Craigieburn, New Zealand – The Club Field Experience I’m gonna cut to the chase because Craigieburn is a no bullshit kind of place. If you need high-speed detachable chair lifts, ski-up Starbucks, rental skis or 5-star accommodation, this place is NOT FOR YOU. You’d probably hate it here if you could even make it up the rope tows. Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | September 1, 2015 1 Comment
Treble Cone, New Zealand Report – Wintery Snow! We arrived at Treble Cone nice and early to a beautiful blue sky and low winds. The latest snow fell 2 days before we got there, but cold temps kept the snow nice and wintery all over the mountain. The summit was still holding some heavy pow […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | September 1, 2015 2 Comments
Cardrona, New Zealand Report – Bluebird and Freestyle Heaven We were lucky to catch Cardrona on a bluebird mini pow day. They reported 7 cm overnight, but it felt much deeper in many places. I was told that they had a long stretch of cold weather prior to the storm, so the snow underneath stayed good. The best snow of the day was definitely off of Whitestar chair, which is where I spent most of the day. Valley View and Captain’s had some decent snow as well. My favorite runs were in the Arcadia chutes. The NZ Winter Games were going on all week at Cardrona and it was fun to watch qualifiers for slope […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | August 28, 2015 0 Comments
Turoa, New Zealand – Cold Pow Day with more on the way! After a series of storms that closed the top of Turoa ski field in New Zealand for a week, we were rewarded with the best snow I’ve seen here in the last 2 seasons. This series of storms came in cold, and it has remained cold (highs around -10°C/14°F), which has kept the snow quality chalky and […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | August 11, 2015 0 Comments
Turoa, New Zealand Off to a Great Start Turoa Ski Field on the North Island of New Zealand is off to a great start this season. They’ve got top to bottom skiing and riding with the Highnoon Express open for the last week. The upper mountain was closed for a couple of days in the last week due to high winds and low visibility, but today totally made up for it with 30 cms of snow in the last 24 […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 19, 2015 2 Comments
6 Things a Backcountry Skier Doesn’t Want to Hear About Backcountry (BC) skiers think they are better than all liftserve (LS) skiers. They ski fresh powder every run, they never wait in line, and they ski the raddest lines in the mountain range. So sometimes BC skiers get sick of hearing LS skiers talk about inbounds skiing. So if you are an LS skier, here is a list of topics to avoid when […] Guy LaDouche | June 2, 2015 9 Comments
Squaw Valley Conditions: Bluebird Pow! After 2 storms in one week that dropped 20″ of cold snow, it felt like a mid-winter Saturday at Squaw Valley today. The crowds came out strong, but people seemed to be in good spirits with the great snow conditions and weather. Siberia and Emigrant were basically doing double duty with Siberia giving access to Headwall via Reverse Traverse and Emigrant giving access to Granite off the backside. Reverse Traverse got us some great snow on North Bowl, Hogsback and Headwall […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | April 8, 2015 6 Comments
The Jaded Tahoe Local: “Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate…” I sent a text to a local Tahoe buddy of mine to see if he wanted to ski today. He’s been in Tahoe full time for the past 4 years of drought and he’s a bit burnt out on it. His response is heart-felt, sarcastic, jaded, pointed, and hilarious. This drought in California is really starting hurt peoples’ feelings… I sent a text to a local Tahoe buddy of mine to see if he wanted to ski today. He’s been in Tahoe full time for the past 4 years of drought and he’s a bit burnt out on it. His response is heart-felt, sarcastic, jaded, pointed, and hilarious. This drought in CA […] Featured Article Guy LaDouche | March 24, 2015 11 Comments
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