Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Playing “Q*bert” In Crunchy Corn Snow After the Big Rain/Freeze Event Report from December 18, 2024 It’s incredible how quickly this place can go from catastrophe to damn fun. For me, this happened in 24 hours, but I’m getting reports that folks were having fun off-piste in the sunshine at Palisades Tahoe as soon as the same day of the rain/freeze event. What happened? It rained to the top of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 19, 2024 0 Comments
Alpine Meadows, CA, Report: Idiot’s Delight and a Lot of Firsts This report is from Sat 3rd and Sun 4th June, 2023 I started the weekend with my first-ever backcountry lap Friday evening. We arrived at Tahoe Donner late in the afternoon, and a family friend offered to take me up to Sunrise Bowl for a quick ski. Slightly unprepared, I managed to rig my skis to a backpack and set […] Conditions Report Anton Lengyel | June 6, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,160′ Mt. Scowden – Lundy Canyon – “North Face Chute” Report from May 27, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism “North Face Chute” of 11,160′ Mt Scowden, CA yesterday was the coolest chute we’ve skied this season! Twisting, turning, writhing, steep, long, & constantly changing pitch. Dodging trees, logs, branches, rocks, walls, glide cracks, & holes. This is the most entertaining chute! What’s really wild is that I skied […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 28, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,200′ Mt. Esha, CA – “2nd Chute” Report from May 20, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism In 2006, I skied Mt. Esha and swore I’d never ski it again… It’s a long walk for a short ski. But I just saw the face of Esha from a bird’s eye view while on top of the “Wineglass Couloir” 2-days ago on May 18. The face of […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 21, 2023 1 Comment
Trip Report: 10,908′ Carson Peak, CA – 45º Steep “Pete’s Dream” Report from May 16, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism Yesterday, we went for a dream line. Pete’s Dream off 10,908′ Carson Peak, CA. 45º steep, complex, exposed, and all above a cliff band. This line has been haunting our dreams since 2006 when we went to look at it and backed off out of fear… Yesterday, the stars […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,241′ Mt. Morrison – “Pitch Fork Couloir” Report from May 11, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism After yesterday’s long walk on 13,005′ Mt. Morgan, Owen Leeper, Trevor, and I decided to go for a more bite sized objective today. After skiing Morgan yesterday was swung through Convict Lake to look at a couloir we’d seen from the road. It dives right down into the lake […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 11, 2023 0 Comments
8 Reasons Why Spring Is the Best Time of Year to Ski When thinking about skiing, the first season that comes to mind is winter. Winter, of course, is the peak of the ski season. Everyone knows that skiing exists in the spring, but people don’t understand how spectacular spring skiing truly is. Here are the top eight reasons why spring skiing is the best time of year to ski. Related: The 6 Best […] Clay Malott | April 28, 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
Trip Report: The South Face of 11,253′ Lone Peak, UT Report from Sunday, April 16, 2023 After surviving the throes of the deepest winter on record, corn season has finally arrived in Utah. What better way is there to kick it off than by skiing one of the biggest south faces in the entire state? 11,253′ Lone Peak, UT – The South Face Start point: Schoolhouse Springs trailhead, ~5,500′ Summit: […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 17, 2023 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: Chute #2 of 6 in Our Patagonia Chutes & Corn Project 2022 Report from September 10, 2022 Our Patagonia Chutes & Corn Project 2022 lives on! There are six different long chutes in this very small zone. One of the chutes was so good that we skied it three days in a row last week. [VIDEO] 2,000-Vertical-Foot, 2-Minute-Long Gorgeous Patagonian Chute [VIDEO] Skiing A Whale of a Chute in the Patagonia Backcountry […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 11, 2022 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Suicide Chute on 11,045′ Mt. Superior | Hanging in Space & Waterfalls Report from June 7, 2022 I just got back to Utah on Sunday. My plan in Utah this week is Main Chute, Pipeline, and Suicide Chute. I decided to start with Main Chute today but as I casually rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon at 9:30am, I noticed that Suicide Chute was starting to fall apart at the bottom. I checked […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2022 1 Comment
Mammoth, CA Report: Splendiferous Skiing w/ Surfer Steve in June! Report from June 1 & 2, 2022 It’s June. It’s June and Mammoth is still skiing splendiferously! I was blown away by how good it skied today and yesterday. It didn’t hurt that we got about 4 or 5 hard freezes in a row. Skiing in a T-shirt and shorts? Not exactly this May and June. It’s often been cool […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 2, 2022 0 Comments
Sierra Nevada, CA Report: 60 People, 2 Chutes, 5,000-Vertical-Feet, & 7 Doggers Report from May 14, 2022 On Sunday, we met up with a group of 60 happy humans to hike & ski 2 epic chutes in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Yes, you read that right: 60 people. Costumes Wigs Dogs Kids Elderly Beers Sunburns Big, funny hats This is an annual tradition that we’d done once before back in 2016, but […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 16, 2022 2 Comments
Sierra Nevada, CA, Report: The 3 Bears Chutes, Cinco de Mayo, & an Insane Lenticular Sunset Report from May 5, 2022 Yesterday we went for a zone we’d noticed the day before that holds 3 stupendous chutes. The 3 Bears Chutes (we’re calling them). Everything north and east and likely west is absolutely gross right now with what we’re calling “Macro-Sastrugi” (basically huge corrugated chunks of snow that ski like shit – we skied it on […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 6, 2022 0 Comments
Why Aren’t You Skiing Right Now? Here’s a List of Summer Skiing Spots in the U.S. In the United States, the average ski season lasts around 4-6 months. If you are anything like me, though, this short of a season just doesn’t cut it. So as a solution, many riders travel to Europe to ride the glaciers or South America and other parts of the southern hemisphere, where our summer is their winter. International travel is […] Conditions Report Jesse | June 24, 2021 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Report: Final Bonus Weekend, Wiggles, and Pristine Weather! Report from Sunday, May 23 Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Alyeska Resort, Alaska – Sunday, May 23 marked the final day of lift-accessed skiing in Alaska for the 2021 ski season. Alyeska had one final bonus weekend, and the spring conditions were off the charts! I live for warm weather spring skiing, and it would be hard to […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | May 25, 2021 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK: 735″ of Snow, Backflips, Costumes, Insane Views, & The Wiggle Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from April 23, 2021 Spring skiing paradise? I think yes… Yesterday we went for a spin at Alyeska ski resort, AK with Owen Leeper, Mark Morris, & Tyler. They’ve gotten 735″ of snowfall this season and it shows. We showed up at 1:30pm and things were just getting to the perfect spring […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2021 0 Comments
Trip Report: 10,230′ Rocky Peak, UT | 1,600-Vertical-Feet of Pure Corn Skiing Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report From Saturday, April 10, 2021 I’ve stared at those mountains for half a decade—since I first moved to Utah. Two days ago I finally skied them. All I can think now is: why haven’t I gone there sooner? On Saturday, April 10, 2021, Aidan, Devin, and I hit the road at 5:00 am […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 13, 2021 0 Comments
Snowmass, CO Report: Perfect Corn and Lightweight Powder in One Run [arve url="https://youtu.be/bXqKMORfbNg"] Clay Malott | November 17, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Conditions Report: Good To The Last Drop! This weekend is Mammoth Mountain, CA’s final weekend of the season. Mammoth will close on Sunday after having been open for 219 days this season! Last season Mammoth was open for an astonishing 273 days… We drove up to Mammoth from the 114ºF heat of Palm Springs last night and arrived at 2:30am. Admittedly, I felt a bit underwater today, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 15, 2018 0 Comments