Patagonia Backcountry Report: Sunshine, Powder, & Granite Towers on Day 1 of Season #14 Report from July 29, 2024 I just got down to Argentine Patagonia last night after 52-hours of travel. Well, it woulda been only 28 hours of travel but I missed my flight in Santiago, Chile, because my phone was still on Utah time and I didn’t realize it until it was too late… Yeah, that hurt. A full unplanned 25 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | July 29, 2024 0 Comments
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Report: Situation Goggle Tan Report from 24-25 July, 2024 Calm and cruisie. Tack on the word ‘corduroy’, and that just about says it all about the sliding scene at Ohau Snow Fields in the mighty Mackenzie Country of New Zealand. Inside a bubble of relatively stable high pressure, Ohau’s basically skied the same fine day set to repeat. The surface is compact and growing […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 26, 2024 0 Comments
Wanaka, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Making the Most of Mixed Conditions It has been three weeks since the last snowfall in Wanaka, New Zealand, which granted both Treble Cone and Cardrona half a meter of snow (19 inches). Unfortunately, the temperatures rose during that time, causing the snow to either be slick and firm or soft and slushy (not to mention slowly melting). On-piste skiing has been excellent, but off-piste skiing […] Conditions Report Nathaniel Lewis | July 19, 2024 0 Comments
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Cloud Carving Report from 15-18 July, 2024 A bubble of practically uninterrupted bluebird conditions has made its comfy home at Ohau Snow Fields. The Snow Field’s current remarkable combo of sun-plus calm is a tale of one mighty strong inversion layer, equating to two wildly different worlds. At lake level elevation, New Zealand’s Mackenzie Country has shivered through a magnificently intense hoar […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 18, 2024 0 Comments
Fonna Glacier Ski Resort, Norway, Conditions Report: Spring Skiing Overlooking the Endless Norwegian Fjords Report from Saturday, July 13 Chance had it that I found myself at the Fonna Glacier Ski Resort in Norway. After watching alpine and moguls athletes training for several days and had explored the surrounding Folgefonna National Park, I decided to rent some ski gear and get some turns myself. It was sunny but windy and the snow was in […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | July 15, 2024 0 Comments
Mount Sutton, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Tight Through The Ribs Report from 10 July, 2024 An eye-catching summit in the Mackenzie section of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, Mount Sutton offers plenty of bang-for-the-buck. More enticing still, the north-to-south summit of Mount Sutton had been on the receiving end of a two-foot snowfall the week prior, with bluebird conditions sweeping-in after. High time for a good look around. To be […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 12, 2024 0 Comments
Whistler Bike Park, BC, Report: Berms and Jumps Forever Report from July 3, 2024 The Whistler Bike Park is world-famous for a good reason. From the terrain to the meticulously crafted trails, it is top-notch. My boys and I were eager to take some laps after having ridden the park last year during our family vacation. We arrived early, before the 10 a.m. opening, and were first in line. […] Conditions Report Brent Thomas | July 8, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: 2 Foot Refresh Hits So Sweet Report from July 2, 2024 A day of dreams just went down at Ohau Snow Fields, in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. A fresh two-feet of glorious powder snow is draped all over Ohau—and there’s still heaps to be had even after shredding bell-to-bell. What follows is an essay in photos captured by the author during a day for the books. […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 2, 2024 0 Comments
Mount Adams, WA, Backcountry Report: Off the Summit of Adams Report from June 28, 2024 Mount Adams is the second-tallest volcano in the Pacific Northwest. Sitting at 12,281 feet and with an 8,000-foot prominence, only Mount Rainier (at a mighty 14,411 feet) can make Adams feel small. After three attempts to summit in the past three years, Jardon Weems and I were stoked to drop off the top and earn […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | July 1, 2024 0 Comments
Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Good Cover, Wide Grins, And Season On Report from June 28-30, 2024 The cheering you are hearing this week echoes all the way from New Zealand: Ohau Snow Fields, in the Southern Alps is officially open for winter operations! The ‘good times dial’ went up a notch-or-three with the parting of the proverbial ropes for a wide-grinned grand opening to the 2024 winter season, on Saturday. Conditions […] Conditions Report Paulie | June 30, 2024 0 Comments
