Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: When the Winds Kick Up, the Stories Come Out! Report from 18-19 April 2022, and brought to you by Palisades Tahoe Following a huge weekend of festivities capped off with the annual Cushing Crossing and after-party on the KT sundeck, Monday morning was supposed to mellow. We were expecting another break in the weather patterns before the high winds preceding the next storm arrived later that afternoon. Acting in […] Conditions Report Ryan Kime | April 21, 2022 2 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Wind-Buffed Powder & Incredible Vistas Today was a fun one at Cerro Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. The skiing was solid and the views were outstanding. It snow a few inches last night and blew like crazy. The wind deposited the snow up to about 6″ deep up high turning today into a fun game of powder patch hunting. There were certainly icy spots lower down and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 26, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report + Photo Tour: About As Good As It Gets Today was good at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. Real good. About as good as it gets up high. Felt like around 2 feet of new snow overnight up top. 6″ of new snow overnight at the base. I watched the first people coming down Nubes (top ‘o’ the mountain – see photos above) from the chair and the white […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 17, 2016 0 Comments
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report + Photo Tour: The Storm Rages On… Today was another fun day at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. 36 more inches of snow are forecast on the upper mountain between now and Thursday (forecast below). The big, windy storm that has been hitting since Saturday continued to dominate the mountain. Another few inches of snow fell overnight last night and the wind buffed it out into the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 15, 2016 1 Comment
“Quick ‘n’ Dirty” Cardrona, NZ Conditions Report: 14″ of New Snow in 48 Hours “Cardrona ski resort in New Zealand received 15-20cm overnight and the super cold weather sucked the moisture right out of the ground, leaving us with some cold, wintery snow to ski on. The off piste on Captains was the best and you can see people starting to get hucktastic again. Winter is back!” – Guy LaDouche, July 14th, 2016 ***Update […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | July 14, 2016 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Conditions Report: March-uary March is coming in hot at Baker! Storm after storm is keeping everything filled in and prime for shredding. This week will be fantastic – call in sick now! Monday (TODAY) and Tuesday are the days. Last week had some crazy record-breaking wind before the annual Baker SplitFest but turned out to wind-load all the right areas. Baker broke 500″ […] Conditions Report Naomi VanPatten | March 14, 2016 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Conditions Report: 30th Annual LBS Was One to Remember! What a weekend! The 30th Annual Legendary Banked Slalom was nothing short of legendary. Mother Nature made up for last year’s “29.5 LBS” and dumped 8″ of fresh for the race on Saturday including a blue bird afternoon for all to enjoy. The four-day event was one of the best to date, thanks to the Baker crew and all the […] Conditions Report Naomi VanPatten | February 22, 2016 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Conditions Report: 30th Annual Banked Slalom Stoke Another dump before the weekend with a surprise 14″ overnight Friday for some deep powder on Saturday! Cascade powder with some deep coverage and great skiing. But then that dreaded warm-up arrived Sunday for some classic PNW liquid snow. The forecast is looking a little damp but the 30th Annual Legendary Banked Slalom (LBS) is this week! Qualifiers start Thursday so […] Conditions Report Naomi VanPatten | February 14, 2016 0 Comments