Riders On The Storm: The Ultimate Guide To Living In A Van, Chasing Pow, & Slaying The Goods Every Day SO… You’re a so-called ski bum. Maybe you live in a ski town, or town near a resort, or battle it out with the other weekend warriors enough to associate with the periphery of a lenient definition of the term. Regardless, you’ve had epic days…and I mean epic days. The best day(s) of your life. Untracked lines. Free refills. You’re a hero. […] Brains Sergei Poljak | September 5, 2020 8 Comments
Telluride, CO Backcountry Report: Big Lines + Variable Snows Season’s Greetings From The Telluride Backcountry The snowpack may be average, but the Telluride backcountry has been exciting and full of surprises. The winter season in the North San Juan region has been characterized by a number of anomalies. There have been pros and cons, as I will discuss. Nevertheless, the best skiing has been found in the backcountry, and relatively […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | February 4, 2020 0 Comments
The Best Places For Early Season Lift-Access Powder in North America: Today is Sunday, October the 13th, and let’s face it, us powder hounds are absolutely itching for the goods. Although your average skier would be ecstatic to have good conditions as early as the December holidays, Powderhounds are much too spoiled, one could even say entitled, to be content with such mediocrity, with true bliss reserved for those deep mid-winter days. This may seem like an imminent […] Industry News Sergei Poljak | October 12, 2019 0 Comments
Your Own Slice of Valhalla: Aspen Snowmass Bike Park Report + Photo Tour Journey to Aspen Snowmass Last week, I embarked on a journey from Telluride, CO to the hamlet of Aspen, CO after the recommendation of my friend Ben, a contractor with Gravity Logic. With the blessings of Tucker Vest Burton, a full tank of gas, and plenty of cheese in my cooler, fate sealed the deal and I headed on my sojourn […] Trip Report Sergei Poljak | July 31, 2019 0 Comments
Literally The Best Season Ever: Telluride Season Conditions Report + Photo Tour Telluride, CO had the best season of all-time this year! Anyone younger than thirty had the best winter of their life. Anyone over forty may never have another winter like this again, at least in the San Juans. After having one of our worst winters ever last year, and an extremely dry summer to beat, this year’s snowpack was essential not […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | April 23, 2019 2 Comments
How To Avoid Getting Injured From Skiing: The last month has been big, and it seems like everybody is nursing an injury whether large or small. The knees, hips, wrists and other parts of skiers and snowboarders alike have fallen prey to fearsome malfunction that is injury. Many of these injuries are season ending, and require expensive surgeries, exhausting rehabilitations, and many moons to recover from. So how do we avoid […] Brains Sergei Poljak | January 30, 2019 0 Comments
Austrian Man Suffers Fatal Cardiac Arrest In Avalanche Near Revelstoke A 52 year-old Austrian man has been pronounced dead after an skier-triggered avalanche in Revelstoke, BC. The exact cause of death appears to be a cardiac arrest suffered during the avalanche that caught three heli-skiers in the Goldstream area, 100 km north of Revelstoke, on Monday afternoon. The government initially withheld the name of the heli operator, although Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) have […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
HIGH Avalanche in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, & Montana Today The past several days have seen the Northern tier of the country getting bombarded by storms. These storms have brought snow, wind, and, most recently, abundant warm Pacific air to the mountains. Today, HIGH avalanche danger exists in four states, with CONSIDERABLE conditions in the Tetons and other regions of Wyoming. There are three main avalanche problems today in the region […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: French Skier Survives Avalanche, Captures Footage With Selfie Stick [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fguillaumeanton%2Fvideos%2F10211659108255417%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Guillaume Anton wasn’t expecting to be caught in a surprisingly large slab avalanche at the French resort of La Plagne last week. Selfie stick in hand and in full charge mode, Anton was catching some pow turns in the Les Ronds “off-piste” area of the resort when he appears to have paused at the top of a steep rollover, […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Conditions Report: 500″ Magic… Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, in it’s perch on the eastern slope of the Tetons, has officially clocked 500″ this year and it feels better than a million bucks…it’s priceless. The Tetons have been true to their namesake and have been milking every storm for every flake. 50 of those inches fell in October and basically melted and it still feels like […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | March 7, 2017 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Conditions Report: A Bit Of Sun & Powder Train A’Rollin’ With about 6 inches of fresh snow having fallen throughout the course of last night and the morning between opening and the snow report, today could certainly hold it’s own in the “mini powder day” category. It was one of those days where I took a deep breath every once in a while and thanked the universe for fat skis, which provided just […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | February 21, 2017 0 Comments
