Cultivating the Cornice Chair @ Kirkwood – one awesome chairlift! I have a special place in my heart for a chairlift better known as Chair 6 aka ‘Cornice’ at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Why you may ask? Well, for starters, the lift starts at the base and tops out on a ridge line full of cornices (hence the name.)[…] Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 25, 2014 2 Comments
Slashin’ into the 75th Season @ Sugar Bowl – 12/06/14 The time is finally here…off-trail skiing and celebrating the opening day for Sugar Bowl’s 75th season. Opening day access was through the village via the awesome old school gondola. However, the meat of the skiing was on Mt. Lincoln. With light rain and a thick cloud layer it definitely was not the most ideal day in the weather department but fun prevailed. The terrain included anything from the Rahlve’s Run to Lake View for about halfway down the chair, and at that point, the groomer was the call as the off-trail snow was a wee bit sticky. The top half of Mt. Lincoln was smooth and fast yielding[…] Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 9, 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
VIDEO: Las Lenas, Argentina is Already GOING OFF This video is our good friend Adria Millan Pla getting crazy in Las Lenas last week. Yeah, this video is from now. Las Lenas is already full of snow, open, and going off. Adria isn’t afraid of a little air, which is good for POV videos. Adria and our Las Lenas crew will be bringing you plenty of conditions reports and videos this summer. Things are already happening and happening in a real way. This […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 1, 2014 1 Comment
Triumph of Tahoe Turns @ Carson Pass, CA – 06/15/14 After one of the driest years on record and in midst of a drought…would my June turns even come to fruition? It has almost become a yearly ritual in my household. Come mid-June, to climb and ski around the Carson Pass area off of Round Top Peak at 10,381 ft and then continue up and the down the chutes of all the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft) down to Round Top Lake[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | June 24, 2014 6 Comments
POV of Skiing the Grand Teton, WY Skiing the Grand Teton in Wyoming is the holy grail of Lower 48 ski mountaineering. If you’ve skied the Grand, you’re a true ski mountaineer. On May 2nd, 2014, Joel Bettner and Josh Smith did just that. Their video shines some light on a feat that most of us will only dream of. “My friend Josh Smith and I climbed and skied The Grand Teton on May 2, 2014. We were hoping to ski the Otter Body route, but conditions did not allow. We skied the […] SnowBrains | May 7, 2014 1 Comment
Chasing Californian Couloirs @ Kirkwood, Sonora & Tioga Pass – 04/20/14 Given the low total snowfall for the season in California, the ski season is surely going to come to an abrupt ending, yet one positive aspects are mountain passes opening early for your ski touring pleasure. Sonora Pass opened to through traffic on Friday April 18th around noon while Tioga Pass was open from the East up to the Yosemite Park gate[…] Backcountry Casey Cane | April 29, 2014 3 Comments
VIDEO: Faceshots @ Squaw Valley on April 25th, 2014 Last Friday, Lake Tahoe received its inevitable annual late season powder storm. We seem to get one of these every year and every year it seems like an impossibility. Nevertheless, the temperatures in Tahoe plummet from the 70s into the 20s, the wind kicks up, and the flakes start falling. Those flakes quickly added up to 16″ of new snow at Squaw Valley USA by the end of Friday, April 25th. Skiing Squaw on Friday and having to endure the sound […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2014 0 Comments
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