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Conditions Report: Vail Sees Significant Snow Ahead of Opening Day

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Colorado’s series of winter storms the past few days provided significant snow, unfortunately, for an insignificant number of open lift-accessed runs. For those seeking out their first taste of soft winter turns, options were limited. Essentially there were three; 1) make the trip to Wolf Creek for leftovers, 2) wait in long lines along the divide, or 3) set out into the […]
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Friday Fun: Train Faceshots

train in deep snow

This video is a train plowing through deep, fresh snow and getting some massive faceshots. This really must have been a rush for the guys driving the train. If you think about it, these train engineers must have been getting faceshots like this all day long. It’s wild to be going fast and not being able to see where you’re going. We suppose there’s a bit less guesswork when you’re on rails, but it’s still gotta be a good rush. I’m not even sure how many locomotives this train had … Railfanning Post Blizzard of 2015 Storm #3. Canadian National Railway locomotive 2304 (ES44DC) plows through huge snow drifts and gives me a big ass snow shower as it leads the daily CN […]
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VIDEO: 10-Seconds of Faceshots in Japan & Faceshots Poem

Faceshots. Faceshots are reason why we ski and ride. Faceshots are why we don’t sleep well the night before a big powder day. Faceshots are we wait tables, bartend, ski instruct, lift operate, drive groomers, pour coffees, and avoid the real world. Faceshots are why we are here. A lot is given up for the pleasures of faceshots and it’s most certainly worth it. Faceshots feel like they’re becoming ever more elusive. We have to wait longer, travel further, climb higher for faceshots these days it […]
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VIDEO: Faceshots @ Squaw Valley on April 25th, 2014

Last Friday, Lake Tahoe received its inevitable annual late season powder storm. We seem to get one of these every year and every year it seems like an impossibility. Nevertheless, the temperatures in Tahoe plummet from the 70s into the 20s, the wind kicks up, and the flakes start falling. Those flakes quickly added up to 16″ of new snow at Squaw Valley USA by the end of Friday, April 25th. Skiing Squaw on Friday and having to endure the sound […]
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The Gift of Sun in Japan in January: Photos & Video

In Japan, in January, it’s supposed to snow and snow a lot. They usually get about 300 inches in January. Not this year. This year, we’ve been in a cycle of snow then sun then snow then sun in place of the usual snow everyday. This year’s cycle has been great for getting up high and skiing some of the more exciting lines in the area. The X-factor has been the avy conditions. We’ve backed off of […]
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