Ski Trippinโ The Last Frontier: How to Plan a Successful AK Ski Adventure [sponsored by Alyeska] From school boy days, I recall pouring over snow mags or being transfixed by video parts. The remote lands, stunning topography, and unique cultures depicted there would inspire my later ski travels. And, of course, always beckoning from among those featured destinations was the Big X, Alaska; a mainstay upon โmust hitโ lists. Today, years (and continents) […] Featured Article Paulie | January 4, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Conditions Report: Wet Meets Wild The heights of Mount Alyeska are a case of Jekyll and Hyde: the former falling as thick packable powder stuffing the topmost altitudes even as I type, the latter a devilish wind-born breed of precip. happily lashing the lower mountain. Annual ski-burning revelry, Ullr Fest marked Alyeska Resortโs December 8th mountain opening, a full week in advance of previously announced […] Conditions Report Paulie | December 16, 2017 0 Comments
โThe Spirit of Sailingโ | Visiting the Pearl of the Arabian Sea, Socotra It was on sunrise of the fourteenth day that a glimmer of what looked to be cloud appeared on the horizon, as the morning light blazed through .. from air, materialized land. We had arrived in Africa..we had arrived in Socotra! Jagged cliffs rising up a 1,000m to an endless plateau, sand dunes spilling into the sea, scattered red rocks […] Lucas Ayoub | April 16, 2017 0 Comments
Quality Adventure Stoke from Mountain Hardwear & MSP | โThe Brilliant Moment” Mountain Hardware has created a video similar to what Backcountry.com did with their amazing promotional video. Mountain Hardware used MSP to get the shots and it came out good […] SnowBrains | September 20, 2013 0 Comments
Would You Ski in China? Lets ask the question: “would you ski China?” While not known for its terrain, or its snow, and overshadowed by the amazing skiing in Japan, why would you even consider taking a ski trip to China? The same reason you would go to Iran, orย Antarcticaย to ski – for the adventure. China, a country of 1.3 billion people, has over the […] Jesse Cassidy | May 16, 2013 9 Comments
18 Hours of Hiking for 1 Minute of Skiing | Dartmouth Couloir, Grand Teton N.P. The front door slammed and I woke up to my roommates coming home from their night out. I heard one say sympathetically, “Keep it down. Bryce has to wake up at 3,” but at that point itย didn’t matter as I looked at my phone that read 2:30.ย The day before,ย I got a call my friend Matt Phillipi. He told me […] Backcountry Bryce Newcomb | April 30, 2013 7 Comments