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The Past, Present, and Future Legends of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA

Brought to you by Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA has produced more legendary skiers and riders than practically anywhere else. It’s no wonder why: These California resorts have some of the steepest, most challenging inbounds terrain in the West. Take the cliff-strewn Fingers off KT-22, the vertical chutes off Palisades, and the well-sculpted race courses, and […]
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The Ikon Pass – Historic Big Mountain Destinations & The Biggest Legends

[sponsored by Ikon Pass] The Ikon Pass is the means to ski and ride some of the most iconic destinations in North America. Places like Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Mammoth Mountain, Alta, Snowbird, Deer Valley Resort and Big Sky Mountain Resort. It’s a curated list out of big mountain history. It’s not just the terrain, it’s […]
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Sierra Quitiquit: “How Did I Get Here” Teaser

Sierra Quitiquit has released a teaser of her new film “How Did I Get Here”, detailing her journey onto the world stage as a professional skier and model. It looks to us like she truly got the best of both worlds — while skiing 4,000-foot lines in Iceland for Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride last winter, her campaign with American Eagle was plastered on a billboard in Times Square. The 25-year-old Park City native also models for Lulu Lemon, Nike, and adidas. But Sierra’s heart lies in skiing — the newly minted pro-skier recently landed sponsorships with big brands like Volkl, Oakley, Bern and Spyder.
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Scintillating Spring Skiing @ Mammoth | Conditions Report:

The past two days at Mammoth ski resort in California have been spring paradise. Huge park jumps, small park jumps, skiing from 11,000 feet, slushy bumps, perfect groomers, 3,000-vertical foot runs, Glen Plake and Julia Mancuso sitings, and a lot of mountain open. Yesterday and the day before Mammoth had a stiff breeze on the upper mountain that kept things from getting too soft. It was good-for-you skiing with some great chalky snow off chair 23 all day both days. The upper mountain didn’t get too soft all day due to the wind. […]
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Gnarly Digits – A Ski Patroller’s Feet…

It’s 4:20am. An ungodly hour and we are still in bed, counting the seconds before that awful alarm of his goes off. It’s tough to sleep this time of year. We usually get a few hours in before even the mild pressure of the blankets brings stabs of pain to our little extremities. But soon it will be time to get up. After that there will be an hour or so of bliss before he rams us into those plastic prisons he […]
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Lake Tahoe Has More Medals Than Great Britain (And 67 Other Countries)

That’s right, Lake Tahoe has cranked out more medals than Great Britain, Australia, and Latvia, among others. Is it because Tahoe holds the fountain of youth? Or perhaps because we’re the best skiers on the mountain? Whatever the reason may be, Lake Tahoe has produced some serious contenders and we like to say congratulations to not just the Lake Tahoe medal recipients but all the athletes representing Tahoe over seas in Sochi. […]
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Lindsey Vonn Returned to Racing TODAY for 1st Time in 10 Months

Lindsey Vonn was back on the race course today after severely injuring her knee in Austria last February. Lindsey finished today’s Downhill in Lake Louise, Canada with a time of 1:59.22. That time was good enough to get Lindsy 41st place at the World Cup event. This isn’t the placement Lindsey is used to. She’s used to simply dominating. This was her first race back, she was taking it easy […]
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