Eat Your Way Into A Bigger, Faster, Longer Day In The Backcountry Let’s take a moment to look at the time and cost involved in a successful day of backcountry skiing or riding. First, there is the expensive equipment followed by avalanche safety gear and classes. Then you need the right partners, good weather, a proper snowpack and a full day off from work to get it done. Lining up these variables […] Brains Alex K | February 2, 2019 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Conditions Report: Cloud Surfin’ Been hunting sugar dunes amidst the cloud layercake that is Mount Alyeska. Arrival of cold temps. and solid skier traffic has loosed the snowpack’s surface layer, creating top to bottom mounds of dry, mini-crystal sugar; suberb for enjoyable groomer cruisin.’ Meanwhile, pow hunters have been hard at work throughout the off-piste zones. Brief dashings of previous day’s overnight flurries have […] Conditions Report Paulie | January 11, 2018 0 Comments