Europe’s Alaska = Lyngen Alps, Norway |Trip Report: The dark horse continues to make things difficult at best. The only reliable factor is Murphy’s Law. Things that won’t happen, can. Winter came back briefly, with a vengeance. Cold snapped at joints, frosted hair on the uphill, took toes as payment for powder snow. Hungry sharks hid amongst decent turns. It wasn’t long before P-tex was […] Zach Paley | April 16, 2014 0 Comments
ไธๆ = Photos of Japan in January Some say home is best. Here, there, at the end of the day, it’s where you hang your hat…or lean your skis. Hakuba: the white horse roams from rice paddies to peaks. Undisturbed. Untamed. We chase this wild ambition in the mountains. They present themselves as one of the most rewarding places to ski in January, remorselessly collecting payment in the form of sweat on the skintrack and numb […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 21, 2014 2 Comments
New Year’s Powder Day at Jackson Hole | Photo Tour: Jackson Hole got 9″ of new snow during the past two days. Jackson now has gotten over 13 feet of snow this year. These photos are of New Years Day and they make it look pretty darned good. We’ve done New Years in Jackson Hole before and it’s a helluva good time. Fireworks, torchlight parade, and a party at mid-mountain make Jax a great place on New Years. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 2, 2014 0 Comments
10 Squaw Valley Aerial Photos from Yesterday The owner of Points North Heli, Kevin Quinn, went our for another flight-see in Lake Tahoe yesterday to see how the latest snowstorm covered our mountainous areas. He got some great aerial photos that tell the true story of how are “snowpack” is looking right now. All these photos are taken of Squaw Valley and it shows things looking much more white than they did only a few days ago. The next Tahoe storm is scheduled […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 5, 2013 1 Comment
Photo Tour of Todayโs Snow @ Lake Tahoe: Kirkwood Hopes to Open Friday… Thatโs right, Kirkwood is hoping to open this Friday, November 23rd, 2013. Forecasts are calling for 12 more inches of snow above 7,000 feet and it looks like Kirkwood already got about 4โ at the base. “Weโll keep yaโll advised of our status on a Friday opening my friendsโ – Kirkwood today Squaw Valley is planning on opening November 27th. […] Weather SnowBrains | November 20, 2013 0 Comments
McConkey Movie World Premiere @ Squaw Valley | Film Review, Event Re-Cap, & Photo Tour Red Bull & MSPโs “McConkey Movieโ had its world premiere at Squaw Valley, California on Saturday night. Over 4,000 people showed up for the show and as far as we know, no one was turned away. Red Bull pulled out all the stops for this premiere: a solid band, great VIP parties, food, drinks, over 100 Red Bull athletes, everyone involved in the creation of the movie, many of the most interesting people in the ski industry, and the inevitable Red Bull event smoothness. โEveryone looked beautiful. Everyone was was just so happy. It felt like a family event.โ – Hank DeVre, Senior photographer […] Miles Clark | October 7, 2013 4 Comments
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