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9 Less Than Common Myths Busted for Recreational Skiers

Kids on a ski lesson

You are out skiing at your favorite resort, and while enjoying a ride up the chairlift, you look down. You see a first-time teen slowly making their way down the hill. There is a child ripping turns and jumping off everything in sight, and a middle-aged man with an instructor working on turn shape. Many styles and varieties of skiing […]

Jenah MacGrain | June 15, 2025
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Backcountry Basics: Skinning

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Clay Malott | February 16, 2021
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VIDEO: How To Carry Your Skis Over Your Shoulder With No Hands

This is a great technique for carrying your skis over your shoulder when bootpacking with no hands. We employed this technique recently and it works great. We call this the “Jackson Hole ski carry” because we learned it from a client (Anthony) and guide (Mike) from Jackson Hole while ski guiding in Svalbard a few years ago. There is a […]

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VIDEO: How To Ski Hard Packed Icy Snow

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 18, 2019
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