Backcountry Skiing Argentina: Steak, Wine, & Snow Argentina is AWESOME. Where else can you get a day of skiing, a five star steak dinner, some of the world’s best Malbec, and lodging at a backcountry hut all for less than you’d pay for a lift ticket in the US? If there is anywhere other than Argentina, I need to know immediately. As far as I can tell, backcountry skiing Argentina is the answer. Food, wine, and culture are just the icing on the cake. […] Zeb Blais | February 7, 2014 0 Comments
้ ๅผตใฃใฆ – Photographic Reflections of Japanese Spine-Pillows ้ ๅผตใฃใฆ = Ganbatte = “Do Your Best” Spines and pillows: two of the more desired features in skiing. They come together in one of the most profound and sought after zones. The terrifyingly joyful minutes between top and bottom provide years of living, learning, and experience. At the bottom, you’re too breathless to shout, too exhausted to feel elated, too surprised you’re alive to be excited. Religious, out of body, life changing, orgasmic. Love outweighs fear. We find ourselves sprinting up the skintrack to ski these prolific lines. […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 27, 2014 2 Comments
Why Itโs Awesome That June Mountain, CA is Re-Opening in 2013/14 “Weโre losing the best lift-assisted backcountry skiing in California [June Mountain]. Four thousand feet of couloirs, bowls, techy alpine faces, and some of the finest north-facing old-growth powder skiing in the land. An hour and half skin from the top of Lift Seven puts you on top of Peteโs Dream, a 4,000-foot fall line fantasy run with powder spines and […] Miles Clark | May 1, 2013 12 Comments
State of the Eastside Report: Full Tioga Pass Conditions Report Options may not abound in the Eastern Sierra right now, but where there is snow itโs ripping! Tioga pass is open up to the park entrance providing easy access to lines off Mount Dana, Gaylor, False White, Conness and North Peak. This is no secret- but while riders are showing up in droves to schralp the goods, the snow is […] Zeb Blais | April 30, 2013 3 Comments