VIDEO: Ryland Bell Spends A Season In The Backcountry Snowboarder Ryland Bell and cameraman Tom Day spent a season in the backcountry filming these incredible lines. Throughout their time there, they boarded in the Cordova area in Alaska, Sochi, Russia, and Whistler, B.C. This video includes some crazy lines, but at the same time, he rides some wide open terrain and just makes it look SICK! Backcountry Chris Wallner | January 31, 2017 0 Comments
Alyeska Resort, AK Conditions Report: North Face Opening Was Unreal! West Line goodies were so sweet I arrived at 9:00am to the Alyeska Tramway early enough to grab a cup of java and put my skis in the line that was forming. Skiers and riders were pumped with excitement for the first official opening of the North Face. It felt like years. The North Face is some of the best terrain Alyeska Resort has to offer. […] Conditions Report Jeffrey Bean | January 30, 2017 0 Comments
Alyeska Resort, AK: A 3 Day Blast! ALYESKA GETS A SURPRISE DUMP 30+ INCHES OF SNOW IN 3 DAYS! , With low pressure systems battling for position over Alaska they finally made their way into the chilly air while holding plenty of moisture. Expecting a near miss for anything big or just a few inches. The system was mind-blowing. It started snowing hard! The snow started early in the evening firing the stoke. Night […] Conditions Report Jeffrey Bean | January 20, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Line of the Year | Ian McIntosh Goes NUTS In Alaska [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftetongravityresearch%2Fvideos%2F10154331634534092%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] When you think of the Line of the Year, you assume that the line has to be crazy, but Ian McIntosh went beyond crazy, he went absolutely NUTS with this line! After arriving in Alaska and camping on this glacier for over a month, braving eight-foot snow storms and gale-force winds, he was finally able to take this […] Backcountry Chris Wallner | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: How Travis Rice Survived A NASTY Avalanche While filming his latest snowboarding video “The Fourth Phase,” Travis Rice was taken out by an avalanche in Valdez, AK. He tore some intercostal muscles, displaced a few ribs, and broke his board in many places, but most importantly he made it out alive. While this experience was terrifying for Travis, he used this incident to educate others on what […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 13, 2016 1 Comment
Obama Bans Offshore Drilling in the Arctic: According to Washington post: On November 18th Obama administration banned offshore drilling in the Arctic, setting a likely collision course with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to “unleash” new energy production in the United States by rolling back restrictions on oil and gas companies. This means that for the next five years Arctic offshore is removed from Lease Sale Schedule . […] Industry News Claire Weiss | November 28, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: The North Face’s Steep Series Goes Deep into Alaska Battling the extreme conditions of remote Alaska, right along the British Columbia border, the North Face team embarked on a journey to ski the Tsirku glacier’s spine face known as Corrugated. This face was first ridden by Jeremy Jones in 2010 and has only seen a handful of brave souls ever, but the North Face team was determined to cross it off their […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | November 18, 2016 0 Comments
Points North Heli, AK Tour Camp: Step Into Alaska’s Untracked Terrain + Photo Tour Have you ever dreamed of making a first descent? Have you ever wanted to ski or snowboard a zone never tracked by others before? With Points North Heli-Adventures (PNH) the mountains are your canvas. Ten miles inland from the Alaskan coast PNH provides access to some of the most pristine ski and board terrain in the world. But this isn’t a regular heli-ski trip; […] Eric Behn | November 16, 2016 0 Comments
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