British Columbia Backcountry Report: Beautiful Crusty Powder On High On The Last Day Of Our BC Trip Report from January 29, 2025 Yesterday was our final backcountry ski day in British Columbia, Canada. For now… We skied 20 of 28 days in the backcountry and got in 7 ski days at Revelstoke and 1 at Kicking Horse. I totaled 65,800-vertical-feet climbed and 161-traveled in the backcountry. I’m truly exhausted… Yesterday we ventured into a completely new zone […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2025 1 Comment
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Skiing The 5,630-Vertical-Foot “Snow Rodeo” Directly into the “Selkirk Sea” Report from January 28, 2025 Yesterday was another stunner at Revelstoke, BC. I stuck to the groomers and had my mind blown again by just how long they are. When you drop in from the top of the Stoke Chair, the fog (the Selkirk Sea) looks impossibly far below you. You end up skiing all the way to the river […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: Gliding Through The Setting Sun in a Stunning Zone Report from January 27, 2025 Yesterday was our penultimate day in the BC backcountry. I decided we should go check out a zone I’d never been before mostly just to look around and see what’s out there. It was a long walk. A much longer walk than expected. 4,000 vertical feet 11 miles 7 hours It took 6 hours to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 28, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Skiing Gracias Ridge & Snow Rodeo in the Sunshine Report from January 26, 2025 On Sunday we gathered a crew in the parking lot and headed up the Revelation Gondola at Revelstoke. JJ, Kim, Aaron, me. JJ & Kim took us to Gracias Ridge area to ski old chowder in fun, rolling terrain. It’s a fun adventure run with 2 hikes, 2 traverses, Mr Toad’s Wild Ride Gully, and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 28, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: “Eagle Chute” on 9,337′ Eagle Peak Report from January 25, 2025 We finally gathered the courage to go deep into the alpine in British Columbia yesterday. I don’t generally dare to fly there in January because there are usually persistent weak layer issues this time of year. Right now, the snowpack is pretty locked up. Eagle Chute on 9,337′ Eagle Peak called to us. So we […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 28, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: Skiing The Frozen Waterfall Chute, a Steep Wall, & a Pillow Spine Report from January 24, 2025 On Friday, we got out into the BC backcountry just to look around. And find sunshine. We needed sunshine. So we started walking in the shade and 7ºF temps. And we kept walking in the shade and cold temps for hours… After 3 and a half hours photons from our nearest start finally tickled our […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 26, 2025 1 Comment
British Columbia Backcountry Report: Eating Sh$% Trying To Ski Invisible Pillows in Canada Report from January 20, 2025 On Monday we couldn’t decide what to do. I’d gone backcountry skiing 15 of the past 19 days and was simply exhausted. We decided to go for the same pillows I’d skied on January 12. It took 4 hours to get to them and we had a few options and none of them looked right. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 23, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: Skiing Powder On A Gorgeous BC Nose, Triggering a Micro-Avalanche, Surfing A Wind-Lip , & Jumping in Donger-Land Report from January 22, 2025 Yesterday we needed to ski in the sun. 7ºF as we left the car (for the 5th backcountry day in a row). Even though it’s been uniquely sunny this month in BC, it’s still tough to actually ski in the sun due to the low snow angle and small amount of skiable terrain that actually […] Backcountry Miles Clark | January 23, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: One 5,620-Vertical-Foot Fun-as-Hell Groomer Ski Run Report from January 21, 2025 I was beckoned by the ridiculously long runs of Revelstoke, BC, Yesterday. It was snowing lightly and coldly when I arrived. Not much in this world beats a 5,620-vertical-foot crisp-as-hell groomer. I rode the 2 gondolas to the upper mountain and slid down to the Stoke chair. I exited the top of the chair with […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 22, 2025 1 Comment