Lake Oroville Dam: Safe For Now, But Murky Future The threat of imminent disaster has subsided at the Lake Oroville Dam, but forecasted heavy rain and snow this week, the distinct possibility of more rain and snow in coming months, and the certainty of massive amounts of snowmelt make this an issue that has only temporarily been resolved. After helicopters filled in the eroded craters with rocks, the dam’s spillways have been […] Sergei Poljak | February 15, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Urban Snowboarding in Seattle Seattle isn’t known for it’s skiing, but February 6th turned out to be a powder day. That’s why they call it the Seattle Freeze right? Luckily at least one snowboarder got out at 6 a.m. and showed us what we missed. At the resort you’ve got to get to the powder before it’s tracked, but in Seattle it’s early ups or no […] Sergei Poljak | February 13, 2017 0 Comments
Crystal Mountain, WA: Skiers Face Charges For Skiing Closed Terrain Cyrstal Mountain, WA is pressing for charges against two skiers who “poached” powder from a closed area on the mountain this week. It is the first time that Crystal has pursued charges since a 2011 law making it a misdemeanor to ski closed terrain within boundaries. The skiers are facing fines of $1,000, but are lucky to have escaped unscathed. The skiers […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | February 10, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dorian Densmore and Silas Chickering-Ayers Ski Sick Spines in Japan The Milk Tea Series shows skiers Dorian Densmore and Silas Chickering-Ayers skiing as it happens here in Japan, as well as trying to portray the culture and the feeling of being here a little bit. In Episode 3 the snow finally stops falling for one day, and the guys and Leeland Lyon are able to get out and ride some […] Sergei Poljak | February 10, 2017 0 Comments
Ice Climbers Narrowly Escape Massive Avalanche On Polar Circus, Canadian Rockies Alex Ratson and some climbing partners were scoping out the Icefields Parkway north of Banff when they spotted a parked car and it occupants most of the way up on Polar Circus, a 700-meter, WI5 route – one of the most coveted in the area. As they stepped out of the van, a giant avalanche ripped down from above the route, obscuring […] Avalanche Sergei Poljak | February 9, 2017 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Conditions Report + Photo Tour: Save A Horse, Ride Cowboy Powder Today Friday Feb. 3rd was the halfway point in Jackson’s season, and they are pacing a cool 712″ inches season total. Needless to say, there have been many deep powder days this season and Thursday Feb. 2nd was one of them. In fact, Thursday was my favorite type of day: a sleeper day, a storm day, and ultimately, a day full of refills […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | February 3, 2017 0 Comments
“Tahoe Ten” Backcountry Mission: 10,000 Vertical Feet, 5 Peaks, & 20 Total Miles [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsfb9wZ8UgA?ecver=2″] Professional skier and Tahoe local Josh Daiek and snowboarder Abe Greenspan took some time last December to complete what Josh has dubbed the “Tahoe Ten”: 10,000 vertical of hiking over five peaks on a 20 mile route. They also skied five epic lines off aforementioned peaks, and even if you could keep the pace during the hike, you won’t […] Sergei Poljak | February 1, 2017 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn Crashed Twice Last Weekend Lindsey Vonn, back on the world cup circuit for only two races, crashed in downhill training in Cortina, Italy over the weekend. Vonn Shed light on the incident, posting the above picture and “crash test check” on her instagram later that day. She also assured fans that her arm was still in one piece and she would be racing on January […] Crash Sergei Poljak | January 31, 2017 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA Conditions Report: Soul Skiing Mammoth was all-time last week and this week, and will be next week as well…or maybe the entire rest of the season for that matter. Since my report last week, we’ve seen a full powder cycle, with storms, crowds, delays, and ultimately, amazing powder runs reserved for the midweek skiers. This weekend arrived with great snow conditions and open lifts. Ullr wouldn’t have had it […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | January 29, 2017 0 Comments
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