California, Utah, Wyoming, & Entire Western USA Looking Snowy, Green, & Gorgeous From Space on Friday California, The Sierra Nevada, The Entire Western USA, Salt Lake City/The Wasatch/The Uintas in Utah, & The Tetons/Wind River Ranges in Wyoming Looking Snowy, Green, & Gorgeous From Space on Friday, March 8, 2024! Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 10, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: “Pinky & The Brain” Chutes | Slender, Uncouth, & Frighteningly Elegant Report from March 9, 2024 We got back out there again today. I was exhausted. We encountered many challenges just getting to spots we wanted to ski. Only one location was available to us and it was one we’d never skied. Well, at least Garrett & I hadn’t. We skinned up through trees being thrashed by the wind. We switched […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2024 0 Comments
Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, CO, Recap Day 1 Dew Tour at Copper Mountain in Colorado kicked off today and was jam-packed with competitions, practices, and concerts.ย Dew Tour has been running for twenty years and features some of the best on-snow athletes in the world who compete across ski and snowboard disciplines for titles in the Superpipe and on the Streetstyle course. Dew Tour is widely considered to be […] Industry News Jesse | March 9, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Skiing Every Condition Known To Man In An Epic Chute Above A Paddlewheel Boat Report from March 8, 2024 Well, the monster 102″, 190mph storm has come and gone. In its wake, it left wind-pressed snow, bizarre snow formations, and clear skies. We let things settle out and cook the past two days then got back out into the backcountry today looking for corn or pre-nubile corn. We found it. Kinda… Honestly, in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
The 9 Greatest Female Freeskiers of All Time These lovely ladies probably shred harder than they you. Maude Raymond – A Montreal, Canada native who rides for Armada skis. She spends her winters in Mammoth Lakes, California, doing what she does best. Grete Eliassen – An American-Norwegian professional skier who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has won six medals at the Winter X Games in slopestyle, […] Martin Kuprianowicz | March 8, 2024 30 Comments
Buying Women’s Skis Can Be Harder Than You Think After skiing the same Vรถlkl Kikus for eight years, it was time for a change.ย Donโt get me wrong, I loved those skis, and they served me well. They are still my teaching skis for days when I know Iโm just lapping the magic carpet.ย But those skis have taken a massive beating, and it was time to upgrade. It […] Gear Review Gabrielle Gasser | March 8, 2024 16 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: 323″ of Snowfall To Date – A Photo Tour After The 102″ Storm Report from March 6, 2024 After skiing in the backcountry for 10 of the past 12 days, it was time to return to Palisades Tahoe today. I want to take a tour and see how filled in everything was. Palisades Tahoe has now seen 323″ of snowfall this season after the big 102″ storm last week. The storm dropped 102″ […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Feeling Psychedelic High Above Emerald Lake Tahoe After a 100″ Storm Report from March 5, 2024 Yesterday we went for a line that really only fills in and works after 100″ storms. Palisades Tahoe reported 102″ from this latest storm cycle so yesterday checked the box. 100″ stormโcheck. Bob, Tyler, and I rolled up and started at 10 am. I was exhausted… This was my 10th backcountry ski day in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2024 0 Comments