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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Sugarbush Resort, VT, Where Memories Last a Lifetime

During ski season, my weekday morning routine goes as follows: wake up, get out of bed, check the Sugarbush, Vermont, snow report, read it to my Dad, and then get ready for the school day. Oddly, my 6:30 a.m. alarm feels earlier than the 4:15 a.m. race-day wake-up. During winter, my motto is: ski first, school later. Schoolwork will always […]

Sam Fishman | May 28, 2025
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mont Sainte Anne, QC—The Best Night Skiing in North America

Expert section of Mont Sainte Anne

My family has been skiing at Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, since the early 1970s, and it has become our second home ever since. Located just 40 minutes up the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City, Mont Sainte Anne sits perched on the eastern wall of the Laurentian Mountains. With a peak altitude of 2,625 feet (800 meters), and a 360 […]

Brett Currie | May 28, 2025
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Sugar Bowl, CA—More Snow and Fewer People

Looking east towards the morning sun on Mt. Disney and The Palisades

Throughout my childhood in Berkeley, California, I only found it easy to wake up early for the 5:30 a.m. alarm that would sometimes come on weekends. A 5:30 a.m. alarm meant we could be out of the house by 6:00 a.m., in Sacramento, California, by 7 a.m., seeing the first snow by 8 a.m., and parked in the Judah lot […]

Oliver Van Dusen | November 19, 2024
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Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Winter Done Wonderfully

Report from August 28, 2024 Snow culture thrives at Cardrona Alpine Resort outside sunny Wanaka, New Zealand.  A standout, year-round mountain destination for skiing and snowboarding, Cardrona serves up a full spectrum of guest experience—especially when the snow flies. From progression-inspiring lessons to speed laps with pals to chasing POW, lovable ‘Cardy’s’ delivers the dazzle. It started in 1980, when […]

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Paulie | August 31, 2024
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Treble Cone, Home of New Zealand’s Freeride Community

Freeride

Treble Cone (TC) is the largest ski field on New Zealand’s South Island. With an elevation of 2,088 meters (6,851 feet) and lift elevation of 1,960 meters (6,431 feet), TC is well known for its long ungroomed runs and renowned off-piste, jaw-dropping views of Lake Wanaka. Treble Coble, in the translation of New Zealand’s native language, Te Reo Maori, is […]

Nathaniel Lewis | June 19, 2024
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mammoth Mountain, CA, My Home Mountain Far From Home

Taken March 6, 2018

Growing up in Seattle, I was surrounded by mountains and ski culture. The nearby Cascade range is home to fantastic ski areas such as Alpental, Crystal Mountain, Steven’s Pass, and Mount Baker. Ironically, it took me living in L.A. to really get into snowboarding, when I joined the ski and snowboard club at my university. Over 100 of us would […]

Kyle Fehlen | November 7, 2023
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Devil’s Elbow, ON — a 54-Year Legacy

Devil's Elbow Aerial Shot

  I didn’t grow up in a ski town, as I was born and raised in Southern Ontario, the heart of hockey mania. While all the other kids were getting into lacrosse and hockey, my parents decided that I should learn to ski. Their resort of choice was Devil’s Elbow, ON. With a whopping 289ft (88m) of vertical and 10 […]

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Mike Humphrey | October 27, 2023
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: The Backcountry Paradise at Lester Mountain, CO

Just a 45-minute drive north of Steamboat, CO,  on the edge of the Zirkel wilderness you’ll find a privately owned ski resort by the name of Lester Mountain. Lester Mountain Ski Area is owned, operated and built by my uncle Patrick Chrisman. Patrick purchased what used to be the ‘Steamboat Lake Ski Area’ in 2017. The old Steamboat Lake Ski […]

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Kiley Chrisman | May 25, 2023
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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Skiing Tahoe Steeps at Mt. Rose, NV

Mt. Rose Chutes

To the Mt. Rose locals, this is a hill worth dying on. It’s one of those mountains where the die-hards vehemently defend their territory against the likes of the Ikon and Epic Pass mountains that, according to them, litter the Tahoe area. If you get on a lift with Rose locals, be prepared to hear how many laps they’ve done […]

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Quintin Mills | May 18, 2023
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