Christina Lustenberger and Team Complete First-Ever Ski Descent of Mount Deltaform’s North Glacier, BC View this post on Instagram A new line has been written into Canadian ski mountaineering history. On January 18, 2026, pro skier Christina Lustenberger—widely known as “Lusti”— along with partners Brette Harrington and Gee Pierrel completed the first-ever descent of the North Glacier on Mount Deltaform in British Columbia. The expedition unfolded deep in the Canadian Rockies and demanded a […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | February 4, 2026 0 Comments
Introducing Ski Mountaineering Which Debuts at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy Ski mountaineering, known as ‘skimo,’ will make its Olympic debut this year at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted unanimously in July 2021 to include the sport, which has deep roots in the European Alps and has grown rapidly worldwide through World Cup circuits and World Championships. Related: Dual Moguls—The Newest and Fastest-Paced […] Olympics Brent Glogau | January 7, 2026 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: 11,045′ Mt. Superior’s “Suicide Chute” In Brutal Conditions… Report from December 15, 2025 Yesterday, we ventured into Suicide Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Superior in Utah. Our buddy Mike had ridden it a few days prior and warned us it was pretty heinous. We went anyway… This was my first backcountry ski day of the northern hemisphere ski season. I simply needed to get out for a walk. Martin, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 17, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] FIFTY+ S2 Ep. 5. Skiing into a Storm, a Near Fatal Rappel, and the Snake Professional skier Cody Townsend and his filmmaker Bjarne Salen are back with another episode of The Fifty+, documenting Townsend’s quest is to create his list of classic ski lines and take The Fifty Classic Descents of North America to new heights. In this episode, Townsend climbs a challenging 5,300 vertical feet for the descent of a Colorado 14er, with unexpected weather and […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | November 26, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] FIFTY+ S2 Ep. 3 – A Sketchy Summit, Bjarne on the Juice, and Jimmy Chin??? Professional skier Cody Townsend and his filmmaker Bjarne Salen are back with another episode of The Fifty+, documenting Townsend’s quest is to create his list of classic ski lines and take The Fifty Classic Descents of North America to new heights. In this episode, Townsend invites legendary filmmaker Jimmy Chin for an attempt on the South Teton in the Teton Mountains of […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | October 29, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] First Look: Jim Morrison Completes Historic Descent of Everest North Face | National Geographic On Oct. 15, 2025, world-renowned mountaineer Jim Morrison entered the history books as he skied down the Hornbein Couloir, long considered the most elusive and challenging route in ski mountaineering. This record-breaking achievement will be featured in an upcoming National Geographic Documentary feature film which is currently in production with Oscar- and BAFTA-winning directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. –National […] Martin Kuprianowicz | October 27, 2025 0 Comments
Polish Skier Andrzej Bargiel Shares Details About His Historic Ski Descent Of Mount Everest Just a couple of weeks ago, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel logged a historic ski descent off the summit of Mount Everest, the first full descent from summit to base camp without the use of supplemental oxygen. Bargiel had tried the descent twice before, but conditions making a full descent possible eluded him until this season. Bargiel had four camera […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | October 11, 2025 0 Comments
Polish Skier Completes First-Ever Ski Descent from Mt. Everest Summit Without Supplemental Oxygen Ever been skiing down a steep, icy run and find yourself completely out of breath, legs burning, just trying to keep yourself upright until you hit the cat track? Now imagine that feeling on the top of the world with less than a third of the oxygen available to you than at sea level. Andrzej Bargiel, a Polish ski mountaineer, […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | September 25, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: Skiing The Mosquito Zone | El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina Report from August 18, 2025 Last Monday, we needed a mellow day, so we went to what we understood as a mellow, non-glaciated zone: Mosquito. We’d never been here before, and we thought we’d go have a look. Turns out, the dirt trail to get to the snow is brutally steep, straight up, with no let-ups. And we had to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 26, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: Glaciated 7,040′ Cerro Vespignani Deep in Patagonia | El Chalten, Argentina Report from August 14, 2025 On Thursday, we went for our very first ski of our “SuperNatural” Ski Trip down here in El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina. We went for a big one on day one, and we felt it… 7,040′ Cerro Vespingnani and its glacial terrain beat us down—and we took it with a grin. This was a challenging day […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 17, 2025 0 Comments
