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Hoodoo, OR, Backcountry Report: Thankful for a Deep Base

Report from Thursday, November 28, 2024 Hoodoo Ski Area, Oregon, opens tomorrow, but we took some early Thanksgiving turns. Hoodoo boasts about being “steep, deep, and cheap,” but last season was especially brutal at the low-elevation resort. Fortunately, this year, the resort appears to be in far better shape— there was consistently 30+ inches throughout the resort. Our first lap […]
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Nicky Blumm |
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VIDEO of Snowboarder Taking a 500′ Ride in an Avalanche on Monday in Lake Tahoe, CA

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This video is of the snowboarder who was caught in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe, California on Tuesday near the Sisters in the Kirkwood area. The snowboarder who triggered it went for a frightening 500-foot ride. The guy was lucky and ended up on top and uninjured. Just another reminder that you can never count avalanches out in the backcountry, even when there’s only one storm’s worth of snow out there. This is a time of year when many […]
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“Summering in the Sultry Sierra” | Carson Pass, CA Conditions Report June 15th

It’s that time of year again in Northern California…hiking, snow skiing, boating & jet skiing!

Unknown to what we would find on a back to back low snow year, the objective was clear…to climb and ski around the Carson Pass area off of Round Top Peak (Moon Crescent zone @ 10,381 ft), and to climb and ski as many lines as possible around the Sisters Peaks (10,153 ft).[…]
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Casey Cane |
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