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How to Keep Your Hands and Feet Warm While Skiing and Snowboarding

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One of the most uncomfortable feelings while skiing or snowboarding is having cold extremities. If they get too cold, it can be downright painful, not to mention diminish your on-snow performance. They say there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear. That may be true, but here are also some other ways to ensure your phalanges stay […]

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Brent Thomas | September 6, 2022
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Squaw Valley, CA Report: The Legendary Fingers Go Off In Morning Before Afternoon Rain…

Report from 1/18/19 ***NOTE:  Strong video from yesterday to be published tomorrow Yesterday morning the Fingers at Squaw Valley, CA were the best they’ve been since 2017. Spiny, fluted, and slathered in snow. They skied well in the morning before rain arrived at about 1pm or so and transformed the snow. The silver lining:  The snowpack at Squaw is dense […]

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Miles Clark | January 19, 2019
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VIDEO: Conditions Make For Incredible Skiing On The Fingers At Squaw Valley On 2/22/2017

Squaw Valley and the state of California as a whole has gotten incredible amounts of snow since 2017 began and it looks like it is going to continue. This season is on track to have record snowfall totals for the area and it is making for some incredible conditions. One week ago today, Squaw got absolutely dumped on overnight and […]

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Chris Wallner | March 1, 2017
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Scratching the Technical Itch @ Kirkwood

The series of storms that have hammered the Sierra over the month of January recently calmed down and in their absence, a ridge of high pressure gave California a chance to dry out. With Kirkwood receiving over 400 inches of total snowfall on their upper mountain so far this year, the calm weather provided a perfect opportunity to examine my usual fun spots and to see…well…if they were even still there.

With my daughter in tow, we arrived early in response to the reports of crowds and full parking lots the last few weeks. Her Mini-JETS (Junior Expedition Team) begins at 9:30am, so with an early start, we managed to grab a few untracked corduroy laps on Chair 5 and sneak in a lap into the Ditch of Doom before dropping her off.

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Casey Cane | February 2, 2017
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Before the Storm – Early Season Radness @ Kirkwood

Early season at kirkwood mountain is quite unique. The mountain is littered with deep volcanic chutes and cliffs that skis quite differently at the end of the season with a deeper snowpack.

On a normal year, these same chutes and cliffs disappear and may even turn into a open bowl later on in the year. Therefore, this early part of the season yields some radical mini-golf action in the classic Fingers, Wagon Wheel Bowl, Oops & Poops, Lightning, All the Way and of course all of Thunder Saddle.

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Casey Cane | January 6, 2017
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Video: Mike Wilson Highlight Reel

If you’ve never heard of Mike Wilson, lets change that.  This guy is gnarly! He does everything from skiing huge lines, to throwing quad backflips off a rope swing, to base jumping, to derby car driving.   Give this video a peep- its worth every second.    

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Keenan Grady | May 16, 2016
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Squaw Valley Fingers Race April 17th, 2006

And the winner is… Scott Gaffney. Yep, that first guy ripping down like he owns the place is Scott. He pretty much does own the place. Scott still skis this hard and if you’re in a Fingers Race, keep an look out over your shoulder for this guy. 2006 was an incredible year at Squaw. The mountain got pummeled with snow all season and things filled in in ways that we’ve only seen that year. […]

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SnowBrains | April 25, 2014
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