Turoa, New Zealand Conditions Report: Solid Terrain & Snow on the Way It was a beautiful bluebird day at Turoa. Conditions still fall into the ‘early season’ category, but the skiing was fun and there was plenty of good snow around. A big thank you goes out to the snowmaking crew who have been working around the clock to get as much terrain opened as possible. After picking my way through a rocky […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 18, 2014 0 Comments
Want to become a better skier? Turoa Report, New Zealand Turoa Ski Area, located in the center of New Zealand’s North Island, lives on Mt. Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park. They opened a week late due to lack of snow, and since then, we’ve seen some snow, rain, gnarly winds, and runs filled with ice and rock. Needless to say, I’m in love… Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 9, 2014 7 Comments
Spring Skiing – Alpine Meadows Closing Weekend Report It was a bittersweet ending to a season with many ups and downs. Alpine Meadows was open for their final weekend of operations, running Roundhouse and Summit chairs. Sadly, Summit never opened on Sunday due to high winds at the top of Alpine. The few inches of snow that fell overnight are still […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | May 12, 2014 3 Comments
Alpine Meadows Conditions Report: 2″ of New Snow & No Lines Yeseterday With a spotty backcountry outlook and no resorts open in Tahoe mid-week, we decided to check out what Alpine meadows was like with the 1-2″ of new snow. I had skied Alpine on Sunday, so I knew that the coverage would be good still. We skinned up the easy way along Hot Wheels chair, through the Bakery, and then up […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | May 7, 2014 3 Comments
1 Shot @ The Chimney, Bluebird Pow, Crud, & Groomers | Squaw Valley USA Powder Day Report: Dare I say it was the best day of the season? Almost. Was it one of the most fun days I’ve had all year? Hell yes. We got a little bit of a late start and took our first run at 10am. Big mistake. We had amazing spring pow for our first run, but I gave myself a nice slap in my own face for not getting here by 9am. Siberia and the Palisades were going off first thing in the morning and we saw some nice […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | April 23, 2014 7 Comments
Bluebird Pow! Squaw Conditions Report – 3/30 Hands down, it was the best day of the season at Squaw/Alpine (so far). We were greeted with a beautiful bluebird pow day and some pretty massive lines on KT and the Funi. With all of the meaningful upper mountain terrain closed the day before, there was a good 2 feet of fresh waiting for us above 8,000 feet. After […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 31, 2014 13 Comments
Wintery Snow! Squaw Conditions Report and Photo Tour – 3/11 The sun was out and the wind was blowing for a beautiful blue bird Tahoe day today. With 4″ of new snow at the peaks and most of the good upper mountain terrain closed on Monday, we hit Headwall and Granite hard all morning. There was definitely amazing snow to be skied all over the place, but with the heavy winds, icy patches were prevalent as well. You really had to be on top of you game to transition between the chalky goodness and the icy madness between turns. We found the best […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 12, 2014 2 Comments
Big Mountain Ski Ballet | Jackson Hole Conditions Report – March 9th So today was just a one run day… one of the most incredible runs of my life. Big props to the Jackson Hole Tram, which helped us out with 4,139 feet of elevation gain in 12 minutes. From there, we hiked up above Headwall and dropped into Granite Canyon. I was a bit skeptical as we were hiking up because I saw how soft and melty the snow was getting the day before, but Granite Canyon seems to get some nice protection from the sun and the snow quality back there was amazing. We had about 4,000 feet of amazing wind blown powder […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 10, 2014 1 Comment
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