Backcountry Skiing: 30 Degrees and What it Means The 2020-2021 season has already been one of the deadliest avalanche years in the past few decades, partially due to the massive influx of new users due to COVID and partially due to rotten snowpack across the West. As of March 1, there have been a whopping 33 deaths so far this season, compared to just 23 over all of last […] Avalanche Clay Malott | March 2, 2021 0 Comments
Triple Point Expeditions: Why This Alaskan Heli-Ski Outfitters is One of the Most Unique in the Game “Three…Two…One—Drop!” From the top of a jagged, powder-spined peak, someone just dropped into their first Alaskan heli-ski line of the day. And the heli’s waiting at the bottom because they still have potentially 20 more to go before they fly back to base camp. But how?—how is someone able to ski this amount of heli-ski runs in a day and […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
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Truckee-North Lake Tahoe Housing Crisis Escalates Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic This article is based on research and conversations with the Town of Truckee Housing Program Manager, Seana Doherty, and local realtor, Mark DiGiacomo. Seana works for the town of Truckee, facilitating housing for the local workforce. Mark DiGiacomo has worked as a realtor for the Truckee-based real estate company Carr Long Real Estate for the past nine years. I had […] Miles Wong | February 25, 2021 5 Comments
Action For Change and Vail’s Steps Toward Inclusivity Last year, the cold-blooded killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd amplified the call for social change. Racial injustice, apparent across the world, was thrust into the spotlight through a single message: we have had enough. The response has been positively deafening, without letup. Since these events, a movement has swept the globe calling for systemic change and equality across borders. […] Industry News Alex Mangels | February 25, 2021 1 Comment
Snow Water Equivalent: What Is It and Why Is It So Important? Skiing is a wonderful activity that wouldn’t be possible without snow. To put it simply, snow is very complex. It can do all sorts of things once it has hit the ground: turn into different shapes, gain and lose stability, and more. However, something that comes up a lot when talking about snow before and while it’s falling is snow water equivalent (SWE). Snow […] Brains Clay Malott | February 24, 2021 0 Comments
Avalanche Safety Check with SCOTT Sports Brought to you by SCOTT Sports Beacon, check. Probe, check. Shovel, check. Touring partners, check and check. Safe snowpack with no red flags… check? It has been unfortunate that the start of the 2020-2021 winter season has been riddled with avalanche activity and the news of multiple deaths in every major winter state. Is this just because we have more […] Avalanche Alex K | February 23, 2021 0 Comments
SCOTT Sports: Your One-Stop-Shop for Everything Backcountry Brought to you by SCOTT Sports COVID-19 has affected all aspects of life, and skiing is no exception. Resorts have limited capacity, often shutting out hundreds of skiers at a time. As a result, there has been an explosion in backcountry skiing in all parts of the USA and even the world. As many skiers diversify their skiing into the […] Featured Article Clay Malott | February 23, 2021 1 Comment