Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: “Best Day of the Year at Palisades (for me)” – Cody Townsend Report from March 17, 2025 “Best day of the year at Palisades (for me).” – Cody Townsend, 3/18/25 I think Cody is right. It was the best day of the year at Palisades for me so far for sure. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cody Townsend (@codytownsend) The day started cold, windy, and snowy. KT-22 skied […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2025 0 Comments
Cody Townsend Joins ORTOVOX as Avalanche Safety Gear Ambassador BOULDER, Colorado (Feb. 26, 2025)–ORTOVOX, a global leader in mountain safety and alpine gear, proudly announces an exclusive partnership with American professional ski mountaineer and filmmaker Cody Townsend. Townsend joins ORTOVOX as an ambassador for innovative avalanche safety equipment, including the electronic avalanche backpack LiTRIC and the Diract beacon. Renowned for his groundbreaking ski projects, such as the YouTube series […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Cody Townsend’s The FIFTY+ | Bonus Episode: Behind the Scenes of Avalanche Forecasting Avalanche forecasts are as important as skis for a backcountry skier. But how exactly is the forecast made? Related: Avalanche Forecasting 101: The Framework of a Professional’s Daily Avalanche Forecast Going behind the scenes with the Sierra Avalanche Center, in benefit of the American Avalanche Association (A3), to see what goes into those daily avalanche forecasts that help backcountry skiers […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 7, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Cody Townsend’s The FIFTY+ | The Super C: A 5,000-Vertical-Foot Giant Line in South America The hunt for Classics continues. After six years of following, climbing, and skiing 46 of the lines and mountains in the book “The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America,” it’s time to pursue a personally inspired and modern list of classics. Related: The SnowBrains Podcast | Cody Townsend – Star & Producer of The Fifty Project The Super C […] SnowBrains | January 16, 2025 0 Comments
Cody Townsend Releases Brand New Project: The FIFTY+ After announcing the conclusion of his project, The FIFTY, Cody Townsend is now brewing something new for finding the most incredible backcountry ski lines in the world. Townsend had skied 46 of the 50 lines recorded in the book, “The Fifty Classic Descents of North America,” before ending the project to allow him to ski the last four on his own […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | October 31, 2024 1 Comment
The SnowBrains Podcast | Cody Townsend – Star & Producer of The Fifty Project “I shit my pants in a helicopter once. Just like trying to press a fart out way too hard and maybe had a little something bad to eat the night before. We were forced to land the helicopter because the pilot got so pissed off.” – Cody Townsend Cody will appear on a new episode of The SnowBrains Podcast later […] Podcasts Podcast | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast | Bjarne Salen – Filmer of “The Fifty” w/ Cody Townsend, Hardcore Ski Mountaineer, Adventurer, Philosopher This podcast first aired on November 9, 2021. Our guest today is Bjarne Salen. Bjarne is best known for his talents behind the camera filming The Fifty Project with Cody Townsend, in which he documents Cody climbing and skiing the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America. This video series has been insanely popular, with around 15 million views on […] Podcasts Podcast | October 8, 2024 0 Comments
[REVIEW] Cody Townsend’s “The Polar Star”—A Wholesome Ski Expedition to Baffin Island Cody Townsend’s “50 Project” is at the apex of its career with “The Polar Star,” a full-length feature film covering one of the project’s most coveted lines. In the film, Townsend, accompanied by cinematographer Bjarne Salen and IFMGA Mountain Guide Vivian Bruchez, embarks upon an adventure to Baffin Island in the far reaches of Canada’s Arctic Circle to ski the […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 13, 2023 0 Comments
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