How To Do a Ski Season in New Zealand Right So you wanna take a short ski trip down to New Zealand during the summer? That’s cool… You wanna spend the summer doing an entire ski season down in New Zealand? Now we’re talking. Maybe you’ve done a few northern hemisphere winters already and you’re looking to keep that healthy addiction going… or maybe you’re having a quarter life crisis […] Guy LaDouche | August 1, 2018 0 Comments
When Is The Best Time to Ski & Ride in New Zealand? Are you getting bummed that your ski season is coming to an end, or worse off, already over? Not to worry my friends, the New Zealand ski fields are already getting snow and will be open within a month. It’s no small feat to make your way to the other side of the world for a ski trip, so let us […] Guy LaDouche | July 21, 2018 1 Comment
How to Ski and Ride New Zealand: Is the summer heat getting to you? Have you already started counting down the days until your local ski hill opens? Maybe you should just blow that number to shreds and book your ticket to New Zealand. As you can see, most of the skiing is on the South Island (with also happens to be one of the most beautiful […] Guy LaDouche | July 14, 2017 2 Comments
Craigieburn, New Zealand – The Soul of Skiing I left my heart in Craigieburn… again. Last year was my first time at Craigieburn, or any club field for that matter, and I vowed to make it an annual trip for as long as I could swing it. This is a place that’s not for everyone, in fact it would be quite the nightmare for a beginner skier. If you’re an advanced […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | September 1, 2016 2 Comments
Ohau, New Zealand Conditions Report & Photo Tour – One Chair Wonder We made a last minute decision to ski a day at Ohau on our way up to the club fields and boy are we glad we did. This is a smaller ski field that’s located about 2 hours northeast of Wanaka. It really has a small town, locals feel, with a cute lodge and just one slow double chair. There […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | August 30, 2016 0 Comments
Why Treble Cone, NZ Is Great New Zealand is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places in the world, filled with travelers from all around the world, the most welcoming locals, and an adventurous spirit. If you’re a skier from the northern hemisphere, it also happens to offer amazing skiing during your off season. If you are fortunate enough to make it down to New […] Guy LaDouche | August 24, 2016 0 Comments
Remarkables, NZ Conditions Report & Photo Tour – Great Start to The North Face Frontier Freeride World Qualifier Opening day of the North Face Frontier, at the Remarkables turned out to be a stunner of a day. With some weather concerns heading into Monday, the call to go was made early in the morning and it’s a good thing they went for it. The skies were clear and the snow was chalky for most of the day. The North Face Frontier is […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | August 23, 2016 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report & Photo Tour – A Very Generous 3cm Pow Day I see a trend starting here, but… yesterday at Treble Cone gave us some of the best turns of the season so far. After skiing so many days at Cardrona, it was nice to get some proper long and steep runs that really got the legs going. There was a bit of cloud as we got up to the mountain […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | August 16, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Cardrona, NZ Conditions Report + Photo Tour: A Hucktastic Day Thursday at Cardrona was definitely the pow day of the season but Friday was arguably more fun. The pow was packed down and you were able to charge much faster on the amazing cold grippy chalk. Temps haven’t risen above freezing in over a week now and it’s working wonders on the conditions. Wind also moved quite a lot of […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 29, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Cardrona, NZ Conditions Report + Photo Tour: Best Day of the Season So Far Cardrona ski resort in New Zealand went off for the best day of the season so far. When I went to bed last night, I saw that we might get 5cm overnight. We were treated to 25cm of fresh overnight that fell all the way down to the valley floor. The snow was cold and chalky all day and landings […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 28, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Cardrona, NZ Conditions Report: 14″ of New Snow in 48 Hours “Cardrona ski resort in New Zealand received 15-20cm overnight and the super cold weather sucked the moisture right out of the ground, leaving us with some cold, wintery snow to ski on. The off piste on Captains was the best and you can see people starting to get hucktastic again. Winter is back!” – Guy LaDouche, July 14th, 2016 ***Update […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 14, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Cardrona, NZ Opening Weekend Report & Photo Tour: “Off to a great start. All chairs open. All main trails have great coverage. Most of the off piste in captains is in good shape. The Arcadia Chutes are ‘skiable’ but still need another good dump or two.” – Guy LaDouche Cardrona, NZ Snow & Lift Report: PHOTO TOUR: Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | June 15, 2016 4 Comments
Alta, UT Conditions Report – Fun Bluebird Day Driving up to Alta on Saturday, I had low expectations. It had gotten warm on Friday so I expected bulletproof in the morning, and some spring slush and corn in the afternoon. Boy was I wrong. Our first few laps on the groomers were amazing. The snow was groomed into perfect corduroy and had the perfect consistency. Alta’s Base Depth: […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | April 4, 2016 0 Comments
Snowbasin, UT Conditions Report – Luxurious Bluebird Day! Let me start by saying I would come back to Snowbasin in a heartbeat just for the amazing bathrooms and ham and cheese croissants. The amenities at this place are TOP NOTCH. You’d expect a place this nice to be full of green and blue groomers like Northstar… but wait! There’s more! We were blessed with a bluebird spring day a […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | April 2, 2016 0 Comments
Solitude, UT Conditions Report – Quiet 19″ Pow Day We made the trip from Tahoe to Utah and got a taste of that cold smoke at Solitude Mountain Resort. After a 19″ storm total from Monday-Wednesday, we caught the tail end on Thursday. There was a nice layer of fresh on top of some soft chop off piste and perfect groomers on piste. Solitude, UT = 96″ snowpack 352″ snowfall […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | April 1, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Squaw Valley, CA Conditions Report: Chimney, Mainline, Granite Chief Show “Bluebird at Squaw today (March 15). Some of the big faces on Headwall were quite wind packed, but with a buttload of snow. The Gas-X on Headwall Face is almost completely covered with snow, which means there’s around 20 feet of snow on the crest of Headwall Face. Snow is starting to get sticky in east facing aspects, but west […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 16, 2016 3 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Squaw Valley Conditions Report: Actually, It Was Pretty Good – In Spots… “Monday at Squaw really played some games with my heart. The morning was quite a disappointment as winds and the rain from the night before made conditions quite tricky. Squaw Creek opened around 10am and Red Dog and Far East opened a little after Noon. KT was on wind hold all morning and I had written the day off as […] Guy LaDouche | March 15, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Squaw Valley Conditions Report: From Heaven to Hell… SUNDAY REPORT (yesterday): “Squaw was a bit slow to get going today with Red Dog and Squaw Creek opening at 930 and KT opening around 11 after an ‘electrical hold’. Once the Mothership was cranking, it was hard to go anywhere else. Alternate Chute 75 was the call of the day with wind blown snow up top and pow bumps […] Guy LaDouche | March 14, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Squaw Valley, CA Conditions Report: Chimney Showtime… “Showtime at Squaw Valley USA. The Palidases (Chimney included), Granite Peak, Mainline Pocket and Eagle’s Nest were all skied yesterday. I think that makes it a good day at Squaw. I could tell you how good the snow was… or you could just peep the photo tour. Enjoy. I was expecting a clear day all day, but clouds and light […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 9, 2016 1 Comment
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Squaw Valley Conditions Report: 49″ of Snow in 3-Days… Squaw Valley Conditions Report for March 7th, 2016: “Classic Sierra pow day today at Squaw. Heavy snow down low, amazing chalky snow up high in certain aspects. North Bowl was the call until Granite popped unannounced just before 3 where there was completely fresh snow from top to bottom. So. Much. Fun.” – Guy LaDouche on March 7th Squaw Valley […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 8, 2016 0 Comments
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