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Crested Butte, CO Report: Mixed Weather, Park Laps, and Dust on Crust

Report from Sunday, March 21, 2021 Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Crested Butte, CO – The days are getting longer, and the (resort) season is getting shorter. Today yielded some classic spring conditions with dust on crush, mixed weather, and sticky slow snow. Much of the groomed mountain was slow and sticky, although the extremes yielded some softer snow. […]
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Dominic Gawel |
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Alpine Meadows, CA Report: 100″+ Inches of Snow and Counting

This report is from January 24, 2021, at Alpine Meadows, California.  Brought to you by Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows The snow finally returned to the Sierra this weekend, and it came in cold, light, and dry. Alpine Meadows reportedly received about 4″ (inches) of snow on Friday and Saturday, which helped the resort reach 100″ inches of total snowfall on the season. […]
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Galen Carrico |
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Tahoe Backcountry Breakdown: Dust on Crust and The Heaviest Pow You’ll Ever Ski

It’s no secret that the skiing conditions in the Tahoe area have been sub-par the past few weeks. That being said, however, if you have a strong sense of adventure and keep your expectations low, there is still fun to be had. Coming off a perfectly timed knee injury and with no end to the high pressure in sight, I figured what better time to get back on the skin track than in prime dust on crust conditions. Not the best decision I’ve ever made. We decided to ski a southeast facing aspect on the west shore last week after a small storm dropped a couple of inches up high and it sucked. We found […]
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Keegan Kliman |
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