Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Moody Mini-Powder Day Fun in Awesome Terrain Report from February 25, 2025 We slept in and rested this morning and watched the storm hit the mountain. At times it was dumping chicken feathers and it was inspiring. We waited until 2 pm to give the mountain some time to fill in before venturing out. Martin and I rode 2 gondolas then slipped into the trees. It had […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 25, 2025 0 Comments
Small Ski Area, Switzerland, Report: Skiing an Invisible Chute in Powder Snow Report from February 23, 2025 Yesterday I awoke early and hit the road. Down from Courmayeur to Aosta then up over the hills and through the tunnel into Helvetia (Switzerland). We met up with my old buddy from Japan, Zach. He’s a ski instructor in Switzerland now and has been living out here for over 5 years. Z’s got it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 24, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: 360s, Backflips, & 720s in the Sun-Splashed Terrain Park With Simonas From Lithuania Report from February 21, 2025 After skiing backcountry for the past 6 days, it felt like it was time to ski the resort. Specifically the terrain park. I started the day doing laps on the Aretu chairlift and hitting the park each run. I started just hitting one of the 2 big jumps then evolved to hitting them both. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 22, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Larch Tree Chute Powder Hunt Report from February 20, 2025 Today we returned to Courmayeur to continue our hunt for powder in the larch trees. I still can’t get over pine trees that lose their leaves in the winter… How did I not know this was a thing!? We rode gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can again and boosted out into the sidecountry. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 20, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Sneaky Italian Tree Skiing a Week After the Storm Report from February 19, 2025 The plan was to ski a line up high in powder snow yesterday. I’d convinced myself that I’d found a spot in the alpine right off the lift with good snow that was a long, wide wide-open run. When I got there I found the snow wasn’t great and it was actually a pretty short […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 20, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Searching For Powder One Week After The Big Storm Report from February 18, 2025 We went in search of powder at Courmayeur ski resort in Italy yesterday. Gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can. The last tram, Arp, only fits 10 people! It’s so cute… From there we journeyed west on our search. It hasn’t snowed in about a week and the wind got to a lot of […] Backcountry Miles Clark | February 19, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing The East Face of La Spalla 7,000-Vertical-Feet Above Town Report from February 17, 2025 Yesterday, we ascended the Skyway Monte Bianco with plans to ski the East Face of La Spalla. We were hoping for one last powder run before the sun finally took its toll on nearly all the snow on this south side of Monte Bianco. Just the ride up is exhilarating. We followed Marco and the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 18, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing the Legendary “Marbrée” Couloir From the Lamborghini of Ski Lifts Report from February 16, 2025 Skyway Monte Bianco is the Lamborghini of ski lifts. I’ve never seen a ski lift so fancy in architecture, style, design, service, etiquette, and cleanliness. Yesterday was my second day here in Italy. Martin & Marco planned to go back up the Skyway Monte Bianco and ski the legendary Marbrée Couloir. I was nervous. I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 17, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: 6,600-Vertical-Foot Runs Of Non-Stop Spice Right Back Into Town Report from February 15, 2025 We loaded onto the very fancy Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy, yesterday around 1 p.m. We spent the morning skiing at the Courmayeur ski resort, where you can see all the Skyway terrain. We decided to double dip after getting reports from our buddy Marco that Skyway was skiing well. You first notice how […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 16, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Wide Open Powder & Endless Chutes On Day #1 Report from February 15, 2025, at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy I arrived in Milano, Italy, on Valentine’s Day. I rented a car zipped up to Courmayeur, Italy, arriving just before sunset. Martin and I went out for a Valentine’s dinner at an incredible restaurant in La Palud (just next to Courmayeur). Best gnocchi I’ve ever had… Pizza and wine were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 16, 2025 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: “Main