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Lake Tahoe Backcountry, CA, Report: Happiness = 27″ of Deep, Dry Powder

Report from March 13, 2025 We woke up at 6 am today completely confused about what to do… Backcountry or Palisades Tahoe? We agonized for about 30 minutes then finally decided on backcountry when we heard that it snowed about 32″ overnight up top and there was a slight chance of lightning and thunder this afternoon. The UC Berkeley Snow […]

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Miles Clark | March 13, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Secret Zone Chutes

Report from March 7, 2025 On my last full day in Courmayeur, Italy, I decided on a secret zone I’d found the week before. It hosts north-facing terrain and holds recrystallized powder (I hoped). The trip out there wasn’t bad but the skin took me longer than anticipated. It takes about 1.5 hours to the top. I had a plethora […]

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Miles Clark | March 11, 2025
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La Thuile, Italy, Report: 37,500 Skiable Acres, 94-Miles of Trails, 4,728 Vertical Feet, 39 Ski Lifts, 2 Countries

Report from March 7, 2025 On Friday of last week, we skied La Thuile ski resort in La Thuile, Italy. La Thuile, Italy, is part of the Espace San Bernardo ski area, which connects to La Rosière ski area in France.  Related: Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board in 2 Countries in 1 Day The first thing we […]

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Miles Clark | March 10, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the “Alaskan Velvet Snow” on Tête d l’Ane

Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum.  My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hills… The compromise reached was that I’d run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up […]

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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tête du Grand Mont Couloir

Report from March 4, 2025 There’s a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martin’s house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 […]

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Miles Clark | March 9, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm

Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […]

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Miles Clark | March 5, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends

Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […]

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Miles Clark | March 2, 2025
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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying

Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […]

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Miles Clark | March 2, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of

Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then […]

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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Deep Dust on Crust On Spectacular Terrain At The End Of The Storm

Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday morning we awoke to new snow in Courmayeur, Italy We elected to start on the legendary Skyway Monte Bianco hoping for a bit of sunshine. The mountains had other plans. The upper mountain was socked in so we snuck out of the mid-station for a lower mountain lap. We tried the Val Veny side […]

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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Moody Mini-Powder Day Fun in Awesome Terrain

Report from February 25, 2025 We slept in and rested this morning and watched the storm hit the mountain. At times it was dumping chicken feathers and it was inspiring. We waited until 2 pm to give the mountain some time to fill in before venturing out. Martin and I rode 2 gondolas then slipped into the trees. It had […]

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Miles Clark | February 25, 2025
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Small Ski Area, Switzerland, Report: Skiing an Invisible Chute in Powder Snow

Report from February 23, 2025 Yesterday I awoke early and hit the road. Down from Courmayeur to Aosta then up over the hills and through the tunnel into Helvetia (Switzerland). We met up with my old buddy from Japan, Zach. He’s a ski instructor in Switzerland now and has been living out here for over 5 years. Z’s got it […]

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Miles Clark | February 24, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: 360s, Backflips, & 720s in the Sun-Splashed Terrain Park With Simonas From Lithuania

Report from February 21, 2025 After skiing backcountry for the past 6 days, it felt like it was time to ski the resort. Specifically the terrain park. I started the day doing laps on the Aretu chairlift and hitting the park each run. I started just hitting one of the 2 big jumps then evolved to hitting them both. The […]

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Miles Clark | February 22, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Larch Tree Chute Powder Hunt

Report from February 20, 2025 Today we returned to Courmayeur to continue our hunt for powder in the larch trees. I still can’t get over pine trees that lose their leaves in the winter… How did I not know this was a thing!? We rode gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can again and boosted out into the sidecountry. […]

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Miles Clark | February 20, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Sneaky Italian Tree Skiing a Week After the Storm

Report from February 19, 2025 The plan was to ski a line up high in powder snow yesterday. I’d convinced myself that I’d found a spot in the alpine right off the lift with good snow that was a long, wide wide-open run. When I got there I found the snow wasn’t great and it was actually a pretty short […]

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Miles Clark | February 20, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Searching For Powder One Week After The Big Storm

Report from February 18, 2025 We went in search of powder at Courmayeur ski resort in Italy yesterday. Gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can. The last tram, Arp, only fits 10 people! It’s so cute… From there we journeyed west on our search. It hasn’t snowed in about a week and the wind got to a lot of […]

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Miles Clark | February 19, 2025
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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing The East Face of La Spalla 7,000-Vertical-Feet Above Town

Report from February 17, 2025 Yesterday, we ascended the Skyway Monte Bianco with plans to ski the East Face of La Spalla. We were hoping for one last powder run before the sun finally took its toll on nearly all the snow on this south side of Monte Bianco. Just the ride up is exhilarating. We followed Marco and the […]

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Miles Clark | February 18, 2025
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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing the Legendary “Marbrée” Couloir From the Lamborghini of Ski Lifts

Report from February 16, 2025 Skyway Monte Bianco is the Lamborghini of ski lifts. I’ve never seen a ski lift so fancy in architecture, style, design, service, etiquette, and cleanliness. Yesterday was my second day here in Italy.  Martin & Marco planned to go back up the Skyway Monte Bianco and ski the legendary Marbrée Couloir. I was nervous. I […]

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Miles Clark | February 17, 2025
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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: 6,600-Vertical-Foot Runs Of Non-Stop Spice Right Back Into Town

Report from February 15, 2025 We loaded onto the very fancy Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy, yesterday around 1 p.m. We spent the morning skiing at the Courmayeur ski resort, where you can see all the Skyway terrain. We decided to double dip after getting reports from our buddy Marco that Skyway was skiing well. You first notice how […]

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Miles Clark | February 16, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Wide Open Powder & Endless Chutes On Day #1

Report from February 15, 2025, at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy I arrived in Milano, Italy, on Valentine’s Day. I rented a car zipped up to Courmayeur, Italy, arriving just before sunset. Martin and I went out for a Valentine’s dinner at an incredible restaurant in La Palud (just next to Courmayeur). Best gnocchi I’ve ever had… Pizza and wine were […]

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Miles Clark | February 16, 2025
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