Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the “Alaskan Velvet Snow” on Tête d l’Ane Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum. My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hills… The compromise reached was that I’d run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Tragedy Strikes in Italian Alps as Promising Young Ski Racer Dies Following Shocking Training Crash Marco Degli Uomini, an 18-year-old rising talent in Italian skiing, has died following a horrific crash during a training run at the Zoncolan ski area in the Carnic Alps in Italy. The accident occurred on March 8 in the early morning around 7:40 a.m. before the slopes opened to the public. Degli Uomini was training to serve as the forerunner […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tête du Grand Mont Couloir Report from March 4, 2025 There’s a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martin’s house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 9, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Happy Ending After Frantic 3-Hour Search for Lost 5-Year Old Skier at Ski Verena 2000, Italy The frantic search for a missing five-year-old in the Ski Verena 2000 resort in the Asiago Plateau of Italy ended with a happy reunion Saturday evening, March 1, when rescuers found the child cold but otherwise unharmed after hours alone in the snow. The little boy, identified only as “Pietro,” had been skiing with his father near on the Civello […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
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