Chute” On 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Opens For First Time This Season Report from January 10, 2025 On Monday I rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon without skins… I realized it when I parked to meet up with my backcountry buddies. Fortunately, a friend at Alta borrowed me some skins. At this point, my backcountry buddies had already dove in so I pulled an audible and hiked up Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior. […] Backcountry Miles Clark | February 12, 2025 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Skiing Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior in Under 60-Seconds Report from February 10, 2025 I rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon early yesterday morning. I met up with a buddy and realized I’d forgotten my skins… Luckily, a friend at Alta borrowed me a pair. While briefly at Alta in the morning, I’d gotten word that Main Chute on Mt. Baldy was going to open. Perfect. I decided to run […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 11, 2025 1 Comment
Deer Valley, UT, Report: The Legendary “Stein’s Way” Run Report from February 9, 2025 “Stein’s Way” is my favorite run at Deer Valley, UT. I usually just lap it all day until I’m ready to go home. I also like the run just skier’s left of it – Edgar’s. The run I cruise back to my car on is called Jordanelle, and it’s a very fun one with killer […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 10, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: Spectacularly Deep Face-Shot-Filled Powder + “Beauty And The Beast” Live at the Utah Symphony Report from February 8, 2025 Yesterday was our final day at Jackson Hole, WY. We got our early and into the first tram of the day. We stumbled out of the tram into bead-blasting wind and snow. The sign on the tram read 07ºF. We felt it. Fox, Nate, & I skipped down into position and worked our way into […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 9, 2025 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY, Report: Ski Cutting A Large Avalanche & Popping Poofy Pillows In Deep Snow Report from February 7, 2025 Raining at the house this morning, and wet snow on the stairs and car in Wilson, WY. I had a feeling it was still gonna wild up there. We hustled out into the mountains. Our first run was pure gold up high with deep snow, insane winds, and copious faceshots. Teton, Fox, Nate, and I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 8, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: Wind-Pressed Powder Fun Report from February 6, 2025 We got out to Jackson Hole, WY, today with high hopes. The previous day was damn fun with big wind and warm temps. Today was colder with clear skies in the morning. We thought we might be able to find some wind-sheltered powder out there so we started to sniff around. We sniffed in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 6, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: 72MPH Winds, Tram Shuts Down, Powder, & Good Friends Report from February 5, 2025 Up at 5:30 am. On the road by 6. Park City, UT, to Jackson Hole, WY, is a lovely drive – if you know which way to go. You wanna go through Kemmerer, Big Piney, Daniel. All Daniel really has is a gas station that has great, clean, one-person bathrooms, and they sell breakfast burritos […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 5, 2025 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: “High Rustler” My Favorite Run at Alta & One of the Best Inbounds Runs in North America https://youtube.com/shorts/sLCRzErnODs?feature=share Report from February 4, 2025 Today I zipped over to Alta, UT, with one thing in mind. Slushy laps on “High Rustler,” my favorite run at Alta. I haven’t skied Alta since December and the snow levels were about the same when I left which meant that getting in might be a bit tricky, but once in it was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 5, 2025 1 Comment
British Columbia Hut Trip Day #4: Getting Chased By Sluff Deep in the BC Backcountry Report from January 6, 2025 Day #4 was our biggest day on the hut trip. 5 runs 9 miles 4,500 vertical feet 8 hours and 2 minutes Skied home in the dark We walked like crazy that day and went deeper into our zone than we ever had. We skied a gorgeous face in the sun off Sunbeam Peak then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 4, 2025 0 Comments
Deer Valley, UT, Weekend Report: Sampling DV’s Best Run “Stein’s Way” + New Expansion Area in Snow, Sun, & Sleet Report from January 31, February 1, February 2, 2025 On Friday morning, I woke up in Butte, Montana, after a two-day drive home from BC. Butte once supplied the USA with 25% of its copper. Everything is brick and old-mine-town feeling. I left town at 6:30 am and drove south to Park City, UT. I stopped at home, ate, suited […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 2, 2025 2 Comments
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