“Terminal Cancer,” A Ruby Mountain Oddessy | by Josh Daiek I inhaled a deep breathe of cold winter air, gasping with each step closer to the top. This hike seems never ending, I thought. I continued one foot after the other, post holing with every step in the steep boot pack. It felt like I time traveled. Nearly twenty four hours prior I was in the comforts of my own home, celebrating the new year with my lady. When I received a call from my friend Justin “What’s your plan the next couple days?” “Uhhhh…skiing” I replied. “Want to go to the Rubies tomorrow?” he asked. Without hesitation I blurted out “Yea!” The Ruby’s have been on my radar for the […] Josh Daiek | January 13, 2015 0 Comments
Pushing the Limits at Sonora Pass, CA – by Josh Daiek With yet another slow start to the ski season in Tahoe, morale was low and diminishing rapidly. A few wet storms got us on our feet in December and a nice Christmas dusting made for ideal ski conditions over the holidays. Still as I ventured to my favorite Tahoe zones, coverage was sparse and rather rocky. It was time to think outside the box, time to get creative. After a brief discussion with my friends Justin Befu and Jeff VanHee, we decided our best bet was to journey south to see how conditions were holding up at higher elevations in the Sierra’s. We busted down to Sonora Pass, where via snowmobile you can access steep lines and […] Conditions Report Josh Daiek | January 6, 2015 6 Comments
Eastern Sierra Report: Powder Day in Bloody Couloir I was pretty much ready to throw in the towel and give up on winter for the season. With a rapidly melting snow pack and phenomenal dirt for mountain biking, why fight it? I began settling into my summer routine when mother nature sneak attacked with a nice little thunderstorm. My first thought was of how good the mountain biking would be, but as the storm got colder and flakes began falling my mentality instinctively flopped to skiing. I jumped on my computer to research snow reports […] Conditions Report Josh Daiek | May 29, 2014 1 Comment
Tioga Pass Report: North Peak Couloirs | by Josh Daiek After a decent approach to the base we began hiking straight for our objective, the North couloir of North Peak. As we slogged our way up the steep apron temperatures continued to rise and the snow began to heat up fast. We found ourselves in a bit of a precarious situation as we crossed over giant patches of hollow snow that seemed to be melting from the bottom up. One at a time we […] Conditions Report Guest Author | May 20, 2014 2 Comments
Chuting Tioga Pass: Mt. Dana & Ellery Bowl| by Josh Daiek After what seemed to be a really short and dismal ski season, I found myself feeling a little empty and dissatisfied. As ski areas across the Sierra’s wrapped up winter operations, most people threw in the towel and called it quits, but I’m not ready to quit and surely not ready for summer! With a thin snow pack and temps already breaching the 70 degree mark, I knew time was of the essence. So I threw on my skins and spent a week ski touring classic lines in the Tahoe backcountry. It was fun, but I needed something more, something different, something new, something adventurous! After discussing various options with buddy, Cody Townsend […] Conditions Report Guest Author | May 18, 2014 1 Comment
Kirkwood Worship with Josh Daiek = Kirkwood’s 1st Poster Boy Josh Daiek is officially Kirkwood’s first ever poster boy. Kirkwood has had some great skiers over the year including Glen Plake and Craig Garbiel, but Kirkwood never supported them like they are doing with Josh. The reality is that it really isn’t Kirkwood persay, but Vail (they bought Kirkwood a bit back) who’s using Josh as the poster boy. Josh deserves it. He was on the full 2013 Freeride […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 0 Comments
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