAlaskan Velvet Snowโ on Tรชte d lโAne Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum. My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hillsโฆ The compromise reached was that Iโd run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tรชte du Grand Mont Couloir Report from March 4, 2025 Thereโs a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martinโs house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 9, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing โAlaskan Velvetโ In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasnโt snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadnโt been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing Iโve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. Heโs a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. Iโve just [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments