VIDEO: How To Get Strong for Ski Season | “The Monster Factory” Located in a warehouse just south of Jackson, WY, Mountain Athlete is an unconventional gym to say the least. There are no fancy machines and most of the exercises don’t require much beyond some free weights, a pull-up bar, and maybe a sandbag. Founded by Rob Shaul, Mountain Athlete provides specialized training for a variety of outdoor pursuits such as mountain guiding, climbing, kayaking, and skiing. Dubbed “The Monster Factory,” it has produced top-level athletes such as Griffin Post, Crystal Wright, and Kit DesLauriers just to […] Liza Sarychev | August 27, 2014 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Gets 527″ of Snow in 2013/14 | Owen Leeper Video Documents Every Inch: Freeskier Magainze has called this video “a POV edit for the ages.” Everyone else and their mother agrees. Owen’s edit is bomber. This edit also shows what an insane year Jackson Hole had. Jackson Hole got over 520″ inches of snow this past winer. Wow. About Own Leeper from Ski Retriever: Owen Leeper was born in Aspen, and has lived in Colorado his whole life. He started skiing when he was four, and couldn’t get enough of it. He averaged over 100 days of skiing while a full time student at the University of Colorado. He graduated with a […] SnowBrains | August 11, 2014 2 Comments
Skiing Pow & Surfing in One Day in Jackson Hole on June 20th w/ Griffin Post I hastily rifled through bins of winter gear in the shed in my backyard. I had neatly packed away all of this stuff for the season just last weekend. Flurries were flying outside and the word was that significant snowfall had already […] Conditions Report Guest Author | June 23, 2014 1 Comment
Jackson Hole’s Michael Franti “Tram Jam” Powder Video Michael Franti is the writer and lead vocalist of the band Spearhead. Jackson Hole is the best ski resort in North America. Jackson Hole talked Michael into performing in the tram for 45 lucky tram-goers this month. It came out greta and they’re calling it the Tram Jam. […] SnowBrains | April 30, 2014 0 Comments
The Master of POV Returns with Dub Tales 8 | Nutty Jackson Hole Footage “December and January were highlighted by persistent layers in our snowpack, but as things began to stabilize the storms started rolling in and the skiing was great. I spent a lot of days shooting photos with Jay Goodrich and video with KGB Productions, but managed a few relaxing solo days, or just shredding with friends. As […] SnowBrains | April 9, 2014 0 Comments
Cody Peak, Corbet’s, & Moose, 3 Days in Jackson Hole| Trip Report, Video & Photo Tour “You guys are on a ski bender” said Clem Smith as we left the Lost Trail Lodge after an overnight backcountry trip with Tecnica Blizzard in Tahoe. In a way we were, as we loaded up the car and drove for 14 hours straight to Jackson. We arrived around 2am Wednesday morning and slept in the car as temps hovered around zero. The next day was the first of three insanely awesome days at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort […] Backcountry Jesse Cassidy | March 24, 2014 1 Comment
Wind, Chalk, & Corbet’s at Jackson Hole | Conditions Report, Photo Tour With a season total of 454″, and a snow depth of 131″, Jackson is killing it. So much so that a trough had to be dug out for the tram at the top. With all the hype around the snow in Jackson, and the lack thereof in Tahoe, Tydel and I decided to take a lil trip out to Tetons to check it out ourselves. And we have yet to be disappointed, the hype around Jackson […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | March 20, 2014 1 Comment
Jackson Hole, WY Conditions Report 3-11-2014 | Bluebird Pow!!! When you think about what makes a fantastic powder day you probably would take a good overnight dumping of snow and sprinkle on a heavy dose of sunshine to go along with it. Well that is exactly what conditions were like today Tuesday March, 11th in Jackson Hole, WY. With 12″ of new snow reported overnight and the clouds being […] Conditions Report Daryn Edmunds | March 11, 2014 1 Comment
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