Cloud Seeding | What is It, How Does It Work, and Does It Make a Difference? Cloud seeding. Humans interfering with Mother Nature to bring us more of the good stuff. It sounds too good to be true, but studies point to a snowfall increase of 3-10% during an entire season, and a Summit Daily news article lists 10% as an average increase, reports meteorologist and powder reporter Joel Gratz of opensnow.com. Related: VIDEO: Does Cloud Seeding […] Brains Steven Agar | April 18, 2024 8 Comments
Copper Mountain, CO, Report: Deep Snow and Terrific Terrain This report is from Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Having spent the last 15 winters in Colorado, I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to explore Copper Mountain. Having just spent the day there, I’ve been missing out. We arrived early, around 8:20 a.m., and parked in the Alpine parking lot, second row from the front. With 15″ of fresh […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Winter Park Resort, CO, Report: 50″ in 5 Days and a Closed Mountain Pass – The Perfect Storm This report is from January 17 & 18, 2024 This week might’ve just saved Winter Park’s season. After a dry few weeks, 50” in the last five days (63” in the previous 10) has resurrected the Colorado resort’s snowpack, covered the dirt patches, and hidden the trees that had been poking through. The snowpack is currently at 112% of normal. […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
New Chairlift Wild Spur Express at Winter Park Resort, CO, Opens for the Season The Wild Spur Express chairlift at Winter Park Resort, Colorado, took its maiden voyage this morning as recent snowfall enabled the resort to open its Vasquez Ridge territory. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO, Shares Masterplan to Become Colorado’s 3rd Largest Resort The high-speed 6-pack, which boasts an impressive capacity of 2,800 people per hour, replaces the aging Pioneer Express 4-pack […] Industry News Steven Agar | December 27, 2023 1 Comment
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Chief Teases Unreleased Master Plan – New Gondola, New Lifts, and Expansions At a recent meeting of Summit County, CO, ski leaders, Arapahoe Basin Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth teased details of the resort’s unreleased future master plan. “We’re proposing a couple of parking lots, maybe up to 350 cars, and we are talking about a pedestrian bridge that crosses the highway up above the ski area.” – Alan Henceroth, COO of […] Industry News Steven Agar | October 16, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Houses Washed Away by Historic Glacial Flooding in Juneau, AK Record-breaking glacial flooding in Juneau, Alaska’s state capital, has led to a state of emergency after waters from the Mendenhall River caused unprecedented damage, destroying at least two buildings and prompting urgent evacuations. The surge occurred Saturday after a significant glacial dam outburst from Suicide Basin, a compartment of the 3,000-year-old Mendenhall Glacier, located roughly 12 miles north of Alaska’s […] Steven Agar | August 7, 2023 0 Comments
Top 11 Snowiest Resorts in North America Last Season It’s no secret that last season was one for the record books. Generational snowfall created memories that will be passed down to children and grandchildren, and many ski areas broke records that had stood for decades. Related: [UPDATED] These Are the 18 Resorts in the U.S. That Have Set Snowfall Records This Season So, while the snowfall in the west […] Industry News Steven Agar | June 27, 2023 0 Comments
[GEAR REVIEW] Blizzard Hustle 9 Ski – A Versatile All-In-One Delight With no mountain town to call home, my nomadic lifestyle means I don’t have a garage, crawl space, or basement to store my ski gear. I carry everything everywhere I go. Therefore, I need to have minimal equipment—one quiver for everything. My boots fulfilled these criteria, and I was looking for the perfect ‘do everything’ ski this season. Thankfully, Blizzard […] Gear Steven Agar | March 9, 2023 0 Comments
Baltoro’s Impetro Gear Modular Backpack: 4-in-1 Backpack for All Your Mountain Adventures [arve url="https://youtu.be/s3ifXxw2liA"] Steven Agar | February 20, 2023 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: Yay Yay Powder Day Report from Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 With 6″ of fresh snow in the previous two weeks at RED Mountain Resort, BC, it’s fair to say we deserved it today. The webcam showed less than 10cm (4″), but on the mountain, the drifts in the trees skied much deeper. Related: RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report – A Week of Firm Fast […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | February 7, 2023 0 Comments
RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report – A Week of Firm Fast Fun Groomers, But Fresh Snow is Coming… The lack of snow the last few days has given us an excuse to explore the groomers at RED Mountain Resort, BC. Related: RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: 3 Quick Runs Off Motherlode | Still Finding Powder Days After a Storm The dry spell was accompanied by a cold snap, making many tree and bump areas bulletproof and judder-y to ski. […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | February 4, 2023 0 Comments
Top 9 Resorts in North America, According to ChatGPT Articles listing the top resorts in North America are a dime a dozen. Everybody has an opinion, from professional skiers to parkrats to weekend warriors. But what about our future technological overlords… has anybody asked them for their opinion? Not until now. We asked ChatGPT, the natural language processing tool driven by AI technology that allows you to have human-like conversations […] Steven Agar | February 3, 2023 7 Comments
RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: 3 Quick Runs Off Motherlode | Still Finding Powder Days After a Storm We were a little short on time today, so we needed to get the biggest bang for our buck. Thankfully, RED Mountain Resort has no shortage of terrain to satisfy all needs. Related: RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: On a Day Like Today This Place is Unparalleled We had three runs/areas on our minds, all recommended by locals (thanks, bus […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | January 23, 2023 0 Comments
RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: On a Day Like Today This Place is Unparalleled Report from Thursday, January 19th, 2023 Today was a good day. In fact, today was the best day of the year so far. RED Mountain Resort reported 4″ this morning, although it felt like much more on the mountain, boot-deep in places. The temperatures were slightly colder, meaning the snow was light and soft. January 16th report: RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | January 19, 2023 0 Comments
RED Mountain Resort, BC, Report: Blue Skies, Sunshine, and Fresh Powder Report from Monday, January 16th 2023 I woke this morning to bright light streaming through my window. The sun was shining. Related: RED Mountain Resort, BC, Is Synonymous With The Good Life The persistent clouds hovered over Rossland since the New Year were parting, and blue skies were visible. RED Mountain Resort reported 3″ this morning, on top of the 19″ […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | January 16, 2023 1 Comment
Winter Park Resort, CO, Replacing Pioneer Express Chair Next Summer, Including New Mid-Station Winter Park Resort, CO, announced yesterday that the Pioneer Express chairlift that serves the Vasquez Ridge territory will be replaced next summer and will include a new mid-station. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO, Shares Masterplan to Become Colorado’s 3rd Largest Resort If you’ve ever skied (or, even worse, boarded) over there, you’ll be familiar with the long, almost flat run […] Industry News Steven Agar | December 6, 2022 0 Comments
Gear Review: Carv Digital Ski Coach – Your Own Private Instructor for a Fraction of the Price Growing up in England, I didn’t get the opportunity to learn to ski. A handful of school trips to Europe in my early teens gave me a start in the sport and ignited a passion, but they were just as much about pointing downhill and tucking, racing my friends, as they were about honing the finer points of ski form. Fast […] Gear Steven Agar | November 21, 2022 2 Comments
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Zermatt Report: Firm, Fast, and Fun The weather today was much more favorable, sunshine and blue skies, although the temperature had dropped a little. After yesterday’s restricted openings, today we were able to take the cable car to the top—Matterhorn Glacier Paradise at 12,740-feet. There were three t-bars running up there, serving what was essentially one run split into three—left side, right side, and down the […] Trip Report Steven Agar | November 2, 2022 0 Comments
Zermatt, Switzerland Report: Great Conditions and Skiing For November 1st We woke to rain in Zermatt, Switzerland this morning. The clouds were low and we couldn’t see the mountains. When we got to the ticket window to use our Ikon Passes we were informed only one lift was running with access to one run. Zermatt offers 365-days of skiing a year (most years), but we decided to explore the town. […] Trip Report Steven Agar | November 1, 2022 1 Comment
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