VIDEO: You Can’t Just Stand Around; Scott Gaffney Makes Piecemeal of Squaw Valley Scott Gaffney takes Squaw Valley by storm in this 2016 edit of his escapades at the resort. This is a look at one man’s no frills, all thrills approach to keeping Squaw true to its legendary reputation as a wild and steezy skiers mountain. Lest you forget, Squaw has fostered a great many descendants of Ullr, such as Plake, McConkey, and more. Real […] Sergei Poljak | January 3, 2017 0 Comments
Revelstoke, B.C. Conditions Report: Powder, Powder, Powder, Then… There have been many happy days thus far at Revelstoke, and sometimes you just have to grin like a blissful fool. It’s OK, we’ve all done it. We’re all blissful fools during that powder rush. I get to be a blissful fool like everyday, it’s so awesome. Being a blissful fool is the best. The snow has been consistent these last […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | January 2, 2017 0 Comments
Record Low Snowpack In French Alps Leaves Many Resorts Closed During Holidays The French Alps have been dry and sunny during the early season, but nowhere is the situation as serious as in the Massif Central in France, where some resorts have not seen a snowflake in a month. While the higher altitude resort in the Northern French Alps saw a snowy November, they too have been plagued by a prolonged period of stable weather. […] Sergei Poljak | December 29, 2016 0 Comments
Revelstoke, B.C. Conditions Report: Moist Westerly The wind usually blows from the southwest in Revelstoke. Sometimes that wind gets moist. Really moist. And it starts dumping white stuff out of the sky for three days or something. It’s called a moist westerly. Moist, and westerly. Coming from the great, big, hyper-moist Pacific Ocean. In Revelstoke, it so happens that this solidified moisture gets so deep that it gets all over your […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | December 28, 2016 0 Comments
Revelstoke, B.C. Conditions Report: One Powder Cycle Softly Transitions To Another Revelstoke has the 2nd most snowfall in North America this season: The 10 North American Ski Resorts with The Most Snowfall: Revelstoke has been going off for the past week and we’ve been going at it…hard. The final tally for the latest storm cycle is just under 100 cms. Gnorm has personally expressed his joy at being able to breathe without choking […] Conditions Report Sergei Poljak | December 25, 2016 0 Comments
The North Pole Hit Freezing Point, 32 F, Yesterday, Dec. 22nd “We’ve seen a year in 2016 in the Arctic like we’ve never seen before” – Dr. Jeremy Mathis, Arctic Research Program, NOAA For the second time in six weeks, temperatures in the North Pole have spiked to record highs. Yesterday, in an unprecedented turn of events, a buoy ~145 km from the North Pole registered a temperature of exactly freezing, which […] Weather Sergei Poljak | December 23, 2016 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Reduces Congestion With New Sweetwater Gondola Jackson – in its quest to become the ultimate ski resort, including catering for families – has upgraded the capacity of its Sweetwater triple chair and Eaglesrest chair to a 8-person Dopplemayr gondola that replaces both lifts. There has been whisperings these past few years of long lines at the lifts at Jackson Hole, and the resort is taking action. The […] Sergei Poljak | December 23, 2016 0 Comments
Valemount Glaciers May Ascend From B.C. Proposed Resort Purgatory Valemount Glaciers is more than just a project, it’s a bundle of ambitions that would make it one of the premier ski resorts in the world. In terms of terrain, these guys want to go big or go home: “The ski area is designed to be developed in three major phases. The first phase will reach Twilight Glacier, at elevation 2,530 […] Sergei Poljak | December 20, 2016 1 Comment
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