On the Ground at X Games 2025 in Salt Lake City, UT: An Impressive Display of Talent Summer X Games, 2025, brought the heat this year—literally. Barely a week after its Osaka, Japan, event, the organization set up in Salt Lake City, Utah, on one of the hottest weekends. But, despite the upper-90-degree weather, the fans still rallied to watch the top athletes go for gold. Around 100 athletes from across the world, competing in 19 different […] Trip Report Miles Nagel | July 3, 2025 0 Comments
Your Season, Unpacked: New Stats Feature at Powder Mountain, UT, Levels Up the Stoke Every seasoned skier has their end-of-season checklist. Storage wax? Check. Batteries pulled from all the avalanche gear? Check. Boot liners drying after that closing-day pond skim? Check. A slick season recap of vertical feet, total days skied, and a leaderboard to see how you stacked up? If you’re riding at Powder Mountain, Utah—check. “Unpacked” is Powder Mountain’s season stats feature […] Miles Nagel | May 29, 2025 0 Comments
Meet Maia Bickert, Who Takes Skiing With Type 1 Diabetes Head On Maia Bickert has been skiing since she learned to walk. She showed in an alpine racing career consisting of Junior Olympics, U.S nationals, and FIS circuits like NorAm, that she was quite the capable skier. However, after a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and an ACL injury, she was forced to rethink her career path. While pursuing a degree in Immunology […] Miles Nagel | May 15, 2025 0 Comments
On the Ground at the 2025 Uninvited Invitational—Celebrating Women in Snowboarding 75 riders from 20 countries traveled to Woodward Park City, Utah, to compete in this year’s Uninvited Invitational. The all-female snowboard competition spanned over four days—two prequalifying days followed by a finals day and a community ride event. With a collective $60,000 worth of prize money, these ladies showed up, strapped in, and threw down on the street-style course. Related: […] Miles Nagel | April 17, 2025 0 Comments
New Patsy Marley Development Project at Alta Ski Area, UT, Raises Local Concern The Alta Planning Commission (APC) recently accepted comments from the public regarding its new Patsy Marley development plan. Locals from the touring community have some concerns about the 26-acre lot that sits at the end of the Albion Summer Road. During the winter, it provides access to the popular Grizzly Gulch backcountry, utilizing the summer road as a trail to […] Industry News Miles Nagel | April 10, 2025 0 Comments
What Even is a DIN Setting? For anyone who has rented or gotten skis mounted, odds are that you filled out a form asking some questions about your physical information. If you asked the teenager working the ski shop what it’s for, they would say, “It’s for the DIN.” then, stare blankly while you fill out the rest of the form. But what is a DIN […] Brains Miles Nagel | March 17, 2025 0 Comments
A Skier’s Guide to Ski Length: How Long Should You Go? If you ask a ski shop employee, “How long should my skis be?” you’ll likely hear, “Somewhere between your chin and the top of your head.” As useful as that advice may sound, it does leave a range of about nine inches, which generally covers a range of ski lengths, depending on the brand. Generally, beginners should stick to the […] Brains Miles Nagel | March 3, 2025 1 Comment
What Exactly Did Park City, UT, Patrollers Achieve in Their New Labor Contract with Vail Resorts? After multiple rounds of negotiations, the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) and Vail have finally come to an agreement. The conflict stems from the end of the PCPSPA’s contract last year, requiring the union to draft a new round of terms, which initially, Vail declined. Although the PCPSPA was vocal about their dissatisfaction, they promised to keep negotiating. The […] Industry News Miles Nagel | January 27, 2025 0 Comments
What it Costs the Utah Avalanche Center to Produce a Daily Avalanche Forecast An avalanche forecast is one of the most valuable resources for those looking to explore the epic Utah backcountry. Luckily, the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) provides this information, free of charge, to keep outdoor explorers safe. With the slow and warm start to the Utah ski season, followed by a heavy and wet storm cycle, this information is as crucial […] Avalanche Miles Nagel | January 8, 2025 0 Comments
Massive Landslide Tears Through Residential Area, Blocking B.C.’s Highway 99 Saturday, December 14th at 9:00 am, residents of the Lions Bay area woke up to 70 mph winds tearing down power lines leaving around 300 with no power. Not even an hour later, residents heard a loud boom as a landslide began tearing down from the mountain, stretching across the highway connecting Vancouver and Whistler. Traffic was halted as the […] Miles Nagel | December 20, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, Kicks Off Season With Unusual Opening Weekend There are a select few resorts that offer night skiing in Utah, if riders are brave enough to fight against the frostbite. Brian Head, Brighton, and Sundance are some of the resorts where skiers and snowboarders can ride sometimes as late as nine at night. However, on December 6, 2024, Powder Mountain started its opening weekend at 4:00 pm for […] Industry News Miles Nagel | December 11, 2024 0 Comments
Aspen One’s Unique Sustainability Report Focuses Less on Gathering Data and More on Getting People Engaged Aspen One recently released a sustainability report with an unorthodox approach. Compared to other resort companies who all track things like carbon emissions, offsetting their carbon footprints and recycled material use, Aspen Skiing Co.’s parent company, Aspen One, boldly states, “We reject conventional sustainable business practices—carbon footprinting, operational tweaks instead of systemic solutions, fixating on net zero—as complicity.” The 13-page […] Industry News Miles Nagel | December 9, 2024 0 Comments
Park City Mountain, UT, Set to Open This Friday Despite Ongoing Labor Negotiations Park City Mountain Resort in Utah plans to spin its lifts to kick off the 2024-25 season this Friday, November 22. However, despite opening day right around the corner, the ongoing contract negotiations between Vail and the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) have still not reached a satisfactory conclusion. With the PCPSPA’s last contract expiring in April, workers […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 21, 2024 0 Comments
New Study Highlights Climate Change Threat to Winter Olympics With Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, poised to host the 2026 Olympic Games amid global climate change concerns, researchers are investigating the longevity of potential hosts for the Winter Games. Under the direction of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the University of Waterloo’s professor, Daniel Scott, in conjunction with the University of Innsbruck examined records from 93 of the previous […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 19, 2024 0 Comments
Special Planning Commission Discusses Plans for Snow Park Project in Deer Valley, UT In a proposed plan to alleviate traffic concerns, construction of a new village space, and installation of a new gondola in the Snow Park base of Deer Valley, Utah, Park City special planning held another meeting on October 30, to discuss further plans for reconstruction of the area. This was the continuation of their meeting on October 9, which laid […] Industry News Miles Nagel | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
Home Mountain Shoutout: The Versatility of Park City Mountain, UT Armed with a pair of thrifted junior rental Völkl skis, boots weathered with years of abuse from equally negligent seven-year-olds, and a haphazardly assembled ski kit that only a protective mother could concoct, I took to the bunny hill at Park City Mountain, Utah, for my first season of ski school. Only two runs down “Turtle Trail” after what seemed like countless […] Miles Nagel | November 1, 2024 0 Comments
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