British Columbia Backcountry Report: 3,600-Vertical-Foot Powder Run = Our Longest Run of the Year Report From January 19, 2025 We talked Axel, the hut keeper from our BC hut trip in early January, into showing us around the BC backcountry on Sunday. We chose an obscure zone that doesn’t see many tracks. We jogged along in the sun and couldn’t resist doing a mini-lap on the spiney-thinger zone on the way up. The snow […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 21, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: Skiing A Classic Zone In Powder & Filtered Sunshine Report from January 18, 2025 On Saturday we decided we needed to ski in the sun. 7ºF at the car. To be clear, it’s kinda once in a lifetime here right now with clear skis and low avalanche danger in January. This is a rare combination here. We ran into an old friend in the parking lot and changed our […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 21, 2025 0 Comments
BC Backcountry Hut Trip Report Day #3: “The Bubbles” & “The Dark Side” Report from January 5, 2025 On day #3 of our BC hut trip we had a plan. Ski “The Bubbles” in the sunshine, then drop into “The Dark Side.” “The Bubbles” are fun pillows we can see from the hut that receive photons directly from our closest star. “The Dark Side” is a long, steep, scary, hard-to-find chute feels big […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 17, 2025 0 Comments
British Columbia Backcountry Report: 1,000-Vertical-Feet of Pillows, Fear, & Joy Report from January 13, 2025 On Monday Dwanis and I battled out into the British Columbia backcountry. Things started flat and mellow, then quickly escalated into a full-blow BC bushwhack switchback into the steeps… Pillows and steeps. Pillows and steeps and logs. Pillows and steeps and logs and trees. It was rough going. 4 hours later, we poked out into […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2025 1 Comment
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Tree-Bomb Sidecountry Powder With Local Legend JJ Vinet Report from January 16, 2025 Today I bumbled out into the Revelstoke, BC, sidecountry in a snow squall with local legend JJ Vinet. At times it was snowing and blowing hard but it didn’t last. We scooted out to the selected zone and things looked fun. JJ guided me around showed me the goods. Tree-bombs had littered the landscape making […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: Long Groomers, Stellar Sidecountry, and “C’est Magnifique” Burgers Report from January 14, 2025 Yesterday we rolled out to Revelstoke at about 9 am. The Selkirk Sea (low river valley clouds) was kickin’ down low and thin clouds were driftin’ up high creating a classic BC cloud sandwich. We were skiing some glorious groomers inbounds when we saw a big hole developing in the upper cloud layer to the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 15, 2025 0 Comments
Revelstoke, BC, Report: 5,620-Vertical-Feet of Hell Yes Report from January 11, 2025 Yesterday we got out at Revelstoke Ski Resort in British Columbia, Canada. This is one of my homes away from home. I’ve spent many months here over the years and just being here makes me happy. We rolled onto the hill about 9 a.m. yesterday. They saw about 4 centimeters of new snow overnight. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 12, 2025 1 Comment
BC Backcountry Hut Trip Report Day #2: Overly Fast Pillows & Dark Side Chutes Report from January 4, 2025 Day #2 of our BC hut trip brought mostly cloudy skies, mild temps, low avalanche danger, and the unknown. We fell into our normal default of skiing trees and pillows below the hut. The snow is fast and loose here right now we quickly realized that skiing pillows was not gonna work… The snow was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 8, 2025 0 Comments
BC Backcountry Hut Report Day #1: Fast, Sluffy, Stable Powder in Stupendous Terrain Report from January 3, 2024 Fourteen of us flew out to a remote backcountry hut in the Selkirk mountains of British Columbia, Canada, yesterday. This is our 8th BC hut trip, and they’ve all been spectacular with great snow and terrific skiing. Luck lead to us being the first group flown in. After going over the hut functionality with the […] Miles Clark | January 4, 2025 0 Comments
Kicking Horse, BC, Report: 4,133-Vertical-Feet of Chutes & Powder Report from January 2, 2024 On New Year’s Eve 2024, I went for the longest run of my life. 10K for the Women’s Sports Foundation. On New Year’s Day, I went for the longest drive of my life. 927-miles 13.5 hours Park City, UT, to Golden, BC Today, I went skiing at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Columbia. This […] Backcountry Miles Clark | January 3, 2025 0 Comments
Deer Valley, UT, Report: Powder Play & Bushwhacking Bliss on Day #1 of the Sultan Chair Report from December 28, 2024 Deer Valley opened both the Sultan and Empire chairs for the first time this season today. Sultan is my favorite chair at Deer Valley… I showed up late to allow any potential holiday crowds dissipate like so many spilled beans. I headed straight for Sultan. The top was closed but they were letting us ski […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 28, 2024 0 Comments
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