French Alpinist Vivian Bruchez Becomes First to Climb and Ski All 82 of the Alps’ 4,000-Meter Peaks French mountain guide and ski mountaineer Vivian Bruchez has become the first person to climb and ski all 82 summits over 4,000 meters (13,00 feet) in the Alps—a feat that has taken more than two decades, dozens of partners, and an unwavering commitment to both athleticism and alpine ethics. On June 20, Bruchez summited Pointe Marguerite (4,065 meters, 13,337 feet) […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | June 24, 2025 0 Comments
Great Dane in Boise, ID, Becomes First Dog to Complete 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America The skiing world was shocked this week to learn that a seven-year-old Great Dane named Denali became among the first mammals to successfully descend all fifty lines in Davenport, Newhard, and Burrows’ Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America. Even more surprising is that no human did all fifty descents with Denali. After tagging along with a few different human […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | April 1, 2025 0 Comments
Nikolai Shirmer’s New Film Isn’t About Skiing—It’s About Why We Do Anything at All In an era of hyper-produced ski films and carefully curated Instagram clips, Norwegian skier and filmmaker Nikolai Shirmer is carving out a different kind of legend. His lines are steep, exposed, and breathtaking, often skied fast and clean with zero hesitation. But what really sets him apart isn’t just the terrain he chooses—it’s how he chooses to ski it: no […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | March 18, 2025 0 Comments
E-Skimo: The Ski Industry’s First Electric Powered Ski Ski mountaineering is where skiers make their way up to the summit of a mountain, then downhill-ski back to the base. It is a sector of skiing that has been growing in popularity since the pandemic. Until now, skiers have had to climb up the mountain mostly by human power unless skiers have access to a snowmobile, CAT, or helicopter. […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | December 12, 2024 0 Comments
Patagonia, Argentina, Backcountry Report: Lenga Tree Forest Powder Skiing & a Sad Avalanche Story Report from September 4, 2024 Tuesday night was windy as hell… The wind woke me up a few times down here in town and that has happened very few times in my 14 seasons here. I knew in the night that we’d have to downgrade our plans and be real safe out there the next day. The wind from Tuesday […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 5, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: Tasty Tree Skiing as Ice Finally Turns to Powder in Patagonia Report from September 2, 2024 August was a rough month here. Cold, icy, un-snowy. Our hopes were set on a snowy September and on Day 1 of September, it snowed… We got out there on Tuesday, September 2, to sample the goods. Our first run in the trees was splendid. The snow wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t deep, and we were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 4, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: The Sensational Views of a Ski Adventure on Cerro Lopez, Argentina Report from August 29, 2024 One of the most gorgeous places on Earth is Bariloche, Argentina’s 6,811′ Cerro Lopez. The most breathtaking hike of my life was summiting this mountain and taking its north ridge right down into Lake Nahuel Huapi in March 2009. In July 2009, I skied from just above Refugio Lopez but never from the summit proper. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 1, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: Long, Slushy Laps in the Sun With the Legendary Santa Rosa Storm Incoming Report from August 30, 2024 The sun finally came out and slushed up the mountain on Friday. We’d been waiting for this day… We showed up about noon ready for the corn harvest and it didn’t disappoint. The line was long on Nubes, so we opted for Nire to Lenga laps. We also snuck in a couple of Nubes laps […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 1, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 63 | Christian Pondella – Senior Photographer at Powder Magazine, Adventure Photographer, Extreme Ski Mountaineer, and Ice Climber This episode of the SnowBrains Podcast is brought to you by Club Med. On the second episode of Season 5 of The SnowBrains Podcast, Miles Clark sits down to talk with Mammoth-based adventure photographer and ski mountaineer Christian Pondella. Christian Pondella is: a top adventure photographer a senior photographer at Powder Magazine a photographer published in: National Geographic Sports Illustrated […] Podcasts Podcast | August 13, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: 1 Day of Chalk + 1 Day of Corn on 4 New World-Class Chairlifts Report from August 11 & 12, 2024 The past two days at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina have been a hoot. Yesterday was cold, crisp, and chalky. Today was warm, slushy, and splashy. Which day was better? I think a ski racer would have liked yesterday but as a freerider, I loved the spring snow today. Nubes, the highest chair […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 12, 2024 0 Comments
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