Mount Hood, OR, Backcountry Report: Fresh Summer Snow Report from June 20, 2024 June is synonymous with summer, but in the Pacific Northwest, we get fresh snow. This week, Timberline Lodge reported more than seven inches of snow. There was even more fresh above the resort, including at least a foot in the bowl. It’s hard to ignore fresh snow anytime, but this late in the season, it […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | June 21, 2024 0 Comments
Shastina, CA, Report: Cracking the Code of The Cascades’ 3rd Highest Volcano This report is from Saturday, June 1, and was written by Ryan Turner. Shasta’s little sister, Shastina, typically gets much less attention than the bigger Shasta. However, Shastina is the third-highest Cascade volcano after Shasta and Rainier and has a very large crater of its own. All the route descriptions to Shastina show a long traverse from the Bunny Flats […] Conditions Report Guest Author | June 15, 2024 0 Comments
New Zealand Report: Mild Temperatures Affecting Resort Opening Report from 14 June, 2024 New Zealand Resorts are wrangling warmer than hoped-for temperatures as opening dates for skiing and snowboarding inch nearer. Mount Hutt, intending to open for operations today, opted to instead to look to tomorrow—which allows snowmaking experts to continue to work their magic. To the south, Cardrona Alpine Resort reports intention to open a portion of […] Conditions Report Paulie | June 13, 2024 0 Comments
Winter Fun in June at Big SNOW, NJ: North America’s Only Indoor-Ski Center It is June and the 23/24 season is close to being truly over in North America, with only two ski resorts still open. With America’s singular summer-only ski resort Beartooth Basin, Montana, not operating this summer, the options are quickly thinning out but fret not, there is a year round option available: Big SNOW, New Jersey. Big SNOW is an […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | June 12, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Ski Day #189 = “Suicide Chute” | 11,045′ Mt. Superior Report from June 4, 2024 On Tuesday, I drove to Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah with a plan to ski Main Chute at Alta. I was tired after 188 days of skiing this season. As I drove past Mt. Superior, I saw that there was snow from Suicide Chute right down to the road. I hit the brakes and swerved […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snowbird, UT | “Pipeline Couloir” Report from June 5, 2024 Yesterday was my last ski day of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Ski day #190. Ski day #463 of the past 546 days. I’ve been skiing 6 days per week for 17 months straight (78 weeks). I’m exhausted… 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peak, UT “Pipeline Couloir” Details Summit (actually a notch): 11,300′ Car: 7,900′ Vertical From Car: […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 1 Comment
14,179′ Mount Shasta, CA, Report: Angry Mountain Prompts Bail; Still a Nice 3,500′ of Slush Skiing, Though Report from Tuesday, June 4 In 1870, German biologist Ernst Haeckel suggested that a sunken continent called Lemuria could be the ancestral home of humanity, potentially explaining the “missing links” in the fossil record of early humans. Haeckel was not a subscriber to Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. In America, Lemuria has become most closely associated with Mount Shasta in […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | June 5, 2024 0 Comments
Star Peak, NV, Report: Aligning the Stars in the Nevada Desert Report from Saturday, April 27, 2024 Despite Tahoe’s place as a backcountry ski haven, Lassen and Star Peak are tied as the two nearest ultra-prominence peaks to Lake Tahoe. Many have stared at Star Peak on the drive between the Wasatch and Tahoe. Its North Bowls tower over the outskirts of Winnemucca. However, being positioned in the desert between those […] Conditions Report Guest Author | June 3, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Black Mountain – “North Face Chutes” | Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Report from June 1, 2024 I was exhausted the past week after skiing 461 of the past 541 days. Yesterday was no exception. I searched for an easy one. One that wouldn’t end me… Black Mountain in Virginia Lakes appeared just right. 11,770′ Black Mountain “North Face Chutes” Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Summit (actually a ridgeline): 11,700 feet Car: 9,800 feet […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 3, 2024 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA, Closing Day 2024 Report: Raucous Summit Party & Finally Got the Damn D-Spin 720º Report from May 27, 2024 Closing day at Mammoth Mountain was all-time on Monday… It was especially poignant for me. One of my big goals each year is to land a D-Spin 720º. My initial goal was to land this trick until I was 40-years-old. I’d copied that goal from the legendary Mike Douglas who vowed to stomp that trick […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 31, 2024 0 Comments
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