Wasatch Mountains, UT, Backcountry Report: Birthday Headwall Report from Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Pinch me, I must be dreaming—is it really May 9th? The current snowpack in Little Cottonwood Canyon is making it hard to tell. However, it’s the spring sunshine, songbirds birds, and trees turning bright green that give it away. We started at the trailhead at 7:30 and the snow was bulletproof, informing us that […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 10, 2023 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Skiing Grand Teton, Mount Moran, and Middle Teton, WY Climbing and skiing the three Teton Classic lines over three days. “This was a lovely immersion into the Tetons and experience these lines in some of the finer conditions they can be in. A huge thanks goes out to everyone on these mountains for their camaraderie – Specifically Zack Little and Will Howard.” – Michael Wirth Related: Always Connecting, Never […] Backcountry SnowBrains | May 10, 2023 0 Comments
Understanding The Challenges Women Face in Split Boarding Split boarding has grown in popularity over the last decade with more people venturing out to explore the backcountry. However, the numbers comparing men and women who participate in split boarding has not grown equally within the sport. Men grossly outnumber women in the backcountry and in split boarding which makes a person ask the question why? Are there obstacles, challenges, […] Backcountry Gregg Frantz | May 8, 2023 2 Comments
[VIDEO] Skiing straight Down a 40 Degree Mountain in Jackson Hole, WY “Skiing Twice is Nice on Cody peak, the snow was so perfect and smooth, I decided to just point it straight down the chute. Check out some other videos of the same couloir for reference, it’s normally skied in a bunch of turns and often has rocks you have to ski through in the exit. ” — Owen Leeper Backcountry SnowBrains | May 2, 2023 0 Comments
Corn Snow: The Powder of Summer As the season comes to a close, many skiers reminisce about the effortless feeling of floating and darting through powder. As the sun gets higher and the temperatures warm, most assume that feeling to be gone until next season. But with some work and planning, you can still obtain that sensation 365 days a year—the secret: corn. Related: 8 Reasons Why […] Backcountry Clay Malott | April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Skier Rescued After 3 Days Stranded Inside Mountain Hut in French Alps Aurélie Dutertre, a 46-year-old French mountaineer was stranded in the Alps for three days and four nights. Dutertre found refuge in a small wooden hut on the Sept Laux mountain in the French Alps after a snowstorm hit while she was alone in the backcountry. Related: Teton County Search & Rescue Conducts 2 Heli Rescues in 1 Day, Including a […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | April 25, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT, Report: The Biggest Little Hill in the ‘Satch Report from Thursday, April 6, 2023 The Wolf got back in from Alaska this week. We rendezvoused in the morning with the aim to go ski something interesting on the edge of the Salt Lake Grid but it didn’t pan out. So we cut our losses and headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon, which had received five feet of new snow […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 7, 2023 0 Comments
9 Riders from U.S. and Canada Qualify for Next Season’s FWT 2024 What is the Freeride World Tour (FWT)? Most winter sports fans and even people who ski or ride regularly may not know much about the sport. If you wanted to explain to someone not really into skiing or riding what the Freeride World Tour was all about, it might be a little tricky to describe to them. The FWT could be […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | April 6, 2023 0 Comments
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