Client Dies Heli-Skiing in Alaska With Silverton Mountain Guides The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center (CNFAIC) warns of dangerous avalanches in the Chugach Mountains for Friday, February 9. A storm is moving which is anticipated to create dangerous avalanche conditions. Increasing winds are expected to blow snow into fresh wind slabs 1-2 feet deep. Natural wind slab avalanches can occur or be easily triggered. The warnings comings one […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
Beware the Salt-Craving Moose Licking Your Car I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a moose, but they are not small. I still remember my first moose encounter. I was tree planting in Northern Ontario many years ago when a bull moose decided my plot was his mating grounds. At 10 feet tall, he towered over me. I took shelter atop a pile of slash (cut trees and […] Brains Mike Humphrey | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Hucking The Palisades, Mainline Pocket, & Granite Chief Peak in the Sunshine Report from February 8, 2024 Today was a good day. 49″ of snow in the past seven days helped it be so. Nervous, laying on the heated pavement outside the funitel at 8 am. Surrounded by anxious friends. Watching the webcams as ski patrol bombed. “What slid?” “Everything…” But it wasn’t true. The Palisades were good. Owen Leeper and Connery […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] ‘Unlikely Duo’ – When a Freeride World Tour Competitor and U.S. National Team Skimo Athlete Team Up for a Himalayan Ski Expedition Tom Peiffer and Eric Carter are both world-class competitive skiers—but in completely opposite disciplines of skiing. Eric is a former US National Team skimo race athlete, and Tom is a former Freeride World Tour competitor. And yet, as they have progressed beyond competition in their respective disciplines, their paths have converged on a long list of big ski mountaineering objectives […] SnowBrains | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Black Diamond Athletes Dorian Densmore and Mike Barney Ski Dream Lines in the Central Andes Three … two … one … dropping! This is what it looks like when it all lines up. Bluebird skies, good snow, and massive mountains. Head south with BD athletes Dorian Densmore and Mike Barney as they explore choice lines in the Central Andes mountains of Chile. Film credit: Cole Taylor & Valle Nevado Backcountry SnowBrains | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Chris Tomer Mountain Weather Update February 8, 2024: Snow Intensifies “UT/CO snow intensifies PM 2/8-2/9, CO/NM snow redevelops on 2/10 with final storm system, WY only light snow through 2/9, then stormtrack shifts to BC/PNW/Northern Tier 2/11-2/15 with moderate snow accumulations. Northeast could see moderate to heavy snow accumulation 2/12-2/13.” – Chris Tomer Weather WeatherBrains | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
February 2024 ENSO Outlook: 55% Chance El Niño Transitions to La Niña in Summer On a brisk early February morning, all of us El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasters emerged from our burrows and saw our shadows. That can mean only one thing: conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months. Yes, the February ENSO Outlook officially announces that we are in a La Niña Watch, even while, at […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
Jay Peak, VT, Conditions Report: Snowboarding The Jay Way Report from February 5-6, 2024. Jay Peak, Vermont, is the pinnacle of East Coast skiing and snowboarding. I was fortunate enough to spend two days cruising around Jay, poking into trees, mashing around bump runs, and enjoying the sunshine. This pilgrimage north has become somewhat of a tradition for friends and me, escaping our respective day jobs and college classes […] Conditions Report Will Hart | February 8, 2024 0 Comments