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Mt. Bachelor, OR, Report: The Joy of the Storm

An injured chair waits at the base of the Outback Super Express, with the sun shining through the storm. (PC: Nicky Blumm)

Report from February 14, 2025 Spending Valentine’s Day at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, always feels right. This year, the day brought a very powerful storm, beginning in the wee hours. By the time the resort opened, there were already three to six inches of fresh snow. The parking lots quietly filled and stoke was incredibly high—as were the winds, exceeding 80 […]

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Nicky Blumm | February 15, 2025
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Mt. Bachelor, OR, Report: Fantastic February

Report from February 3-7, 2025 February has started in the absolute best way at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon. The snow gods have delivered every day of February thus far. February began with three consecutive big storm days, totaling around 20 inches. Since then, every day (and night) has featured at least a few more inches. Not only that, but thanks to […]

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Nicky Blumm | February 8, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Skiing in a NOAA Blizzard Warning | Entire Mountain Shut Down Early

Report from February 27, 2023 Brought to you by Palisades Tahoe We rolled up to Palisades Tahoe at the spritely hour of 1pm today (we’d gone backcountry skiing in the morning – see below) and the wind was ripping. Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Blower California Powder, Pillows, & Fun As we walked up, KT-22 closed right in our faces… Not […]

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Miles Clark | February 27, 2023
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October Powder Skiing in Mt. Rose, NV Backcountry with BlackBird Mountain Guides: Best October Turns Ever?

This article was originally published by Zeb Blais on Blackbirdmountainguides.com The Storm Tahoe just got completely plastered with snow. Typical of many Tahoe storms, this one began warm and wet and got increasingly colder and deeper by the time the storm clouds significantly cleared yesterday. The previous base was nil on many aspects prior to this storm, with north aspects above […]

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Guest Author | October 27, 2021
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Powder Mountain, UT Report: Thick, Wet Storm Skiing in the Trees

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Report from January 29, 2021 It was snowing heavily and we laid down fresh tracks all day. All-damn-day. It was snowing hard when we got to Powder Mountain today and it didn’t let up for a second. The last lap of the day was the best one. Tracks made on the first run […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | January 29, 2021
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Chamonix, France Report: Powder Has Returned To The Chamonix Valley

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Report from 30th January 2020 The snow has returned to the Chamonix valley! There was a small storm cycle that came through a few weeks ago but was followed by very warm temps and no more precipitation. Beginning this past Monday, January 27th, a storm sank into the valley. The snow totals were high Monday night but were followed by […]

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Ryan Nadiak | February 3, 2020
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Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: A Week of Storms

It’s been a wild week at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. It stormed every day this week with some storm days bringing so much wind that the ski resort was unable to open. All those stormed dropped plenty of snow up high. Around 6-feet of snow has fallen in the past week on the upper elevations of Catedral. Visibility has been tough this week, but if you were willing to work for it, there were some great turns to be had. They were even able to the Nubes chair open a time or two this week. The snow was mostly good up high with a few days of uber dense, wet […]

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Detroit Street Skier Gets Busted on Live Newscast

A skier being towed on the snowy roads of metro Detroit was pulled over after inadvertently appearing on a live local newscast, following the Superbowl on Sunday night. A winter storm has dumped over 1 and 1/2 feet on parts of Michigan, the most snow Detroit has seen since 1974. “When I first turned onto 10 Mile, I was like, ‘OK, we’re doing this’,” said Jacob Lachowski, the skier. Lachowski and two friends, all students at Lawrence Tech […]

ameliatraynor | February 6, 2015
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